Our First Anniversary
We are celebrating our first anniversary in our new house. Lots has happened in the past twelve months; we said goodbye to Chester and hello to Penny, we celebrated all the occasions, experienced all the seasons and we are still speaking to each other. We survived the downstairs renovation and the moving of the palm […]
3’s a Breeze: 14 Stairs
Downstairs Well over a decade ago my younger daughter waved a magic wand and changed my life forever – she said “I do” to her handsome prince and POOF! I became a mother-in-law. A few years later my son gifted me a daughter-in-law and a short time after that my elder daughter married her high […]
3’s a breeze: Transfer of Power
Downstairs It could have ended badly but it didn’t, thankfully. I’m generally a very cautious person – a scaredy-cat – but once in awhile I get my looking and leaping mixed up and plow headlong into a situation without care or thought. Such was the case on the first morning after moving into my new […]
Party Poopers
The pilot project allowing dogs on the promenade is going well, according to the people walking the dogs. But as with most parties this one has a pooper (actually more than one pooper). These poopers are consumed with the parties doing the pooping and are kicking up a stink in the local newspaper and at […]
Walking the walk
There seems to be a mixed reaction to the pilot project allowing leashed dogs to partake in a walk with their human on the White Rock promenade. The trial period started on Tuesday with much fanfare and local media to document the event – my thirteen year old Boston Terrier even scored five seconds of […]