Opinion

At the moment, I don't recall what Iwore to bed as a child.

This column is dedicated to making your life a beach.No matter how frustrating, sad or terrible you findyour life right now, there are several simple things that youcan start doing to improve your life. This stuff works, it istime tested.

It Takes a Village. This old saying about taking a Village to raise a child also rings true about taking a Village to put on a Canada Day Celebration.

You have heard the saying, "Doctors make the worstpatients?"...well, the same can be said about event ormeeting planners, "Meeting planners can make the worstconference attendees." Why? Well, because some believethey know better.

That certainly is a heart warming picture of Rosalind Thorn, President of the B.C. Construction Association North, in the full page ad of your July 8, 2010 edition.

W\hen I read about a fellow who used an old pair ofjeans to make a baby swing for his child it triggeredsome memories for me of quilts I made from wornout jean material. Sad to say the quilts met an untimely endand were destroyed.

Some people still have misgivings, butreally things are pretty good aroundhere. We've got an unemployment ratearound four percent. That's about as lowas unemployment rates get.

Dear Editor, I would like to inform your readers of the new rules and regulations regarding our seniors complex Heritage Manor I.

For years Mom insisted that anythingunusual that happened around ourplace was the doings of Patrick thePoltergeist. Poltergeists are invisible creaturesthat people sometimes blame for unexplainedevents. Patrick did harmless, though spooky,things.

Last week I wrote about estate planning,which a lot of people equate to simplywriting a will. It's true that having a current will is animportant part of estate planning, but thereis more to estate planning than just having awill.