Ya Gotta Laugh About It

You know the saying... "Weddings & Funerals" TAKEN: FEBRUARY 8th, 2014 It was a little more than a year ago that I stoo...

Sitting in a local coffee shop at lunch today, enjoying a bowl of homemade soup, I realized that I was parked in the exact chair I was thre...

After a good jump on spring cleaning this morning, I decided to take the pups and trek into the cottage this afternoon. We’ve had such a lo...

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t think I have experienced a smear of what the majority of  the successful people I went through High...

It was another sunny day in Muskoka today but yesterday was the brightest day that I’d experienced in a very long time. I was in the middle...

GOOB and his Momma! TAKEN: OCTOBER 2011 The picture I am sharing today was taken Thanksgiving Sunday in 2011. Goob was home from schoo...

Right after returning from my holiday and just before Christmas, I made a couple of pretty significant adjustments. Knowing it was going to...

Like I do every Sunday, I loaded up the car and went and spent my standard hour and a half with my buddy Rod. As he handed me the bottle of...

Today was a very enjoyable hump day for me. Pleased to report that I toddled in and brainstormed with Pete, then SJ landed and took it to t...

I got up this morn and was at my desk by six.  For the second night in a row, I didn’t sleep very well, so I just got up and at 'em. Ab...

Knowing I had a big day today, I was in bed early last night and was up before dawn this morning. After a two and a half hour conference ca...

♫♪♫ Happy Birthday Dear Jukebox... Happy Birthday To Youuuu ♫♪♫ TAKEN: DECEMBER 25th, 2014 Well, my baby is celebrating the annivers...

In the early part of 2006, I was hired by a gentleman (that was branching out on his own) to do a Business Plan. Even now, the one thing I ...

I remember one holiday season, when I was probably about twelve, the childless couple across the street gifted each other a new refrigerato...

Like most kids growing up, I went to a boatload of Birthday parties. The downside to my point was that my Mom didn’t necessarily believe in...

Does anyone truly know you? How’s that for a loaded question on this brisk winter day?! I believe we only allow people to know the part...

I may be extremely outgoing but believe me when I reinforce that I am the least spontaneous person you'll ever meet. I guess that's...

A couple of summers ago, we had an Africa hot early pre-summer Muskoka heatwave. It wasn't the elevated temps that made it memorabl...

The picture I am sharing today was the one the Bank took in December of 1999 when they appraised our cottage on Orillia Lake. All these yea...

Thank God it’s Friday, because I’ve had a very emotional week! So, to always strive to remain self-aware, I'll admit that I know it’s...

PEEPS... Meet my winter BFF! TAKEN: JANUARY 10th, 2015 As I mentioned in my last post, this past week has been brutal for l'il ole...

Does anyone remember those cheezy ‘I’m with Stupid'  t-shirts? They had a big finger that was pointing at the person walking beside the...

While perusing my social media outlets over the holidays, I came across a post. A post, that almost a week later, still stands out. There w...

Holy Snow Squalls Batman! As predicted, the land, as far as the eye can see, is a blanket of ‘Frosty the Snowman’ snow. That wonderful...

Well, it went from sunshine to sub-zero in a flash... Via a flash-freeze that is! A couple of days ago, I was bragging about how I hard...

If this year produced the quietest Christmas eve and day of my life, then Boxing Day definitely rated as one of my busiest. I posted, showe...

What can I say? All of that hype and today is the infamous Canadian Boxing Day.  I just saw a neat American cartoon that read: Whe...

It's Christmas Eve, so naturally my quirky sidekick and I chatted this morning. He was pleased to report that he'd accomplished...

Well, it’s that time of year again. When everyone breaks for Christmas and I start obsessing about the weather. Not in an ' I'm Dr...