Canada ROCKS!!!TWENTY-FOUR medals! Woohoo!To my American friends, yes, I know you still beat us by one, but you've got about ten times the population, so you'll have to let us enjoy this - as close as we've ever come to matching your powerhouse.A nice lead-in to 2010...

Taxes are done, we're getting money back, AND I didn't get an aneurysm!It's all good!Now if only this head cold and PMS would go away.

There's nothing worse than doing your taxes - at least if you're a disorganized, form-illiterate, numbers-handicapped numbskull. Like me.Oh wait. There is something worse.Sitting down to do your taxes, while an approaching head cold is threatening to drive a truck...

Ten years agoyou made me a motherTen years agoafter hours and days of pain and waitingyou joined your Daddy and meand made us a familyIn the wee hours of your first night on earthafter my body had stopped shakingand my eyes had re-gained their focusI tip-toed into the...

A variety of newspapers cross my desk every day. I cast a cursory glance at most of them before I toss them into someone else's inbox. Today, this articlecaught my attention, and sent me on a little trip down memory lane.It turns out that the Arden elevator is for...

This is the week that I celebrate the births and lives of three very important people in my life. From three different generations. My Dad's birthday was yesterday (sadly, he's no longer here to celebrate with us, but we remembered him none-the-less). Today is...

... then a heart-shaped pizza, candlelight, and a couple of glasses of wine sitting on the table when you climb out of the cab and walk into the house after 2 days away in Toronto.I'm not much for Valentine's Day gimmicks, but it was nice to walk into the house and...

Despite my earlier discouragement, I keep reminding myself I have one of the BEST jobs on the planet. I get to travel to interesting places, I get to work for a cause I'm passionate about, I get to do some fun creative writing and design projects (and get PAID for...

At long last, here are some pics to show you our Christmas holiday project - Nikki's new room! It's fun, it's a little crazy - it's four colours! Green, blue, yellow and orange. And check out the funky chair - it's an old 70s chair (I think they call it "shaker...

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, I came home, hoping for some comfort, and at the supper table, Maddie announced that she wanted a new mom. Yup, I needed to hear that.AND, it gets worse. Not only does she want a new mom, but she's already got one picked...