He smells like rain

A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. She was still groggy from surgery. Her husband, David, held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications had forced Diana, [...]

I signed up for Yuwie

I signed up for a social network known as Yuwie, that Joy at the Insane Writer mentions on her blog. You can be making a little extra cash by visiting friend’s pages and leaving them comments. Things we all do every day and you can get paid for it, and it is free.
Here’s how [...]

Retirement planning for 2008

RETIREMENT PLANNING FOR 2008
If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left. If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have [...]

Wear pink – end bullying

Two Nova Scotia high school students came up with this idea. I am really proud of these Canadian boys.

Wear Pink via kwout
David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied…They took a stand against bullying when they protested [...]

Heads or Tails – Wonder

Skittles has a meme called Heads or Tails and this week we can write anything we like about Wonder or Wander, so I have chosen Wonder.
Four of the  natural wonders of British Columbia include:

Quesnel Lake, BC is reported to be the deepest fiord lake in the world. It is 530 metres (1739 feet) deep.

Della Falls [...]

First picture

I took this one off my son’s blog because I haven’t got any others yet. I will not get to see the baby until this summer when I will drive down to the lower mainland. He will be about five months by then.
Say hello to Aiden, my beautiful new grandson. Pictured in the photo [...]

"She taught me how to live and how to die"

Last night I was told I had a new grandson, my second. Only one son has produced any offspring as yet, so now there is Daniel Stephen 4 and Aiden Christopher 1 day old. I will probably go to visit them this summer.
I went to the memorial service this morning for the woman who died [...]

New grandbaby

I just got a call from my eldest son, a new baby son has just been born this evening at 5:42pm. He is 8 lb 7 oz so is a good size and 20″ long. They still haven’t decided on the name but they have two names picked out but probably will decide by tomorrow. [...]

Heads or Tails – P

Skittles started a meme every Tuesday called Heads or Tails, basically she provides a word and we can interpret it however we like.
This week it is anything beginning with P so mine is Premature, Prayer and Praise
  Today  my middle son David is 29 years old, but he was born prematurely, he was only [...]

Social Networking

Social Network Reviews – the top ten, most I have never heard about. Maybe that is why my blog is not in the top ten either?

MySpace – I have a page on  MySpace really only to direct to this blog. I came across some interesting blogs there while browsing.
Zorpia.com – This one I have never [...]