Friday, March 4th

What started as a swirl of snow again today, has finished with the most incredible sunshine beaming on the glistening snow.  It is breathtaking to look across the fields of untouched snow and see the sun as it falls behind the mountains into the ocean.  Definitely one has to stop and take a deep breathe and enjoy the beauty.

While I enjoy the beauty there are echoing snores coming from each bedroom.  Michellie was up early and ready to attack the day, but then nausea set in and this afternoon she crawled into bed with two cats to sleep on her, and she was gone.  David went driving to see if he could perk himself up, and he found some wonderful winter scenes up at Glencoe, but he also crawled into bed and disappeared.  I napped for a few minutes on the couch, but I am in charge of the turkey dinner for tonight.  Michellie has been talking non stop about turkey with salt and pepper.  So, with my own passion for turkey soup, we are having a fabulous dinner tonight.

Kenzie called and he is off to a party called ABC and I am glad that he is young enough to enjoy what that means and I am old enough to let it pass over me now.  He is doing well.   He is enjoying his job at the Town and the arena, and he is busy getting himself aligned for some incredible dance fun this summer.  He has been updating his website at www.canadataps.com.  He is now twittering and something called tumblr?  I will have to play a little to catch up.  He is planning some great tap fun for the summer, some hip hop classes, and he is connecting with his tapping buds in Edmonton next weekend.  He has been choreographing some of his own works and last night he made it to the Beat Nik for some great jazz music and to connect with the musicians.  Tappers and jazz musicians - that is always a great mix for some incredible fun!  We are so happy that his passion for tap continues and that despite not having a floor to practice on regularly, he is hitting the wood and creating at every opportunity he gets.  We look forward to finishing the back end of our house and having him home to do some tapping with us.

This morning was a successful attempt at Gluten Free Scones with Cheddar Cheese, after a few tweaks, I hope to post the recipe.  As well, I will also have an update on the Chickpea Chocolate Cake with reduced sugar, for anyone that is interested.

The last to update today is some info from my parents and their Tai Chi/Qi Gong class with Harold last night.  Harold is an amazing healer and instructor.  I had the privilege of meeting him in the fall and sharing in one of his classes, and obtaining several of his DVD's.  Several pieces of my new work include elements that I learned from him.  His talk last night for his class was around how illness can come down the generations, and that through aligning your Yin and Yang energy you can change this bit of history.  I find this work fascinating myself, and many of the balances that I have given Michellie and others with cancer have centered around this bit of history that is brought forward.  If anyone is interested in more of these insights, please let me know and I will be happy to share some of this work with you.  For those that have access to Tai Chi and/or Qi Gong, it is some of the most amazing work you can do, and its health benefits are incredible.  We have many family stories of success with the techniques, as well as many of our friends.

Oh, the turkey is calling...on with the gravy and cranberry sauce!.