New Year is a good time to look back of the year just passed. I was looking through some of the many photos I took in the last year, and I thought I would share some of them with you here.

2007 is rapidly approaching or perhaps has already arrived, depending upon when you are reading this. What are you going to do differently in 2007? What would you like to change in your life? Are you going to join weight watchers, or sign up for a gym membership, or come up with some new-year's resolutions? Do you think you are going to succeed this time?

Just when things are at their worst, success is just around the corner. The darkest hour is before the dawn. You have to persevere, to persist until you succeed.

Last weekend, we went to our cabin to find out that the recent frost had bust the pipes in several places, mostly under the cabin. It immediately changed our weekend. First we had no water for drinking, washing or flushing, and second we had a new home improvement project.

Hello again!

Winter is upon us. This last two weeks we have had lots of snow. When I was down in Birch Bay, I even saw someone skiing along Birch Bay drive. I normally think of it as a summer resort, so it looked rather odd to me.

Stay on top of your key customers or you'll lose them. Follow up with them regularly. If you don't, you can expect that your competitors will.

October 30, we went back to Sasamat Lake, which is not far from where we live. We went there  for an event organized by the Port Moody Canoe and Kayak Club but it got cancelled due to rain or something. We went anyways, since we are die-hards. :-)

I have been thinking recently along the lines that home improvement leads to personal development. As you fix up your home, you gain benefits along the way which go beyond the four walls of your home.

This Saturday we went kayaking on Sasamat Lake, here in British Columbia. Sasamat Lake is a very small lake nestled in the mountains between Port Moody and Belcarra. We went there  for an event organized by the Port Moody Canoe and Kayak Club which we had been looking forward to.