still in Calgary…. :-(

We are still at home.
Claire’s deadline for US corporate tax returns in September 15th and she was too busy to take the day off. Bummed? Um….YES! But, I understand. It is sort of like hocky/football/baseball season in other people’s lives…the abandoned spouse. But, I get it, and it is ok. Things are better overall so [...]

Nice Day

Today’s did NOT begin as I would have liked……we woke up at 7:15am and the boys were supposed t be at thier dentist appointment at 8:15am…..way WAY  across town! I wanted to just cancel, but, Claire said she would take the day off and go with me. She has 4 weeks of vacation here, so [...]

Happy Canada DAY!~

Today is Canada day! Claire is home from work. Weird….just weird. I honestly have not even looked up why we are celebrating today….I assume is Canada’s day of independence ..their “4th of July”….but, I am happy about the day since Claire could stay home.
Friday is the beginning of the Calgary STAMPEDE! It is a GYNORMOUS [...]

…and then comes the calm…..

This entire week has been  a long and much needed exhale…things have gone smoothly…the kids have been CALM….and nothing major has caused more than a few minutes of chaos in our house. I feel like we have been waiting for this week since we got here. …and..my GOD!!! IT FELT GOOD!
Lessons learned this  week…
1. Don’t [...]

UNPACKING MY TUPPERWARE!!!

OMG!! You guys are KILLING ME!!! I look like a lazy little thing!!! Some of you would not even RECOGNIZE me! Claire has gone from working 20ish hours a week to about 50 hours. (no kidding). I went to bed last night at 10pm…and SLEPT hard until 7am! Tonight Andrew told me that [...]