Family day

Here in Alberta, we celebrate Family Day—in fact, we were the first province to offer this. Now, several provinces hold this holiday. It was designed to give those of us in the cold winters of Alberta to have a bit of a break between New Years and Easter. And is there something better than family?…

Getting ready for ?

When we adopted JR, there was no internet, no YouTube. I wish there had been. I was really busy travelling in those days and was out of the house a great deal. So poor JR did not get much training and of course the truth of the matter is I didn’t get much training to…

Roast Beef dinner

Whenever we go out for a nice steak dinner, which is not that often, I debate about whether I should have a good steak (why I went) or a nice prime rib dinner. I’ve really grown up with the tradition of a good roast beef dinner. Most Saturday mornings, as a kid, I awoke to…