I should be getting ready for work…really. But. Well. I just don’t wanna go.
Warning – the following paragraph may contain whining.
I hate my job right now and the petition to remove the Board at my condo has been received and Deposal Day is August 27th. I’m not sure if I am looking forward to it [...]
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that ‘achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.’Helen [...]
So I’ve been a bad blogger! I’ll leave you to fill in the blanks with all the usual excuses and get to the fun stuff!
Photo-free travel with stash enhancement
Two weeks ago I trekked to Toronto and then Montreal for some focus groups. I was in Toronto on Wednesday morning and decided that rather than sit [...]
First of all (and before I forget) – thanks to everyone for the great podcast suggestions. I also found a few from the CBC (especially Comedy Central!) to keep me amused.
Now…
Jeanne tagged me with a meme – I have to come up with 7 random things about me (and by the way…I’m tagging Leanne [...]
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Last night I went out and got an Ipod!
First – welcome to the 21st Century to me!
Second – send me your podcast favourites! I’m looking for podcasts about knitting (duh!), spinning, parenting (particularly if amusing and anecdotal). Or, if there is something out there you think might amuse me, please let me [...]
The most fantabulous Elizabeth from Sydney NS has proven herself a terrific swap partner on her first foray into a knitter’s swap. Elizabeth and I were hooked up through the Knitter’s Coffee Swap.
Want proof of Elizabeth’s goodness? For one thing, she proved that in Nova Scotia, the coffee rocks…
As a point of information – the [...]
…goes to the blogless Elizabeth in Syndey N.S.!!! Since Elizabeth is my delightful Coffee Swap partner she will be getting a grand package indeed!!!
Thanks to everyone who entered – not just for taking a chance but also for sticking around to read my ramblings and respond to my rants. It has been a wonderful year [...]
Sienna seemed a bit rough still but a bit more alert when I got home from work yesterday. She still wasn’t eating or drinking and when I brought her downstairs she couldn’t seem to control that back leg on slippery flooring (now I know why she was staying upstairs where the carpeting was).
Madeline and [...]
Last week’s winner is blogless Wanna-Baa of the comments! Random number generation was witnessed by 3 kids hovering two inches away from my face during the entire process.
I don’t have pictures but next week’s draw is a dyer’s delight…
Winner gets to choose any two of the following three items:
2 silk scarf blanks from Dharma Trading [...]
Today is it! I’ve been blogging for a year and it seems like a good time to reflect on the whole experience. So given my penchant for point form synopses…here are my blog thoughts in no particular order… (by the way, if you want to skip the stream of consciousness and go straight to the [...]