Hmmm that’s what my thoughts started as last night leaving my sisters after spending Thanksgiving with her family and mine, minus my parents this year. What was I thankful for? Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday of the year because it’s all about visiting, no...
A few weeks ago I ran a half marathon with my husband. Well, not with him, he was ahead of me, but we ran the same race and he met me at the finish line. The night before we had dinner at a very nice...
I call our family ‘The Team’. This team includes my husband, my two step-children, our dog and our cat. They are the team. We are the team. Everybody on the team has idiosyncrasies, particularly the animals. Sometimes I make up words, mainly because it’s...
I have been flying on airplanes for the better part of my adult life. And recently I have noticed what I would call 'flight defiance'. Which is people not turning off their cell phones or other electronics and others budding in line ahead of their...
I have loved TV since I can remember. And although I now watch and appreciate the shows I previously scoffed at my Father for watching, it is one of my vices. Considering the others choices I think I’ve picked well. I love crap TV. ...
I run. I run recreationally. I started running because it was something I could do anywhere with little equipment. It’s always a challenge. In the 13 years I’ve been running very few have been ‘easy’. A recent injury changed my plan for a half marathon…so...
What the heck is Teadle Door Step? That’s what my husband said when I used that phrase. A phrase I grew up with that was used to describe the uneven cut of a piece of bread. You know the ones that you cut...
You know those songs, the ones that remind you of your youth…and make you smile and tap your toes or move your shoulders? One of those was Jack & Diane by John Cougar (at that time he was John Cougar) for me. I heard it...
I have been blessed in my life to have spent many a summer day at my Uncle George’s Cabin with my lifelong mate Linda. Now I can understand how generous it was of him to let us vacation at his cabin...
Last month my family and I attended a showing of the Pixar movie Monsters University. Watching cartoons as an adult can be very educational, not to mention fun. I am a BIG believer in teams; sport teams, corporate teams, event teams, family teams…all teams. I...