As those of you who read my blog know, my daughter is not a girlie-girl. She likes sports and skateboarding and spends most of her time trying to keep up with her nearly 9 year old brother and his friends. The truth is, I'm not an expert on girlie stuff either. I am a fool with make-up, I can't accessorize to save my life, and I would fail a quiz on the latest designers. But, I do like to dress up every now and then and I recently discovered, to everyone's surprise, that my rough-and-tumble daughter does too. We... More »

Well folks, I did it. Yup. I slept 2 whole nights in a tent! A real tent in a real campground. And the second night it even rained. The strangest part is, I actually had a good time. As you can probably tell I was none too keen on the camping component of this visit to see my sister. Our trip to Calgary was going to have a 3 day detour to Dinosaur Provincial Park. The kids, as you can imagine, were deliriously excited. I, in case you didn't know, am a hotel kinda gal. I don't do camping.... More »