The View from Hats and Heels

The sky's the limit!
Spring madness is in the air out here.  The big news is that after more than two years and $2 million, The Calgary brain trust has come up with a new moniker for Cowtown:  Blue Sky City!  Yep, that's right, the brilliant minds at city hall recently announced...

Last weekend will forever be unforgettable for me.  Granddaughter and I spent it at the gorgeous 'Fairmont Palliser Hotel' in downtown Calgary and it was just the two of us to celebrate her 10th birthday.
Everywhere we went, I told the servers it was her birthday, which resulted in a special dessert with a sparkler on the top.  In other words, she was suitably spoiled....

Well, B arrived back from Houston last evening and the laundry is already overflowing.  Away for three weeks visiting his daughter, son-in-law and grands, he returned with a workload I had not missed in the least.
I used to go too, but as you and I both know, Diary, his daughter and I are estranged, which means my step-grandchildren no longer know me.  That's a shame, my friend, because I am worth knowing.  We are estranged because she had the colossal nerve to...

Today is budget day and we're in for a very, depressing treat.  In a series of pre-budget announcements, the government (the "govern" part of this word is misleading) has dumped out billions on ludicrous expenditures like:
A renter's bill of rights
$1 billion for school lunches...