Yesterday, we had the first real snow of the season. Real meaning, enough to make a snowman. Well, at least Pip thought so. She insisted the conditions were perfect for snow building. However, it took us an entire hour to … Read More
What do teenage girls get up at parties? A whole lot of wonderful, that’s what. My daughter Tabitha celebrated her 14 birthday party this past weekend. After the cake, Tabs sat down at the piano and a few of her guests … Read More
Last night, near Pip’s 8 p.m. bed time, Pip rushed up to me from down stairs. “Mom! A black widow just crawled out of my boot and ran into the hall closet!” As my readers know, I live in an … Read More
Sometimes I want it all, even if just for a day. I have a vision of the perfect winter day, my kind of perfect day. It involves alipine skiing at SilverStar mountain followed by tubing on the mountain, supper at … Read More
My darling Tabitha is 14 years old today. It seems only a few years ago I held her in her tiny perfection on a cold prairie morning at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. Tabitha (age 9) in the … Read More
T’was the Sunday before Christmas and all through the valley the creatures were stirring. I, in my helmet, and Pa, in his goggles, the children had settled in for a long day on the mountain. When, all of a sudden, there … Read More
Pippi’s tooth hurt while she tried to eat a baked potato tonight at supper. Her description of her tooth swinging up with each bite was too cute so I grabbed the iphone to record it…and then something crazy happened! Hope … Read More
I had the pleasure of attending a Christmas music concert this past Saturday. The occasion was to celebrate my daughters’ and nieces’ music lessons. They all study various instruments at the community music school. The concert was held down town … Read More
Trust the media to take a simple idea and turn it into a ridiculous circus… “Pippi, my darling, we are going to revolutionize Christmas!” I shouted this out the other day to my daughter, after we’d come up with a brilliantly simple … Read More
Hug Big —ask questions later. The Story of The BIG HUGGIES Sweater It was”Ugly Sweater Day” at my daughter Tabs’ school last week. She raided her father’s closet and came out with a huge Peruvian, blue sweater. She put … Read More