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My sister, her bf and my niece ((or “Team Nancy” as Tod called them)) were in town this weekend, just to visit little ole me! And we had a freakin’ blast! They arrived on Saturday morning and I was there at the airport to greet them and to give Madeline a ride in my Smart […] →Read more
I’m typing this blog posting from my shiny new MacBook Pro! She’s shiny and beautiful and I am calling her Chloe. ((I know that I had named my office computer Chloe, but the name didn’t really stick, so I’m renaming the office computer “Edgar” and MBP shall be Chloe. They are my gadgets and I’ll […] →Read more
Two years ago, I registered for the Royal Victoria half marathon, but training – not so much and so I ended up with an injured foot. This year, I’ve been training for the Royal Victoria half marathon, but registering – not so much. And now, despite it being almost a month away, they are *sold […] →Read more
Because apparently I’m a masochist. Or perhaps I thought I could get my entire year’s worth of exercise into two days. At any rate, my weekend consisted of: Saturday: Hiking Eagle Bluffs with Rachel (about 3 hours) neither Rach nor I had done this hike before and it was a really nice, a fair bit […] →Read more
So, I totally wrote this on Thursday night and was completely sure that I posted it. Apparently not. Anyway, better late than never, right? Today was the first day of class. And for the first time in many, many years, I’m not teaching a brand new class! ((which just so happens to be #37 on […] →Read more
When, exactly, did everyone stop wearing bike helmets? It seemed like everyone was wearing them for a long, long time and then, all of the sudden, I’m seeing way more people on bicycles sans helmets. Did I miss some sort of memo? I mean, just the other day I was out for a run and […] →Read more
One of the great things about living in a new millennium is all the great dates we get to celebrate! In recent years ((I only started blogging in July 2005, so missed the fantastic blogging opportunities that were 1/1/1 through 5/5/5)) , we’ve seen 6/6/6, 7/7/7, 8/8/8 and even the incredible 12:34:56 7/8/9! And it […] →Read more
In the downsizing for his big move to Toronto, Kalev gave me his dresser ((I realize I haven’t blogged about Kalev moving to T.O. It’s too sad to blog about, imho. In short, he’s gone there for grad school and I’m sure he’ll have a blast and make tonnes of new friends, but it leaves […] →Read more
For me, September is going to be a month o’ babies. First up, I’m babysitting my friends Clayton & Jodelene’s baby next Saturday while they go to a Sarah McLaughlin concert. Mason is six months old and so so so so cute! I’m really looking forward to hanging out with Mason for the afternoon. The […] →Read more
Like last year, I’m teaching a fourth year Food, Nutrition & Health course in which the students engage in formal debates as a way of learning about food science and nutrition topics. So, like last year, I’m putting this question out to the blogosphere: I’m looking for topics in the area of nutrition that would […] →Read more