Laughter: the best medicine

It’s been an amazingly hectic few weeks (and yes, I will eventually get my vacation blog up-to-date WITH pictures, promise!) with our jam-packed (literally! Mom gifted slaDE with 8 jars of strawberry freshness) vacation back to Ontario, a family wedding and a full-on Stampede with fireworks every night to keep us bright-eyed and awake into…

Its been such a busy week with me going back to work. I’m really sorry for not having written more personal stuff sooner. A brief summation about my job — it’s with Calgary Regional Health in their Family Planning Clinic and I am the temporary fill-in Administrative Secretary and all-around gopher, basically :). I really…

The MV-22 Osprey is a controversial Tilt-Rotor Aircraft that has now been deployed to Iraq (contentious because “Three fatal accidents during testing, questionable maintenance records and a one-time fluke in computer hardware have left critics claiming that the Osprey is fundamentally unsafe). This aircraft is a tiltrotor vertical / short takeoff and landing (VSTOL), multi-mission…

San Pedro is a community 1560 meters above sea level located in the skirts of the volcanoes Toliman and San Pedro. What a weekend this turned out to be! An extravaganza of photo taking with breathtaking opportunities at every corner existing, capturing the sights, sounds, tastes and beauty that Guatemala beholds. It was fantastic ……

What a crazy week of organizing and going through some of my belongings in storage. It was quite shocking to see how much clothing I have acquired over the years … Boxes and boxes that have been stuffed away in the cubby hole – – in between travels, seasons and homes. I’ve been warned as…