Last few months here in Calgary

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Our Dog Sadie

March 8th 2008 was a sad day at our house. We've had to say good bye to our much loved family member Sadie. She was with me/us for 13 long years. It was really only since moving to Calgary that her health began to diminish.
Some of my fondest memories of her are up in Collingwood out back playing frisbie. The lake at Collingwood fetching sticks. Stemmle's cottage and swimming for endless hours and fetching the stick in the water.
When I lived in London she would come with me to work at the Travel Agency and entertain the cusomers while I put together their trips.

We added another dog Max to our family this past summer, and he was a great companion for her. It really kept her young. Max really misses his Sadie too. She has been with me during some of the biggest changes I have experienced. Getting married, having kids, moving out West.

Sadie's final resting spot will be up in Collingwood were she loved it so much.
I plan on sprinkling her ashes out back of the condo and at the lake.
So long old girl.

Baby its Cold out here!!!!!!!!!

Just when you think winter is not so bad.....wham.....mother nature comes in for the kill.
I don't think I have ever been in colder weather in my life before.
Just went through my second day of "high temp of -28" This is friggin CRAZY weather. I think with the wind chill....and there was a wind today it was -45. I walked Caitlyn from the car into school and I had the worst ice cream headache ever and it was only my eyes showing on my face. I would have worn sunglasses but it was still dark out, and I may have slipped and fallen on some ice patch that had not been de iced (too cold for salt to melt ice) Caitlyn starts school bright and early at 8am....lucky me huh? I didn't take her on Monday....I thought with it being around -40 out at 8am what mother in her right mind would take a child to school. I guess everyone does....at least here in Calgary. They do not close schools really for anything. I talked to my cousin and she remembers the last "snow day" being back in 1997!!!! I did not grow up on the prairies which makes me very naive about these things. The schools were open...I thought they must be crazy. In Ontario we would be having 3 days off school. Not here....no not here...
I am not in Ontario any more....not in Ontario anymore....not in Ontario anymore.....I must keep reminding myself of that. No snow days here in Calgary!!!! No snow plows either.....that is another whole story in itself.
Can I make it through another day? I hope so!!!!!