Category: events
In preparation for my upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic, I went to the Travel Clinic to see what sort of delightful diseases I might come into contact with in the DR. I came away from the appointment with: hepatitis A vaccination – since I haven’t done much traveling, I’ve not been in the position […]
Hope y’all are having a lovely Christmas. I’m full up of delicious Christmas dinner and delighted with my many Christmas presents. Because I’m a spoiled, spoiled girl! Hope Santa brought you everything you wanted!
The alternate title for this blog posting: UFC ((Ultimate Fighting Championship)) is the Grinch who stole three of the bars of Christmas. So now that my liver is functioning again, it’s time to blog about the 12 Bars of Christmas ’09 ((yes, I do realize that it’s been more than a week since 12* Bars, […]
At noon today ((3 p.m. Eastern)), the first annual Snow CyberCookies bake-stravaganza ’09 began! Five hours later, two kitchens were full of all sorts of baked goodness! My sister, my niece and my mom baked up a storm in Nancy’s kitchen in Toronto – they made whipped shortbread, chocolate sandwich cookies, peanut butter cookies and […]
…’til the start of the 12 Bars of Christmas ’09. My liver hurts already. I was just flipping through my blog postings from the previous 12 Barses ((Barses is the plural of Bars, right?)) and realized that this is my 4th year of 12 Barring, not my 3rd as I was thinking it was. Not […]
Tonight is my work Christmas party, which doesn’t start until 8 p.m. But it’s down in White Rock and I didn’t see the point of driving all the way back to Vancouver, only to have to turn around and drive right back to the ‘burbs. So I’ve been sitting in my office long after everyone […]
By special request, here are some photos of my Christmas tree! I like that fact that it is skinny – most Christmas trees are much wider, but a skinny tree is a definite plus in a Vancouver-sized apartment! Notice that the star on the top touches the ceiling (and to even get the star onto […]
Today is my niece’s 5th birthday! How did you get to be five years old already, kiddo? I remember my sister calling to tell me she was having a baby like it were yesterday! I remember going to visit you for the first time when you were only two weeks old – such a teensy […]
You may remember Shalu from such blog postings as her wedding two years ago. So why is she having a bachelorette party TWO YEARS after her wedding, I hear you ask? Well, Shalu never got a bachelorette because she had to go to India for a family emergency before her wedding, and her friend Andrea […]
Yesterday was “phase 3” of Vancouver 2010 Olympic ticket sales ((Phase 3 was supposed to happen the previous Saturday, but there computer system was b0rked, so they made it yesterday instead.)). I hadn’t tried to buy tickets in phases 1 or 2 ((although my friend Rachel got a bunch of tickets in phase 2, so […]