Norma Jean Walton

This winter's weather has been both bizarre and extreme. Often rocketing from a high of plus 7 degrees to a low of negative 20 all in...

Physical exertion helps me deal with anger. I have a girlfriend who used to box. She hit the bag...hard...rather than hit her family...

I generally sleep like a baby...fetal position, mouth open, smiling, peaceful...and I generally wake up well rested. The exception to...

Stuff, stuff, stuff...everywhere there is stuff... With four children and a tendency to keep rather than cull, I look around the house...

January weather brings out: Drivers who cannot drive White pristine snow Black ice Falls that skin your knee Shiny snow blower toys...

Is there anything more quintessentially Canadian than heading out to your tiny backyard skating rink in negative 18 degree weather to...

My two girls are great bakers... They love to make pancakes with me...or cake from a mix. The measuring, the mixing, the pouring...and...

French does not come easily to my children. I blame my dad for this. He was so bad at french when he was a boy that his mom arranged for...

Choose an activity you enjoy and exercise becomes easy. Seems like sage advice. But what if my chosen activity is sitting on the...

My eldest son has terrible taste in music. I appreciate different types of music: rock, country, ballads, pop. The Eagles and Kid Rock...

My youngest son wants a chameleon. He is a very persistent child. I have been hearing about how great chameleons are for the past three...

The last weekend of Christmas vacation... My four along with their cousin did some great sledding over the break. Freezing rain made one...

With age - or some would say wisdom - comes moderation of youthful expectations. After heading to bed with my kids at 10:30 pm on New...

Hello all, My normajeanwalton.com site was becoming very slow and it needed a face lift. I have archived my 2018 and prior stuff to...