Instead of indulging me in my self-pity, you should all wander over to my sister-in-law's blog and read about how, 10 years ago, my niece joined our family. It's better than anything you'll read HERE right now, so go ahead, run away. (But thanks for stopping by...

I know better than to divulge too much information about work on my blog, but let me just say IF I HAVE ONE MORE CLOSED DOOR MEETING, I WILL RUN SCREAMING FROM THE BUILDING!More than one really tricky human resource issue has been bubbling lately, so this has been a...

Gotta wonder how something like this can possibly be healthy for all parties involved. But what do I know?(Marcel, don't even THINK about it!)

Martyn Joseph is the most AMAZING musician to walk the face of God's green earth! (Or at least that's what I think right now - until the next concert I see. :-)I love the buzz you get after a good concert, play, art show, poetry reading - almost any kind of artistic...

These things I hate:- when your staff member thinks that bad-mouthing you to anyone who will listen is an effective way of protecting her job- when your daughter is reduced to tears while trying to do her homework because trying to remember French numbers makes her...

I thought I'd take a moment to answer Dale's question. About the pumpkins.Why did I spend my Saturday morning picking pumpkins with about 40 other people? Well, the short answer is that they planted all those pumpkins to sell to raise money for Canadian Foodgrains...

The trip was GREAT! Better than I could have expected! I didn't know how it would go - I was travelling with the staff member that I've had the least contact with and didn't know if we'd gel or not, but we did. It was worth the investment - to build a relationship...

Yes, I'm home! I don't have much time to blog - the girls and I are spending the day together and they don't want me to be too distracted on the computer, but in the meantime, enjoy some pics (sorry - no time for commentary!)

I'll be up late tonight packing my bags - getting ready to catch a flight tomorrow morning. Gotta get the laundry all clean so that everyone has clothes to wear while I'm gone. Marcel is pretty capable of coping with everything in my absence, but the laundry is still...

Time for an updated family photo, so my sister and I exchanged photo shoots. (Go see the one on her blog too 🙂 Good looking bunch, eh? (Just don't look too closely at all the bird poop in the duck pond behind us.)