The snow’s finally disappeared (knock on wood) and we’re switching gears, from skiing to cycling. It was supposed to be just a filler, in between ski seasons. Just for fitness, but it’s so much more. Fun and exciting! With just one gear and no brakes … it takes some guts Read more…
Elizabeth is 11 today! Happy birthday sweet girl. Eleven! –> Legs Eleven –> when I was a kid in the middle east we used to play bingo in our village coffee shop. The caller was the Thai barman and he had all sorts of great sayings for the numbers. Legs Read more…
Spring skiing that is … The above video is Lizzy and Sam skiing the ski cross course at Norquay in Banff. They love that last jump. We’re just home from 4 great days in the Rockies. Lizzy had a race at Norquay. What a great family ski mountain. I love Read more…
Today, like all other days I plopped myself down on the loo, and realized that there was NO toilet paper on the roll. As I stretched and contorted to reach into the vanity … I saw this note, written in sharpie on the side of a normally closed and rarely Read more…
Edit 2: She changed her mind. She doesn’t care what folks think! Edit: I’ve been busted … and threatened with physical violence. I’m taking it down. I’ll be back tonight (Friday) with a giveaway to make it up to you. Damn giveaway won’t make you laugh hysterically though :( –> Read more…
I never should have picked ‘hope’ as my inspirational word for ‘one word February’ after the first day I ran out hopeful images. Here is an example: I let my kids watch Oprah last week. There was an episode about ‘the worlds most talented kids’. One of the acts were Read more…
Sam and Lizzy are in downhill racing this year. Sunday was their first race. Here comes Sam. My first thought when I realized it was him was, ‘for the love of God, do your coat up!’ Then I snapped out of it and started taking photos. As you can see, Read more…
Thanks for all the emails making sure that I am alive and well! With my memory the way it is, I’m pretty sure I would have forgotten I have a blog if you all hadn’t reminded me. We had a great holiday filled with grandmas, grandpas, great-grandmas, uncles, aunts, great-aunts, Read more…
Last night Mr. MK and I, left our nine year old standing outside in -20 degree weather, in the dark with no hat or mittens and drove away! Let me explain … Then again, it’s all been said on facebook, so I am just going to copy the conversation here Read more…
Every year I buy the gingerbread house kits from the supermarket. They’re easy and tons of fun (when you’re not yelling at the kids to stop eating all the candies). This year all our ‘gingerbread crafting fun’ took place under the super-happy SNL Gumby Christmas slogan, that I unhappily drew Read more…