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OK, so after that wee diversion on the whole blogivesary thing, I’m back to blogging about all the crap I meant to blog about from my trip! The National Art Gallery One of the things I like about going to Ottawa (in addition to seeing Sarah and Dave, of course), is that there are tonnes […] →Read more
My blog turned 6 years old yesterday and I didn’t even bake it a cake! Worst. Blogmother. Ever! And now a few stats, because who doesn’t love stats? In 6 years, I have published 1,873 blog postings. That’s an average of 0.85 postings per day or 5.98 postings per week. In 6 years, I’ve had […] →Read more
No trip to Ontario would be complete without a blog posting about the hilarious things my niece said ((My nephew, of course, is too young to say much of anything, though when he yells it often sounds uncannily like he’s yelling “HEY!”, which, coming from a four week old baby, is hilarious enough.)). Of course, […] →Read more
Two things: Day 2 of Pre-Hockey Bootcamp was much easier than Day 1. That is to say, it still kicked my ass, but slightly less so than Day 1. Also, I discovered that I am super kickass at skipping. On Day 1 we did our skipping on the grass and I wasn’t very good at […] →Read more
There is a fundraiser pub night being held for the Longest Hockey Game for Cystic Fibrosis and you are invited! What’s In It For You? For the low, low price of only $20, you get: burger & fries a beer ticket for door prizes, including A FLAT SCREEN TV the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing […] →Read more
So, the road trip down the coast that I had planned with my sister and her crew has been slightly altered due to the fact that it’s INSANELY expensive to fly to Vancouver right now. Instead, Team Nancy is going to fly to Portland, where it isn’t nearly as expensive to fly to ((Nor as […] →Read more
As part of our preparation for the Longest Ever Game of Hockey in the History of the Universe to Raise Money for Cystic Fibrosis, a bootcamp is being run for players to help get us into OMG-we-are-playing-hockey-for-10-freaking-days shape. Little known fact: Bootcamps are called “bootcamps” because at the end of the session, you feel like […] →Read more
About eleventy bazillion years ago, I did an invited guest lecture in Dr. Dan’s class. I had such good intention of blogging about it at the time. Better late than never though, right? Picture it! The course is Dr. Dan’s graduate level Experimental Design course. The location is a classroom in the hallowed halls of […] →Read more
Today is my sister’s birthday. Like my dad, my big sister has taught me a thing or two over the years. Numbers Don’t Lie My sister explaining her stock market investment strategies to me while we were on vacation in the Dominican. And, yes, there is a spreadsheet involved. Despite her deep-seated belief that she’s […] →Read more
So I’ve been seriously, seriously considering buying a bike. I thought I’d maybe blogged about this before, but a quick search of my blog tells me that I’ve only made very brief mention of it. I guess I’ve just been chatting with peeps about it IRL. Imagine that. Anyway, I finally progressed past the Contemplation […] →Read more