So we could celebrate our 11th (holy smokes!!) anniversary, my parents took the girls overnight yesterday. We hadn’t made any plans but we decided, on the spur of the moment, to go to Bumbershoot and to spend the night in Seattle. After finding an amazing deal on parking (only $10 for the day), we got [...]
Category Archives: Christine
My first sonnet
Friday, June 17, 2011
Sonnet I To a Preschool Teacher Let us not to the preschool day Admit a bound’ry. Art is not Art which declares that a cat cannot be pink, Nor that flowers do not grow on clouds. O no! It is the place where little hands Are free to squish, to splash, to make great messes. [...]
A Lofty Fitness Goal
Thursday, July 22, 2010
My sister just turned 40. Shhh don’t tell anyone! It got me thinking that I will be 40 in three years. Shhh don’t tell anyone! Anyway, I decided that I would like to do something epic physically and after much deliberation I’ve decided to train for an Olympic Distance Triathlon. It’s a 1.5 km swim, [...]
By Christine Dencer Dalzell
Friday, June 25, 2010
It has been my dream as long as I can remember. I started writing it over a year ago and at last it is finished. My first novel. I have always been excellent at starting things. I have great ideas but little finishing power so for me to have written a book from start to [...]
Tucking in for Girls Night
Friday, June 4, 2010
Long time no blog. Terrible for someone who’s supposed to be a writer! I was going to post a FB status update but decided to do this instead. The girls and I have a new tradition. When Erin is out for the evening we have a girls night. We watch a movie while we are [...]
Misadventures in Cooking
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
I tried to make homemade baked beans the other day. I had planned on a recipe that used ketchup and intended to make my own ketchup as I have been planning for weeks now. I soaked the beans over night, cooked them for two hours in water and opened the cans of tomatoes. When I [...]
Sticker Charts Galore
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Trying to get Daniella to try toilet training and she is just not interested. So, I am not going to push it but she wants a Plum Pudding figurine so she has been willing to at least sit on the potty in exchange for a sticker. She needs 10 stickers. Elise wanted to get in [...]
Prime Christmas Age
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
I am enjoying the Christmas season and I hope you are too! Elise and Daniella are at the prime age for Christmas – they don’t ask for much, they are all about Santa and we are enjoying the activities on the Advent Calendar I made. Daniella may be catching on though as every time she [...]
The Anxiety Diet
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
One of the common side effects of many anti-anxiety medication is that it causes weight gain. It’s a good thing the anxiety I had caused me to lose 10 lbs in the first place otherwise I would be depressed about gaining 10 lbs which would cause me to feel anxious.
My Colours Are Showing
Monday, October 26, 2009
It’s fall. Here, on the west coast, that means rain but I don’t mind so much because I have always loved fall. Talk to me again in January or February and I’ll be complaining like everyone else about my wet feet but for now, I am enjoying the weather. The leaves are turning colour and [...]
