• Walk before you Run.

    Hello, It's February 7th and I'm back for another Blog! So I belive my last blog was sometime before New Years Eve. Through all that time to now maybe you're wondering, what have I been up to!...Well.. I moved to Edmonton Alberta on the 30th. I only lasted 2 weeks n a few days out there. Why? You as…
  • beautiful faces. bott…

    beautiful faces. bottom two: sasha pivovarova for alberta ferretti spring 2011 by paolo roversi :) vic
  • ‘Pandora’s Box’ in contention for readers’ choice award!

    I just read on the Absolute XPress blog that my novel, Pandora’s Box, is one of 30 books on the “long list” of nominees for the 2011 Alberta Readers’ Choice Award. According to its website, “The Alberta Readers’ Choice Award (ARC) is an annual award for adult f…
  • That huge blog! lol

    Hey guys! what's up? Hope this blog finds you well! So It's now December 13th and I haven't been so excited for so many things at a time in a long time! 2 days Kandiace comes home here from EDMONTON! She's been out there for a while. and IM MOVING to edmonton in 17 days! December 30th I go back to E…
  • Sneaking off to the mountains for the weekend...

    Clear sunny but cold Saturday staying at Banff Youth hostel, again playing tourist like I did last September, but this time without the crutches! Love the icicles here and shadows in winter camp ground and patterns of ice at Bow Falls
  • Fight for What You Believe In

    Really, the only bad thing in my life right now is my grandpa. My grandma is a cancer survivor, and now her husband is dying of it. It's sad and hard to watch everything they're going through. He struggles to do every day things and she struggles to keep him happy and comfortable at all times. I…
  • Restart

    Hello world! This entry has a warning stuck to it. I warn you, since my last entry, life imploded and sucked every last shred of good and innocence out with it. HOWEVER I am me, and thus, I have survived. Here's a quick time line. I had a boyfriend. I had an apartment. I had a kitten. I got a wond…
  • Giving Up Coffee Was Like Giving Up Air...

    Seriously. Before summer started, I was drinking a pot of coffee every single day just to get myself through the day. Yes, I know, ridiculous, but I swear to you, my body would not function unless I had the Joe circulating through me. If I didn't my coffee...WHOOWEE, stay back. Seriously.I've had…
  • Alberta Prairie Ride

    My brother Don Patterson is cycling x-c fundraising for the Y's. I acted as pilot car for one leg in central Alberta leaving the city at 5:30 AM Edmonton Alberta to meet up in Killiam for his ride to Provost & beyond to Saskatchewan In the city for a wedding Don and Debi managed a quick cof…
  • 2010 Child-related Conferences in Edmonton

    Go for Gold April 10, 2010 Brochure A conference for partners in early childhood education by the Edmonton Preschool Association Reaching Out April 17, 2010 Brochure page 1, Brochure page 2 18th Annual Caring that Counts 2010 Provider Conference by the Alberta Family Childcare Association Regi…