  This is Marsha writing. Yesterday I had an emotional meltdown when I went to the Environment Canada weather site & found out that it was going to rain not only Monday (yesterday) but today and tomorrow too. I don't think I would be exaggerating to say that in the last month 2 out of 3 days have been raining. Maybe it is only 1 out of 2 days -I don't know but it seems to rain a lot. My only consolation is that my friend Debbie says it is mostly always raining in England.
No wonder the Royal Family always looks so happy when they are in Australia, Canada, etc. Perhaps this is the REAL reason they are always going on tours of other countries. Perhaps this is why England has spent a good part of their history colonizing other nations - just looking for a bit of sun.
So I hate parenting on rainy days at the best of times, but with Ron gone again this week I had great plans of taking the kids hiking every day. But it is not really possible to hike in the rain. So last night I made corn fritters for supper at Sarah's request - because we had read about them in a book. They weren't very good at all. I just used a regular pancake recipe & added corn but I think next time I'll follow a real recipe.
This morning I asked Sam if he had a poo. After a pause he said slowly, "No-o-o. Not really" (he did). Then I asked him if he had had breakfast. "No-o-o" he replied, "Yes. Brownies and ... brownies". Now when I had my first child I would be horrified if they ate a sweet for breakfast. But now I don't mind. They usually have pop tarts, magic charms or honey comb or Tim Horton's donuts. Just kidding - they usually have toast or oatmeal but hey - the truth is I forgot to give them the brownies for dessert last night & it is a bonus if they have all day to get the chocolate out of their system.
So here is an art question for all you artistically gifted people out there. Please keep in mind that I am a non-artist but I do have a desire to learn. I was thinking about working with the kids to make a gift for our friend Randy that says "We love Randy" with maybe a child-made picture of her. I was thinking of doing it in blocks - painting 4 different squares of colour & then putting a word or image in each block. So it would make sense to use acrylics to do the picture of her & background colours, right? But what about the lettering? How would you do it. I really can't draw the letters but I could print something off from the computer & use tracing paper.
But would you use a permanent marker? Would that work or do you have other suggestions? Also, where can you buy tracing paper? I was thinking about using a acrylic-primed canvas that I bought at the dollar store to put it on. Would that work? SEE can you guys see how insecure I am about this? I almost want someone to hold my hand through the process! THANKS ARTSIES! ! 
