saying more good byes

so i guess i sort of lied in my last entry; it took me twenty minutes just to upload a picture from my computer because i am using a dial-up connection for internet, which is slower and more annoying than 5:00 traffic when your 10 minutes late. to add to my frustrations, the picture was in the wrong spot and i spent three days trying to get it off or move it to the right spot. i'm not kidding- i worked on it, for what seemed like hours,the first night and when it was getting late i saved it to work on the next day; on the second day, after half an hour and feeling the urge to rip out my hair, i put it away again for another day. third lucks a charm!

my first weekend in Calmar, or as i say Edmonton since very few people have heard of of this town with a "down town" that stretches four whole blocks, we celebrated Chase's (the cutest nephew EVER) first birthday! ohhhh, how am i going to bring my self to say good bye to that face?

grandma brown's car only sat for five hours and look at all that snow! my aunt helen watched from her store as i dusted off grandmas car. hearing a yelp from the other side of the car i realized i had dusted some snow on grandmas head! it was nice to be in manning alberta for a few days- it was a chance to breath and collect myself again. i also had my fill of grandma's famous buns, strawberry freezer jam, and brown bread! (all my cousins are burning with envy right about now) our family feuds are over who got more of grandma's home made goodies.