It’s that time of year when I start grinding my teeth at all hours of the day and night. I’ve got sores in my mouth from trying to chomp my stress away. I don’t have time to walk several blocks…
Fashion Friday: The Bachelorette
Let’s take a break from Canada to talk about trashy American reality TV. This season’s Bachelorette is Ashley Hebert. On one of the most recent issues of People magazine is a bikini-clad Ashley with the cover title Tortured for Her…
Icefields Parkway and Athabasca Glacier
From Moraine Lake, we drove along the Icefields Parkway which is the highway connecting Banff and Jasper national parks. It’s the most beautiful drive I’ve ever experienced. Not like a bungling jitney ride in polluted Manila. Not like zig-zagging on…
Moraine Lake
Oh Canada!
We went to the beautiful Canadian Rockies for the 4th of July weekend. We left after work on Thursday and took Friday off. I didn’t realize until we arrived on July 1st shortly after midnight that it was Canada Day….
Money Monday: The Millionaire Fa$tlane
I’m reading what I consider the best book on achieving financial well-being. It’s called The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco. Let me preface by saying this book has 121 Amazon reviews of which 110 of them are 5 stars. There…
I Love So Many Things
During the homily, the priest talked about some of the things my uncle loved. A few of the things caught me by surprise and it made me wonder if people know what I love. I LOVE: Books and libraries, fiction…
Funeral and Faith
I attended the funeral today of my uncle who died suddenly and unexpectedly from a rare, acute form of leukemia. Even on a normal day, I consider myself emotionally hypersensitive. So seeing my aunt red-eyed and hearing people’s voices start…
Fashion Friday: Dress Fit for a Princess
Two months ago, I blogged about how much I despised Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. I thought it made her look unnecessarily frumpy. It was the wedding of the future King of England and that’s what his bride chose? Oh dear….
First Video Post
Here’s a video of the band we saw at Kimo’s. I don’t think I’ve ever posted a video on my blog before. I’m a tad bit slow when it comes to technology.