With the advent of Spring, thoughts turn to new birth – flowers in the garden, puppies on the lawn. All around me, people have one of two thoughts on their mind “what can I buy at the garden centre today?” or “oh, I just LOVE my little pet”. Yup, even in the blogging...

Marcel's cousin Leon is a long distance truck driver. He told Marcel a great little story that I can't resist repeating.He was having breakfast with a fellow truck driver somewhere down in the States not long ago. When they got up to pay for their meal, they were told...

I’m wearing one of my favourite skirts today. It’s long and black and funky, with embroidered designs and black beads around the bottom. It’s filmy and flowing – like a peasant skirt without the wrinkles.I’ve had this skirt for about 14 years. It hung in the back of...

God was at church Sunday morning. Imagine that! I don’t think God always bothers to show up at church, because people don’t necessarily want him there. Actually, he probably shows up anyway, and waits in the wings for someone to invite him in, but sometimes he leaves...

So, Marcel, my dear husband, sent me this link today. Do you think perhaps he doesn't want me to jump? 🙂

First of all, I arrived at work on my bike (in biking attire), went to the bathroom to change into my work attire, and discovered that I'd forgotten to bring a shirt to wear under my blazer. So here I am, wearing my stinky biking t-shirt under a businessy suit. And...

With 2 of our daughters on soccer teams which play on alternate nights, we spend a majority of our evenings sitting on the sidelines of soccer fields these days. It’s not a bad way to spend an evening. We usually bike there and back, so it’s been a great way to get...

According to the Triple P quiz, I am passion-driven. The problem is not (as I stated before) that I don't have passion, it's that I'm not "purpose-driven". No WONDER Rick Warren's humongous best seller (that nearly everyone else thinks is the secret to true happiness)...

Well, I can strike one thing off the list.That's right, I got my nose pierced! On my birthday. I wanted to do this when I was 20, but then I chickened out and convinced myself I didn't have the right nose for it. Lately, I started wanting it again, and now that I'm...

I have the greatest sister in the world. She did 2 awesome things for my birthday. She posted this cool list of great moments we've shared. And she gave me these 40 things for my birthday... As she mentions in the list, we've been to 3 plays together in London and 3...