At the Library

Sitting here at the library

Filled with books

Filled with people


Surrounded by

Quiet talking

Tapping of keys

Flipping of pages


Feel the stare of

Heros in armor

Villains in street clothes

Pricesses in gowns

Historical figures in garb


Messages of

Ways to live

How not to live

How to love

How to hate

How to be


Will anyone listen?

Uh-Oh!

That is the new word that Emma is expressing these days. My mom and sister taught her that last night. Now she is doing it all the time.

We put her in the nursery on Saturday night at church. She lasted the whole time, though they say she cried a lot during the first half. She needs to do this, though, so we will continue to put her in the nursery. I am sure that she will get used to it the more she does it. Since she is going through this stage of wanting mommy all the time, this is ideal for her development.

Aidan has his Preschool Valentine's party tomorrow. We have to put his Valentine's cards together today and make sure he dresses in red tomorrow. It should be fun for him.

My cold is coming back. It keeps coming back. My children were both up last night a couple of times, which just sends my cold back with a vengence. I have been nursing it quite well, but then you start to feel better, so you stop being so consciencious about it. Now it is back. I am sneezing and have a runny nose and I am cold. (and then hot, and then cold...) I just want to be well again.

We are supposed to be having a bake sale tonight at Bible study. They are trying to raise enough money for a lady to go to the women's retreat who can't afford to go. I find this very difficult, as I cannot afford to go. It costs $225.00/woman to go. We are not made of money here, people!! Perhaps I am being a tad bit jaded, but it seems funny to raise money for someone, when I am that someone! Am I being crazy or what?

I never did watch a Disney movie the other day as Aidan wanted to play cars instead. My favorite is Beauty and the Beast. I do love Monsters Inc., as well, especially Boo. She is sooo cute!! Maybe today after Aidan's Valentine's are done.

Well, homework calls.

20th Anniversary of the Winter Olympics

They were talking on the news at lunch about the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Winter Olympics. They are even having some of the athletes come back and take part (i.e. Elizabeth Manley, Eddie the Eagle, a member of the Jamaican bobsled team...).

For me, I was 9 years old. I remember getting up really early to watch the run of the torch in front of our community center (in my Guide uniform). Then, at school, we had our own torch relay. People sponsored us to run with a fake torch.

We didn't get the tickets we wanted for figure skating, but we did get to go watch some bobsledding. Cold, but fun.

My parents were really great about dragging us around to a lot of the functions, medal ceremonies, etc. Everyone knew someone involved in some aspect of the Olympics. Everyone was involved. It will always be a highlight of my childhood.



The feeling in the air was amazing. I can't believe that it has been 20 years. I wonder where my Olympic souvenirs are?

What to Blog About...

Aidan trying to be Mr. Mom. Cute and all, but the truth is that sometimes she eats better if Aidan is feeding her!! Go figure!

There are so many things to talk about today, I just don't know where to start.

It is minus 30 degrees Celcius outside, which feels like minus 45 with the wind chill. Needless to say we are not going outside anywhere. It is supposed to be like this until Thursday. I think that Aidan will be missing Preschool on Tuesday. He and Emma are getting over this cough-cold thing. It was nice being sick free for a month!!

Watched some USA male figure skating last night. I am still not convinced that this scoring/judging is any better. Although, they do take close up shots of the skaters' feet and such. At least I know what they are looking for in the different jumps. I think there is some room for improving the system, though, especially in regards to creativity and performance.

We had a guest speaker at church on Saturday who is pastor of a church plant in Montreal. The statistics about Quebec are just unreal. He was saying that 99.8% of people in Quebec do not go to church or believe in God. That out of the 50 some percent of divorces in Canada, over 30% of those happen in Quebec. Wow. I was astonished. Sometimes living out here in the West is a blessing and a curse. We don't know how life is on the other side of Toronto.

Sorry this blog is so all over the place. I guess I just feel that way today. I hope you are all doing fine. We are just trying to stay warm!!