Pandemic 2020 Takeout Eats: The Cheesecake Factory at Yorkdale Mall

Posted on May 4, 2020 by stenoodie
The Cheesecake Factory Yorkdale takeout

Takeout meal from The Cheesecake Factory located at 3401 Dufferin St in North York

We’ve been wanting to try out The Cheesecake Factory ever since its debut in Canada over two years ago at Yorkdale Mall (3401 Dufferin St, North York).  However, due to busy schedules and knowing that the line-up to get a table can be an hour or more, we were unable to make time for it… until now.  We decided to order takeout from The Cheesecake Factory as our very first takeout meal during the pandemic.  We Continue reading →

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Facial Sheet Mask Review: Dr. Morita Active Enzyme Brightening Facial Mask

Posted on May 1, 2020 by stenoodie
Dr. Morita Active Enzyme Brightening Facial Mask

Cardboard box package of the Dr. Morita Active Enzyme Brightening Facial Mask

I’m back with a facial mask review!  I have a number of new boxes that I still haven’t opened yet, so here goes.  This Active Enzyme Brightening Facial Mask is another from the Dr. Morita line, a skincare brand hailing from Taiwan.  Continue reading →

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New car 2020

Posted on April 30, 2020 by stenoodie
Honda CR-V 2020 in steel grey

Us with the new car!

Sometime last month before everything non-essential shut down, we were able to test drive some vehicles in preparation of our car lease expiring.  You can read about when we Continue reading →

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Protected: First virtual reporting job!

Posted on April 29, 2020 by stenoodie

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Can finally breathe a little bit

Posted on March 13, 2020 by stenoodie

This year’s workload thus far has been non-stop and crazy.  I’ve been very fortunate to be working so often as a freelancer in a field where it can be feast or famine, but I’m going to catch my breath a little bit and record what went down this winter so far.  Continue reading →

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Facial Sheet Mask Reviews: Dr. Morita Hyaluronic Acid Moisture Essence Facial Mask

Posted on February 4, 2020 by stenoodie

Time to break out another new facial sheet mask to try! 😀  The Taiwanese branded Dr. Morita sheet masks line has a large range of products of different “flavoured” masks or basically masks that target different facial needs.  This compact blue box contains 10 Continue reading →

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Posted on February 3, 2020 by stenoodie

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How much do court reporters make?

Posted on February 1, 2020 by stenoodie

I had this conversation with one of the staff at a law firm where I was reporting out of this past week and while in the heat of the moment I didn’t respond as optimally as I could have to the blatant ignorance of some people and how rude that question actually comes across as, here’s what went down:  Continue reading →

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Protected: I knew it

Posted on January 24, 2020 by stenoodie

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