I looked up and I saw 10 flags.  They were colorful and big and I couldn’t reach them.  I was sitting in some comfy chairs in a BIG arena with my friends S, p, e, a, and K.  Mommie and ista had gotten some free tickets from a hockey friend to see a World Jr.
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January – HEAVY snow, World Junior GOLD, fisher’s kitchen, HHS showings, and making benches! February – MORE snow, Superbowl (NYGIANTS), x-country skiing with tota, an offer and SALE of HHS, visit from auntie lene, lene! (the good luck charm). March – visit papi and lynn, HHS packing, steady benches, bottling wine and beer, the truck
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40 ft red 6×1″ wood (cut to size) minus 10 degrees 1 hose 2 shovels 2 parents 20 gallons of water (lukewarm) To start your recipe, you must be in Ontario.  Set the temperature below zero, preferably around minus 10.  Choose a spot in your backyard, size appropriate to the age of your skater.  In
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Seemingly like a bear, of the clan of my ista, I hibernated through January. That doesn’t mean I was idle, it just means with all the snow, much of my fun was indoors, in front of the fire, in my ever-changing room, or in my tota’s weekend hideaway room. And, it certainly doesn’t mean I
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one morning in the crisp of December, I looked out my bedroom window and saw snow…lots of it!  It was falling BIG flakes and blanketed our entire front yard.  I could not contain my excitement.  My ista pulled me out of my crib, and I ran down the hallway, arms spread wide, yelling “mommie, mommie,
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