Recently I completed a course with Outward Bound Canada called Women Of Courage. It was a week long canoeing trip down the French River in Northern Ontario. Ginny, one of the amazing women that guided my trip read this to us round the fire. I found it inspirational and very moving. It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for And if you dare to dream ...More »

So it has been nine weeks today since Dale and I have quit smoking. As I have joked in the past, we both still have our jobs, we haven't spent any time in jail and are still together! Needless to say, we rule! I read Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. I won't say the book is a 'miracle' book, you do really have to want to quit, and I ...More »

I went and saw the Sex and the City movie today - all by myself! Yes, my first trip to the movies alone! The movie was more than I had hoped for and really pulled on my heart strings. I laughed, I cried, I choked on my popcorn and in the end, I am really happy to be a women, we are amazing creatures and I also felt really lucky ...More »

I was skimming through The Hamilton Spectator this morning during a quiet moment at work and came across an article by Steve Buist that made my stomach turn. The headline: Physicians all over Ontario are committing sexual offenses while practicing medicine and their governing body is protecting them. "An extensive analysis of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's disciplinary decisions since 1989 shows that there have been 64 medical licenses revoked out of ...More »

I arrived home from a very relaxing vacation. I unpacked, unwound and took Chloe out for a poop. I wasn't really looking but I could have sworn upon returning to the arms of my very comfy bed that my bike wasn't locked up against the fence where I had left it. Too lazy to get up and look over the balcony, I let it be, hoping that by realizing something wasn't quite ...More »