Happy birthday Mom

We celebrate my Mom today – it’s her birthday! She’s lived across Canada and in the UK, been on plenty of planes, trains and automobiles. She’s musical and creative. She is the middle child – hmmm, that explains a lot. Happy birthday MOM!

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?…

More family thoughts

Just $1.41 per liter was the price of gas this morning at Costco. I was quite delighted by that price but isn’t that crazy? It wasn’t all that long ago I was paying $1.09 or close to that. After picking up some gas I stopped at the store to pick up fresh bread and that…