A blog full of memories
Chantel is my niece. She’s staying home from school today so we can have a day together. Bonding. I love it. She’s a great kid. She came over the Chilkoot Trail with us in the summer. She really impressed me. How many 11-year old girls do you know who can kick butt over 3700 feet? …
I collect recipes of 5 ingredients or less. Today, I was talking to my nephew about cooking. (He’s a great cook by the way!!). He said his five ingredient recipe would include: 1. Get cookbook. 2. Find recipe. 3. Buy ingredients. 4. Cook. 5. Eat. I laughed and said I would include this recipe in …
In third year university, I rented the basement of a family home. The woman had her Masters degree in Early Childhood Education. She also had a three-year-old son and a new born. During the day, she took care of other children in the neighbourhood. As I went upstairs one day to use the bathroom, I …
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. My Dad will be participating in the local parade in Whitehorse. I want to post a picture of him in his regalia. My Dad never actually fought in a war, but the military is a big part of …
Last week on the way to work I hit a bird on the middle of the 101 highway going from Cotati to Petaluma. Posting one story about road kill brought a slew of other stories. So, on the road kill theme, here is another story about road kill. This story is compliments of Stephen because …
I was walking to the Steel Bear Deli last Monday to get my milk for my coffee at work and I saw Chucky on this truck. I thought, I have to take a picture of him. My sister worked on the movie The Bride of Chucky in 1998. She would get a laugh from knowing …
This week’s theme of road kill reminded me of another accident I had. Not only was I hit by a Ford Tempo, I have also been hit by my own car. How many people do you know have been hit by their own car when there wasn’t anybody driving it? Steve and I lived in …
Everybody, it seems, has a story about road kill. Here is a story my sister told me when she read my blog entry Katie Bird. The following entry is guest-starring my sister as the author: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was a few years ago when I was an Assistant Production Coordinator on a TV movie called “ICE”. …
Katie told me her road kill story. She was driving in heavy rain and her windshield wipers were going full speed. All of a sudden–Whack!– on her windscreen. It turns out a bird had flown into the windscreen and got stuck in the wipers. She is sitting behind the steering wheel watching the bird go …