There are so many interesting things to do in Calgary and we never get a chance to do them because our days are a tightly weaved matrix of “must dos” and “need to dos” that never seem to ever happen. This year we made an effort to take in a Christmas breakfast or two around [...]
Archive > December 2007
Santa Cookies Et. Al.
It was a very busy Christmas Eve. We’ve been tracking Santa on Norad all day. There’s been lots of baking and present wrapping and non-stop activity in our household. Once again we have a full house and all of the guests have four legs and lots of fur. Bailey is our guest of honour because [...]
Santa 2007
As silence fell across the crowd of children and parents who’d been waiting patiently to see Santa, he stood up from his fancy green padded chair and walked towards the crowd. He looked fresh and ready for a day of sitting with children in the play village. As Santa walked down the long line of [...]
Before and After
It’s not done yet. We’ve run into a problem with the size of our wall mirror and the size of modern vanities — basically the two don’t go together. Also, we need to put up a small glass wall shelf above the toilet. Anyhow, here is the monstrous before: Below is the after. The photo [...]
Runners and Squirrels
Runners: One of the things I noticed on the very first day that I ran to the C-Train station is that if other transit users see you running towards the station, they will start running too. And, this phenomenon accelerates as you get closer to the train. During my last run I had five other [...]
