As many of you know we were waiting for the arrival of our new puppy Traz. MystykalSky Sir Alcatraz “Traz” arrived at our house yesterday; all 3.5lbs of him. He left New Brunswick on Thursday night and over-nighted in Montreal. It was then on to Edmonton. He arrived at noon Friday and spent the night with [...]

We used to have 3 dogs. Last year we had to put Dante down and since then we have had 2 dogs, Bijou and Cisko. Our dogs are part of our family and we love them and they love us…unconditionally.

“The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.” – Alphonse Toussenel [...]

Cisko in the Suitcase

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Yesterday we were watching a show on Animal Planet called Beastly Countdown: Slackers. It was a show about the 10 laziest animals in the world. It had animals like the hippopotamus, grey tree frog, crocodilians, remoras, porcupines, koala bears and snails. The top 3 laziest animals were: #3 Tortoise, [...]

Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:

Budget presentation day was last Thursday. I think it went well and I think the committee understood my vision for the next 3 years.
Patti worked with a few more clients and spent most of the week working on crafts for the SLPs to use.
The Edmonton Oilers [...]

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Here are my thoughts and recollections from the past week:

I had my new technician start on Thursday so I am no longer alone in the department. Now maybe I can start doing some more planning for the future. Spring Break is coming so that means 2 weeks to get some more major work done.
Patti spent [...]

July and August saw both Kim and Tom working their summer jobs with the Town of Inuvik. Both were off to college at the end of August and back to the grind of school in September. Tom was off to Red Deer College in Red Deer, Alberta to start his first year in the Kinesiology [...]

The second quarter was a fairly busy time of year for us. First off, we had to say goodbye to our 9 year old Portuguese Water Dog Dante. A degenerative joint disease finally took its toll. Second, most of our free time was spent watching our beloved Edmonton Oilers make it to the finals of [...]

2006 started off quietly for us. January 29th ushered in the Chinese New Year and it is the year of the Dog.
After spending Christmas holidays at home in Inuvik, Tom went back to Centre High in Edmonton to finish doing some course upgrading due to a lack of good teaching of science and math in [...]