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Voiceover pro, writer, author, podcaster with @erindavis : @GandFthePodcast . #Sepsis survivor. Green pepper hater. 🍁 Married. @voxtalent

Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
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@lisambrandt
Lisa Brandt
1 year
Prince Harry's Spare tells all about his life in the royal family, feuds with his big brother, and how joining the army made him feel normal.
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4 years
Shout-out to a woman I respect and admire and couldn't help but think about on our travels in California today! @soledadobrien
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Me: Why were you up so early? Him: An #AMBERAlert woke me. I couldn't get back to sleep. But they caught the guy and the kid is OK. Me: Wonderful. Him: Yeah, it's good news. And then we went on with our day because we're not assholes.
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As for me, I ❤️Mo Salih.
You're free to hate my faith You're free to hate my colour You're free to hate that I exist But I'm not going anywhere. #ldnont
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Helen Hubbs. My Mom. 1940-2020. #fuckcancer
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The guys who jumped on the subway tracks & saved a blind man who fell. The woman who gave a stranger cash when he didn't have enough money for his groceries. The child who donated his allowance to a new Canadian family. That's my Canada. #CanadaDay 🇨🇦
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4 years
Young people are the leaders of the future. Just not THESE young people, I hope. #COVIDIOTS
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CBS News
4 years
“If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I'm not gonna let it stop me from partying”: Spring breakers are still flocking to Miami, despite coronavirus warnings.
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@rickygervais Equality, coffee, central heating. Easy!
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Me & Ken & @HattPhotography who got quick photos of a groom saving a boy from a river. @MrKenEastwood @CJBK
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3 years
@avalonpenrose I'm not sure what's funnier. The satirical video or the people who think it's serious!
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@lisambrandt
Lisa Brandt
4 years
Having now lost both of my parents, am I still a daughter? With no one to call Mom or Dad, can I still say I'm someone's daughter? 🤔 I wish you a happy #nationaldaughterday . Call your mother. #grief
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@lisambrandt
Lisa Brandt
4 years
@realDonaldTrump PROPERTY BROTHERS! Why are we shouting the names of TV shows?
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
I heard from several male former radio colleagues on the weekend, asking whether they had behaved well when we worked together. The ones who behave badly never question themselves. #men #women #radio
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
I can't believe how many times I've thought about calling or emailing my mom, or remembering something to tell her later. This will never entirely go away, will it? #grief #mother
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
So, my #mom is in the hospital now, waiting for a hospice bed. This two year odyssey of hers was on the down low at her request. She was diagnosed just weeks after I quit full time radio, so I've been able to be with her through it all. 💔 #fuckcancer
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
@AmandaLandy I always find it amusing when someone young dismisses someone with experience, like me. 1. They'll get here quicker than they imagine and 2. Getting older is the damn goal in life anyway! 😊
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
We are shocked and heartbroken after saying goodbye to Miss Sugar today. Thank you to everyone who ever read her blog or admired her sweet little feline form. She gave us so much love. We were lucky to have found her. 💔 #CatsOfTwitter
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2 years
It's here! Yay! Just in time for vacation. @RandyRainbow #book #author #signed #squee
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Lisa Brandt
5 years
Please, let's not let Don Cherry's comments turn us into poppy snobs if we do see someone without a poppy. Maybe they just lost their poppy. Maybe they're having a bad day and forgot. Don't assume they don't care. Offer an extra one. #BeKind #RemembranceDay
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
What if we emerge from this crisis with better priorities? We stop making heroes of multi-millionaire do-nothings and start paying #nurses & #doctors what they're really worth and respecting them for what they do for all of us? What if? #pandemic
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
"Some people have a way with words and others...not have way!" Me, today. #quote @SteveMartinToGo
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
@realDonaldTrump JANUARY 6th! Now we're screaming random dates!
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
For the first time since my Mom died, I thought of her and smiled instead of cried. I spilled some water on the floor. She would always say, "well, now there's a clean spot"! #griefjourney #family #mom
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
My mom always appreciated getting gifts but so many of them are unused and still in the box. The best gift to give your mom is your time. One day, time will run out and nothing else will matter. Call your mother. #fuckcancer
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Lisa Brandt
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Venice, I've waited a lifetime to see you. POV during our gondola ride. #Venice #italy
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Last night I slept on the couch in mom's room @McNallyHospice and they gave me a warmed blanket, a pillow and fresh coffee in the morning. A night nurse said I won the snoring contest. I didn't know I was entered. #fuckcancer
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
I went out to run a few errands and came back with two friends: Ben & Jerry. These silly little tubs are single serve, right? @benandjerrys #IceCream
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Is anybody else feeling completely unmotivated? Like you don't have the energy to finish anyt
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
I don't have the energy for outrage. It's not that I don't care - I care deeply. But I'm tapped. Empty. No reserves. And I don't think I'm alone. #onpoli #DougFord #COVID19Ontario
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
It's not enough for #cancer to take someone's life. It greedily robs them of their dignity first and it makes everyone who loves them feel helpless. #fuckcancer
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
I didn't think an in-studio shot of me in Red Deer existed anymore but of course, my Mom kept one. My first full-time radio gig at CKGY-AM. Country, overnights. The year: 1858. #radio
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Didn't get a #voiceover job because my price was too high. It's not unreasonable, it's what I feel my experience and abilities are worth. So, I'm okay with that. Know your value. #selfemployed #voiceartist
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
This brought me to tears. Reminding me of so many times in 30+ years of radio when I made myself small so I wouldn't be seen as a "problem". Gaslighted over being insulted or yelled at. Thank you, @JennValentyne .
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Jennifer Valentyne
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It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
Finished tidying up Mom's condo before the new owner takes possession tomorrow. After this, I have nothing left to pull me back to my hometown. Not like the pull a Mother has. #griefjourney #RealEstate
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Lately when I see Mom, she asks me to do something she "forgot to do before I die". Even in hospice, she's worrying about other people, like Moms do. All I can do is what she asks & try to reassure her. 😢 #fuckcancer
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Received a treasure trove of emails from another Lisa Brandt whom my Mom mistakenly emailed over the years. (Even with replies!!) Mom never admitted it to me although sometimes her emails would get mysteriously lost. Thank you other LB! #mom #grief
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
Dear US #media , please stop reporting everything #KanyeWest is saying. It's not news. He needs help. And he's using you as his #PR company. Thank you. Signed, The World. #MentalHealthMatters #news
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Lisa Brandt
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Today is the third anniversary of my Mom's death. Grief isn't predictable. It ebbs and flows and brings a wave when you aren't expecting one. Please be gentle with grieving friends and don't put expectations on the process of grief. ♥️ #grief #bekind #Moms
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
Hubby won the 2020 One Voice International Voice Over, male, at the @OneVoiceConf and now he has the hardware! #proud #audio @DerekRockBotten
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Lisa Brandt
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Please watch out for my husband & the other motorcyclists getting out to enjoy the nice weather. They may look tough all dressed in black but they're awfully vulnerable with no metal around them to protect them. They want to get home safely, too. #motorcycle
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
Thank you, 🇨🇦 for my excellent luck in being born here! Any Canadian who doesn't feel lucky, despite all its problems, doesn't know enough about what goes on in the rest of the world. 🎤drop. #CanadaDay #longweekend #lucky
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Bell's CEO made $13.5 million in total compensation last year. (Per @TorontoStar ) 🙄 Hey, Bell - let's effing talk. #BellMedia #BellLetsTalk
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
My brother's friends had a birthday BBQ for him today. Privately, I gave him the birthday card our late mom had purchased for him. I found it among her things. He was her fave person and I say that without an ounce of jealousy. #family #grief #love
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
@lives2talk @SteveMartinToGo Sometimes adults don't realize the power their words can have. Maybe it's time to pick up where you left off?
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Lisa Brandt
5 years
TV and soundbar mounted on the wall by @DerekRockBotten - anybody else watching Travelers with @EricMcCormack - we are hooked! @Netflix_CA
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
You've been with me through it all. College. Marriages. Divorces. Happy times and sad times. I can't thank you enough, coffee. Please, never leave me. ☕️☕️☕️ #NationalCoffeeDay
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Lisa Brandt
6 years
@MohamedMOSalih I don’t like it - I LOVE it!
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Lisa Brandt
8 months
Lined up at the bank to deposit a US cheque. People getting impatient as a teller (one of five) teaches an elderly man how to use his debit card. What if he was your relative? She's being patient and awesome. 💜 #banking @TD_Canada
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Sometimes you have to look hard to find the good stuff but my husband having a patio visit with my Mom @McNallyHospice and laughing at something she said, is pretty darn good. ♥️
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
My dad made this little wooden pull toy rabbit when he was a kid. 73 years ago! My cousin ended up with it and she just gave it to me. The ears move. 💞 🐰 #family #dads #toy
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Lisa Brandt
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Mom is living better, and I think, living longer, because of the amazing care she's getting @McNallyHospice . She keeps telling me how happy she is. Imagine, someone dying of #Cancer , happy. ❤️❤️❤️
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Lisa Brandt
1 year
Canada's seasons explained - perfectly! #betrayal
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SPRING IN CANADA
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Lisa Brandt
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A Mom is always a Mom, no matter how old their kid gets. No one will ever care as much about everything from what's going on with work to whether my tummy is upset. A child's happiness is a Mom's greatest joy. Call your Mother. #fuckcancer
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
I can always count on my baby brother to send me a gift I never knew I needed! #Siblings @kevinh047
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Lisa Brandt
6 years
It’s the deal you make when you have a pet. Especially a senior pet. But it doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye. We loved our Spice, our head of security, our little buddy. 2000-2018. ⁦ @DerekRockBotten
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Lisa Brandt
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That moment you find out that a terminally ill friend has booked #MAID for Friday, so there isn't much time to say goodbye. Grateful that it's happening on her terms. #life
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
My Mom insisted the stuff she bought via The Bradford Exchange was going to increase in value. Of course, none of it did. But she got enjoyment out of the plates and things she bought and that has value in itself. #grief #family #daughter
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Lisa Brandt
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Thank you friends, known and unknown to me, who sent messages of support about my Mom's illness. She's a tough little bird and still able to laugh (at times) and cry (at others). I felt your virtual hugs today. #TwitterFamily
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
Mom's fat garden frog has found his winter home in my kitchen. 🐸 #grief #gardens
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Lisa Brandt
7 years
Doesn't she look stunning?? We're on our way soon to bring her to her last @981CHFI show! @erindavis
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Thank goodness for people like the McNallys and their compassion in creating this beautiful hospice. This is the view from Mom's room. ♥️♥️♥️ @McNallyHospice #fuckcancer #family #love
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Schools closed, libraries closed, March break camps closed, the news is all COVID-19 all the time. We are all going old school. Board Games with family. Quiet time to read. Welcome to the March break of MY youth! #COVID19 #WashYourHands
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Lisa Brandt
1 year
I deleted the "missing dog" tweet because people were still sharing it although I found his people. This photo of how tired he was of running and dodging traffic needs to be shared again. He snuggled into my warm car and fell asleep. #GermanShepherd #dog
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Lisa Brandt
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Driving a Dodge Ram. Wearing an armour-style vest. Protecting himself while he deliberately ran down a family out for a walk. This isn't my #ldnont . Everyone of every faith, culture and race should be safe from such a horror. 💔
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Upside: I'm going home tomorrow for the first time since August 12th. Downside: The reason I'm free to go now. #mom #grief #screwyoucancer
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
All I want is for @rickygervais to write everything, star in everything, narrate everything and host everything. Is that too much to ask? #AfterLife3
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
What a kick to see that Consumers Distributing is trending in Canada. Our family shopped there all the time. It was more work than going to a department store but that's what made the purchase so satisfying! #shopping #nostalgia
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Happiest of birthdays to @erindavis - the most supportive, witty and thoughtful friend a gal could hope for. So supportive, in fact, that she will understand my distraction of late and accept this tweet as her #birthday gift! 🎁💕🎂
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
My Mom got a job at a computer company and then found out she was pregnant with me. She told them. They fired her. The woman ahead of us had it harder and made things better for those who followed. I pay tribute to her on #InternationalWomensDay #Moms
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Lisa Brandt
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A little drama. A little color. Little feature wall. Hubby did an excellent job with the peelable wallpaper. It's bamboo and leaves but from here, it's just purty. #DIY #homedecor
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
The #ValentinesDay gift I bought for hubby finally arrived today. It's supposed to be us. Does it look like us?! #gift #bobblehead
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Lisa Brandt
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Him: Let's go out and do something! Me: Like, outside and everything? Him: Yeah. Then we'll feel like we did something today! Me (inside voice) But why? WHYYYYY? #cold #frozen #boxingday (Port Stanley pier)
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Thank you to everyone who responded to today's @KindnessLDNONT tweet. 😁 Whether you are aware of what's going on in my family now or whether you're not - this is the best smile I can make today. #SmileCookie
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
Current mood. #moving
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
In one of Mom's old books we found Dad's scribbles of his regular @Lotto649 numbers so I'm playing them once, just for fun. And if you never hear from me again, we won. #grief @kevinh047
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Let's acknowledge the women who didn't have all the opportunities and choices but made damn sure the world was wide open to the next generation. #mothers #grandmothers #InternationalWomensDay #grateful
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
Yesterday, a woman purchased the "good" silverware our family used for decades. She's going to make jewelry out of it! I couldn't be happier. New life for old stuff. #repurposing #jewelrydesign
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
My husband says my wardrobe consists of "inside PJs and outside PJs". And he's not wrong. #leggings #comfort #workfromhome #FridayFeeling
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
Important announcement: Once you're vaccinated against #COVID19 , it is still not advisable to lick a shopping cart handle. Follow me for more health advice. #COVID19Vaccine #WashYourHands
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Lisa Brandt
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
A nun just cut me off in line at a grocery store. I hope she doesn't make a habit of it. 😷 #butseriously #grocery #rude #Idontcarewhoyouremarriedto
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New rule. For every five minutes she's late, a glove goes into my purse! I've got five gloves and counting... #doctor #appointment #late
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
A couple of ex-radio women heading down Queen St. so @erindavis can make an appearance on @TheSocialCTV ! Live at 1 pm. #Toronto
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After the wettest, windiest, and coldest day of riding we've ever experienced, we are happy to have arrived at the beautiful Clairstone Inn on Cape Breton. Hot showers and early bedtime are in order! #travel #novascotia
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Lisa Brandt
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I really, really want a #vaccine . But I'd rather wait until #teachers are vaccinated. Until all #healthcare , front-line and factory workers are vaccinated. If I have to wait longer so all those at greater risk go first, so be it. #priorities #onpoli
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
One day I mused about buying a purple lounge outfit from @zulily . But I hesitated. So @erindavis made my dream come true! #tiedye #comfy #mrsroper
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
Current view. ❤ #CatsOfTwitter
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
Woke up at 2 am and #Election2020 anxiety kept me awake. Don't try to tell #canadians that a US election isn't our business. The US is like our older brother who can't get his 💩 together lately. #ElectionResults2020
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
When someone tailgates me I get immense joy from going exactly the speed limit. I think this is why old people do it! #driving #getoffmybutt
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Lisa Brandt
2 years
Today I looked a hair stylist in the eye and said, "I wasn't happy with my hair last time." I once completely stopped going to a mall to avoid such a convo. I await my medal for bravery. #haircut #hairstyle #hair
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Lisa Brandt
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Many years ago, I filled a child-sized hole in my life through a @BBBSHB match with a little 9-year-old waif. Today, she's a college grad with honors and has two sweet children who call me Grandma. Happy Birthday, Tabitha! 🎂❤️ #bigsister #family #birthday
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Lisa Brandt
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Catwatch 2022: This photo was taken yesterday. Today, cat is hiding again. Baby steps. Love requires patience. @AnimalAide #CatsOfTwitter
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Lisa Brandt
1 year
The world needs more Hazel McCallions. 💙
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Bonnie Crombie 🇨🇦
1 year
Today, we grieve the loss of Mississauga’s matriarch, Hazel McCallion, a fierce and passionate leader who touched the lives of so many. She lived a life of service before self - everything she did was for the betterment of our City. My deepest condolences to the McCallion family.
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
I feel sorry for the 20-something cashiers who have to ask customers if they qualify for the senior's discount. My advice? Don't read too much into it if you're asked. When you're 20 everyone over 45 looks 70. #Retail
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Lisa Brandt
4 years
I don't like funerals. Who does? But it's important to show up and pay respects. To be part of a community that says, this person mattered when they were with us and their memory will matter, too. @mikelondoncan #ldnont
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Lisa Brandt
5 years
The nurse insisted on taking my weight and I'm proud to say that I'm the perfect weight for my height which I estimate is about 7' 6". #health #doctor
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Lisa Brandt
3 years
I promised myself a treat if I finished a big #voiceover project. Something classy and mature, befitting a respectable woman. #voiceactor #reward
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