This year, the Carr girls made out very well from the big guy with everything on their list and more. The big item, guitars for each of them! I can say this that the girls are very happy and have already been parading around strumming and making noise. I look forward to teaching them and maybe one day making some music together. Couple that with the Keyboard from the Beaches, there is room for Nathalie in our family band too! How does that famous family band song go?

Our heartfelt congratulations to our friends Lisa & Luba on their blessed union and best wishes to their four lovely children for this new found family unit they find themselves in. May the next chapter in your lives be filled with mutual admiration, smiles and the same love always that I saw today in your eyes.

This week, Nathalie gets the last word. After a small disagreement, and the subsequent lets call it “discussion”, I do what any smart husband does, recognize the error of my way and apologize. “Sorry for being an ass” I say, but there is something to be said about jumping in with two feet and landing on that grenade. It sets you up just a little bit. I don’t think she meant her response to come out the way it did, but ouch just the same. “Sorry for being an ass, Nathalie”. “It’s ok Jim, you can’t help being what you are”. What does that mean?