This is the cause: This is the effect after pushing the innards of a 25 lb fish down the garbage disposal: Now for the math lesson: 25lbs of salmon = $10 of Drano + $26 pizza dinner on paper plates + $160(!) Roto Rooter bill. Aggravation level = priceless. Moving on to English class, today’s…

My new favourite expression is "Put on your big girl panties and deal with it." I need to do just that and get on with finishing the two sweaters that are almost finished except for the finishing. You know what I mean, the sewing, the buttonholes, the buttons… I once knit a sweater, one of…

Have you ever had a once in a lifetime experience? I guess when they happen you don’t know it’s a once in a lifetime. Maybe it’s the first in your lifetime. Last weekend, on the ferry between Vancouver Island and Vancouver I lost count after seeing 21 Orca whales. There were many more, but it…

Gracee looks truly repentant, doesn’t she? Either that or sick to her stomach (see my last post). She came through it fine, a little chocolate breath and a brown beard, but no worse for the wear. Maybe it was a case of sympathetic nervous eating for me – yesterday was our annual general meeting at…

Before: After: Gracee’s in the dog house: Was it good, Grace? At least it wasn’t knitting.

I just found out that I’m going to have lots of knitting time in December. This has been the year of major appliance repair and/or replacement in our house and now it’s my turn. I’ve decided to go ahead with an ACL graft and a few other nips and tucks inside my knee after having…

Being Ms. Practicality in most parts of my life, my daughters can’t understand when I don’t get excited about their dating anniversaries. "We’re going out, it’s our two month anniversary," they might say. I suppose in this age of brief marriages you’d better celebrate anniversaries while you can. Chuck and I hardly celebrate our wedding…

That’s a catchy title. I usually enjoy my two glasses of wine in the evening, but I haven’t been able to recently. No wine for me. My neck has been in spasm and alcohol makes it worse. I took half a muscle relaxer for the first time. I told my daughter that it felt like…

I once saw a button that said "Be kind to me, I have teenagers." I only have one teen now, the two girls having graduated into their 20’s. I still deserve kindness. This isn’t a bad story, just an example of teenage logic. So, Chuck is in MN, the girls are back to Edmonton and…

Just as I was feeling really sorry for myself, unable to attend my M-I-L’s memorial service, I receive a thoughtful RAOK card from Christina of Between the Stitches. Perfect timing, funny how that happens. Thank you, Christina. I’ve booked a couple of things to look forward to. First is a watercolour flower painting workshop in…