tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71812352012-02-01T15:47:17.041-08:00Welcome to my blog ... so nice of you to drop by! Make yourself at home! Coffee? Tea? So what shall we talk about today? Crafts? I particularly enjoy knitting and quilting ... how about you? The cat? My cat certainly keeps ME entertained! Perhaps we should talk about something delicious from the kitchen? I know we both love food! We could talk about being young-at-heart? Oh ... would you prefer a nice glass of Chardonnay while you're here?LDFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10708949173250314782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181235.post-27485748409138892742012-02-01T15:47:00.000-08:002012-02-01T15:47:17.050-08:00

In case y'all haven't noticed, I have taken a wee blogging break.  Just couldn't think of anything to write ... actually sat and stared at an empty "New Post" screen several times over the past month and nothing happened.  So why is today different?  Who knows!  Maybe the weather has improved -- it was minus 40 for a while there -- and thus the creative juices are flowing better?  Maybe I was

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This past Sunday being the closed Sunday to November 25th, I did my annual Christmas decorating!  Yes, I have posted about my annual decorating routine before . . . and I have been teased about how . . . shall we say . . . MINIMALIST my efforts are.  I must be having a good year, or something, cuz this year . . . I WENT ALL OUT!!! So, FIRST . . . I slipped into something comfy. This year's

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So some of my coworkers and friends treated me to a "girls' night out" to celebrate my recent birthday.  I don't "do" birthdays generally, but it seemed a good excuse for a "girls' night out".  On the way to their chosen downtown pub / night spot, I walked past a downtown used book store that I didn't know about!  (YES!  General rejoicing here!  MORE BOOKS!)  As I dawdled to look in their windows

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So the other night, as I struggled into my apartment building and out of my jacket and wrap whilst juggling six bags of groceries at the same time as my purse and lunch bag, a resident from the second floor stopped to chat. Okay, I KNOW you're wondering why I was struggling out of my jacket and wrap at the same time as struggling into the building, right?  It's cuz every bloody building is TOO

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We've got snow!  I is HAPPY about snow!  Well, maybe NOT ecstatic about being trapped inside winter boots for the next six months ... but snow is sure purty!  This is what greeted us on the morning of Saturday November 5th:  One of the first things I do in the morning is open the balcony door and breathe in some outdoor air while I check out the day's weather conditions.  Miss Boots generally

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Look what the weather did here last Saturday ... ... "fluffy" rain!  It didn't stick though.  However, I'm sure the real thing won't be long now. Look what we have back in our part of the world ... ... very exciting for us fabriholics!  Fortunately, it's a 2 bus expedition for me to get there, so that cuts down on that spontaneous indulging thing considerably.  I bought some crafty cottons (will

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. . . well, because I have a few quirks.  Knitting quirks that is.  (Okay, I have a few personal quirks too, but I'm only posting about knitting quirks at the moment!) This is the wool I bought at my newest favourite LYS (that means Local Yarn Store for folks what didn't know ... like L.!): It's a beautiful stormy turquois-ish rustic kinda wool (which my photos just don't do justice to ... cuz I

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Have I mentioned this is one of my FAVOURITE LYSes these days???  If not, let me mention so now!  They have an ever-growing selection of goodies for yarnaholics like me (yes, I confess this openly!) and are just plain fun to visit.  And visit I did yesterday afternoon. Check them out on Facebook ...  You see, these fun and very wise people give their customers these wonderful cards ... Two '

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LAST WEEKEND I was out and about. First thing Saturday morning, I dropped in for my favourite radio station's open house. Radio hosts NEVER look like you imagine them! The open house was REALLY a jam-packed place ... lots of people!  I enjoyed chatting with the hosts and various other acquaintances, but eventually gave up on fighting my way through the crowd to the free coffee and goodies.

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Did y'all miss me?  Didja?  Didja REALLY???  Well, I'm back!  September is like the beginning of a New Year to me, and I needed to take some time to take stock, re-evaluate, et cetera.  I did that.  And now I'm done doing that.  So I'm blogging again. I miss being a student.  Well, that's a PARTIAL lie as I am currently an Aromatherapy student.  I'm just not currently an "academic" student as in

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It's been a busy summer work-wise.  It's also been a busy summer in a more personal manner as I have found myself more contemplative than usual.  I'm not quite done navel-gazing yet ... remember, September = A New Year to me ... so if you don't hear from me for a little while longer, you'll know why.  Cheers!  (Picture borrowed -- with thanks -- from http://thetechprblog.com/?p=27 )

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Infidel socks - the right one. Apparently holding up both feet at the same time is a feat I can no longer manage without falling over! (Oh damn!  The date is wrong on my camera again!) ... no, I'm not leaving on a jet plane, but if I were I might wear my new "Infidel" socks!  Actually, next week I'm treating myself to a week of "Staycation" ... a holiday at home.  No grand plans beyond a

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I was sitting out on my balcony recently and marvelling at the wild rose bushes along the fence behind my apartment building.Nothing particularly remarkable about wild rose bushes, I suppose, but for some reason this year, I find myself fascinated by them. I have also found myself thinking about the wild rose bushes around the perimeter of our Okanagan orchard.  Long ago wild rose bushes.  Long

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Splat! OUCH! I'm scheduled to facilitate a Falls Prevention Workshop for Seniors tomorrow morning.  So I did some personal research on the topic ...

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I survived.  No, I did not golf.  Golf is a totally pointless game so far as I am concerned.  My apologies to any golfers out there!  I was strictly in tournament organizing mode.  That made for a 12 hour day, a sunburn, and many many many mosquito and bug bites.  I am too old for 12 hour work days.  I am also not fond of sunburns and bug bites!  However, it looks like the tournament was a

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Are you a hockey fan?  As in the Stanley Cup series hockey fan?  I don't own a television, but grew up on Saturday "Hockey Night in Canada" and do enjoy following the game.  "Stanley" and I followed this year's Stanley Cup Series together. I don't know about you, but I was truly appalled by the bad behaviour following the seventh game! "No, Stanley!  Don't do it!  Don't jump!" Stanley, upon

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I like to think my day-to-day life is NOT dictated by any of the above ... especially religion and politics ... but I know it ain't so.  Last week, I learned something about my family tree that made me think. Ten generations back  ... let's see, that would be my great-great-great-great-great ... emigrated to North America because of religion and politics.  Here's the story ... follow me through

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After a visit 'down south' the previous weekend, I decided to spend part of my Saturday searching for signs of spring here in 'The North'.  Well, that's not exactly true ... my mission for the day was a trip to the health food store to buy some essential oils (more on this later), and I had my trusty little digital camera along and took some pix of the evidence of spring during my travels.  (

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It was a fast and furious trip 'down south' (more on that in a moment), but I'm back home and was back at work today.  How come it felt like I'd been away from my office for WEEKS?  I was only away 2 work days!  Yet the backlog of emails and messages was incredible.  Yuck!  If I ever actually took a genuine holiday, I'd never get caught up again! It was a very quick visit into Vancouver, then

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 Wow, it's Friday already!  Sometimes the work week drags on and on and on and other times the work week just ZIPS by.  I know our office was extra busy this past week. Away from work, I finished knitting the little sweater I was knitting, and got out Stanley the Button Jar to find appropriate buttons. Stanley the Button jar is nearly full ... a collection of 'this and that' buttons

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I had to be downtown first crack Saturday morning to do a presentation at a provincial conference about our Senior Peer Support Program.  Not the way I LIKE to start my Saturdays, but it's always worthwhile getting out and promoting this valuable program.  I was rewarded with a new pen and pencil set for my efforts.One can never have too many pen and pencil sets.  At least, I can't!  Once that

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It was pretty lazy.  I decided to treat my 4 days off like a mini (and much needed) vacation, so basically alternated between knitting, napping, reading, napping, playing with the cat, napping some more, etc.  I feel much rejuvenated today! I accomplished one quick and simple little craft project after noticing this ... ... in my latest "Irish Quilting" magazine.  The Saint Brigid's Cross

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Bridget's finally enjoying spring sunshine ... no more snow!  Actually, it's been trying to snow off and on all week, but I refuse to acknowledge it! Someone asked WHO IS THE STATUE LADY?  Bridget was a well-known and well-loved social worker / rabble rouser / writer up here, and someone commemorated in statue form her and her generous habit of taking the time to really listen to people.  Her

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I was looking back through journal entries over the weekend, and realized that Miss Boots and I have been together over one year now.  She came to live with me on March 3, 2010.  Miss Boots was scared of everybody and everything at first. Her previous human was hospitalized and kitty was locked up alone for a couple of months.  Consequently, she had some "digestive issues" in the early days,

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I think it's happening.  I think spring is being birthed here in The North.  My apartment building's parking lot lake / skating rink We've gone from snow snow everywhere more snow to parking lot lakes (that masqueraded as skating rinks each morning) ... My apartment building's parking lot ... finally minus the lake / rink! ... to almost bare parking lots, and I have actually been wearing

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Seriously!  Not even an exaggeration!  Up to my armpits in snow ... This is the most snow I've seen since I moved up here in 2004!  There is no place for the City to put the snow the crews plow off the streets and sidewalks, so it's just piled up in giant mountains and in annoying rows right down the middle of the city streets.  Guaranteed it's going to be one NASTY mess when it does start

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... WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S OVER ALREADY??? Don't y'all realize I've been madly hand-quilting a Valentine's Day wall hanging?  And nobody gave me chocolates? I bought my own chocolate treat today, thankyouverymuch!  And akschually, it's not SPECIFICALLY for Valentine's Day.  Meanwhile, 'The Boots' has decided to take up counted cross stitch (see above). Not really ... this pouting pose in front

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Last Friday at this time of day, it was doing this ... Have I told you lately how much I love SNOW ON EVERGREEN TREES? I do. I really do. I'm always trying to catch the PERFECT photo of snow on evergreens. This isn't it.  This is a skein of your basic acrylic yarn ... 10 inches or so tall when standing on end. This skein of yarn is standing on end in front of a snow bank. See that little

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Several of you pointed out that I didn't blog about the significance of each quilt block in my "Grateful Heart Sampler" quilt.  Very good point ... y'all are certainly observant!  To remedy that, I will begin by sharing what I wrote in my personal journal about my "Memories" block ... Saturday, January 01, 2011 First day of a new calendar year.  It's about minus fifteen, snowing very lightly,

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I've been enjoying a Christmas vacation, one of those stay at home kind of vacations ... what do they call them?  "Staycations"?  My last day of work was Christmas Eve, and I didn't go back to the office until today, January 3rd.  I very purposefully did NOT think about work ... and every time thoughts about work burbled up to surface, I firmly sent them packing!  I didn't even turn on my

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Once in awhile, you just gotta get in there and clean them cupboards.  The deciding factor was the jar of honey that lived on the counter beside my kitchen sink for two weeks because there was no room in the cupboard for it.  There was no room in the cupboard for it because the last two empty or almost empty jars of honey were still in the cupboard.  Sometimes it takes a while ... like two weeks

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Like many crafters (I suspect), I go in spells ... for awhile I'm a dedicated quilter, then maybe a couple of weeks of nothing but cross-stitch.  Last weekend and this past week, it's been all about the knitting.  I did several of these ...  ... hand-knit kid mohair / silk scarves ... light as a sigh and luscious against the skin ... in several different colours (ice blue and raspberry shown

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A little warmer up here right now, about minus 1 at the moment, and snowing.  The snow was THIS deep ... ... when I left for work this morning, and keeping THIS guy ... ... very busy.  (That's the front of the building I live in the background ... my balcony faces the opposite direction.)  The roads looked like THIS ... ... and people coming into our office throughout the day have all commented

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 Today started out bright and sunny, and Miss Boots actually ventured out onto our balcony to check it out. Above is as far as she went.  Apparently at minus 15, any humans/dogs/wildlife invading our back yard can bloody well have at it!  Bootsy figured her energies were much better served coming back in and warming her paws on her hu-mom (who was still in her jammies at the time). She has

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Winter made its first serious attempt last Saturday.  The roads and sidewalks looked like this ... ... slippery and sloppy to get around in as the temperature hovered right at the freezing mark.  It was very pretty later in the day as the sun disappeared and what had been water drips earlier solidified into ice. Like rows of little diamonds.  My cheap little digital camera didn't do it justice

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I've received numerous phonecalls and email messages wondering WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU cuz I haven't blogged for AGES.  Yes, I had a computer problem the last time I posted.  No, I don't have a computer problem anymore.  I've just plain been BUSY.  Or maybe a bit LAZY.   Anyway, I'm still alive and kicking up here, so y'all can rest easy again! Since I last blogged, we've gone from this ...to

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... means more time to pursue other interests, like quilting ... ... and Miss Boots is VERY pleased about that!  This is the centre of "our" Fall Quilt ... ... mostly oranges and reds and blacks, alternating squares of "Friendship stars" and nine-patch blocks.  I managed to construct the entire thing with scraps from my (rather extensive) fabric stash, and only had to purchase batting and a

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No, the mystery of my dead home computer has not yet been solved.  Well, it sort of has ... I know how much it's going to cost to repair it, and I'm now in the throes of contemplating buying a new laptop instead of having the repairs done.  So I'm posting via a friend's computer. Today's mysteries are: WHO KILLED JOHNNY JUMP-UP? HOW AM I GOING TO SATISFY MY SUMMER ICE-CREAM CRAVING? WHAT DISH

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That's me.  No, not me the picture above ... me as in MIA.  My home computer took a vacation ... one of those kind of vacations where the computer shop fellas say "oooh myyyy".  So I'm without a home computer.  So no blogging until further notice.  But that's not such a bad thing ... no home computer means NO WORKING AT HOME!  It means WEEKENDS FOR MYSELF! And something else ... lack of computer

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#1 - there is NO PARKING in front of my office this week.  Our City is replacing the old downtown underground infrastructure, so there is a trench deep enough to bury a large truck where the street used to be in front of our building.  Lots of big noisy machinery.  That rumbles.  And makes it nearly impossible to hear over the telephone.  And makes our floor vibrate. #2 - Flash, the Betta or

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This is in keeping with my last DIY post as I mentioned that I come from a long line of people who can't look at a pattern or recipe without automatically making plans to change it. For many years, I was unsatisfied with store-bought curry powder.  Too yellow.  Too bland.  So I started doing some reading and research, and learned that curry powder is actually a BLEND of tasty seeds and spices. 

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This morning, I was knitting a cotton dish cloth (see above).  On the bus.  On my way to work.  A lady asked what I was creating.  A dish cloth, I told her.  She got a strange look on her face ... surprise, disbelief, a little disgust ... and started to say something, bit her lip, then finally blurted out "why?  you can buy a whole package of dish cloths at the dollar store!"  I've been thinking

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Today, a client explained rather sheepishly to me that she had to "spend a penny".  Although I wasn't familiar with that expression, her need was pretty clear from her body language, and I showed her to our washroom.  While she was there, I had a great conversation with co-workers about the different expressions we use for this subject. Tinkle. Use the john. Use the can. Pee. Get rid of

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FOUR crafty things ... #1 - Made and painted some plant markers for my balcony herbs:Not shown ... Parsley, Chives, Thyme, Basil. #2 - enjoyed adding a painted ladybug to each plant marker, so got thoroughly carried away by painting ladybug letters on a plaque: "Multum in parvo" ... latin for "much in little" ... very appropriate for my tiny balcony garden! #3 - green cardigan sweater on the home

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Does that title sound weary?  I am, or rather my brain is.  I've been working on cleaning up and updating my work website.  It wouldn't be too bad, but we have a number of member organizations who each contribute multiple pages to our site.  Not a website-savvy person in the lot.  Yeah ... need I say more? There's a big forest fire not far from here, and we've been under a bad air quality

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I was having a philosophical bubble bath the other evening. No, that is NOT the name of a new kind of bubble bath ... as far as I know. I think the bubbles were green tea and rose, or something like that. Anyway, I was soaking away a stressful work day, sipping a glass of wine, thinking about life in general, and came up with a list of things about myself that I found a little surprising. So

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I was out the other day to give a presentation on the prevention of elder abuse, and happened to have my camera in my bag. I snapped a few quick photos on my way to and from my office. Okay, so I'm not a professional photographer ... but I was enjoying the things I noticed! Have a good day y'all!

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This past week, I travelled south in the interior of BC for a work-related conference. I managed to photo-document some of my journey so y'all can relive parts of it with me. I let the "Big Dog" do the driving all 655 miles ... ... cuz I took along my knitting. I knew that I had a whack of (about 10 year old) green mohair stashed in a box in my storage room, but for the life of me, couldn't dream

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I could begin by telling y'all that I've been awfully busy ... but that would sound like a pathetic excuse, so I won't. Here's some of the things I've been up to this past month. In no particular order:*Launched a book. No, I didn't write it. I was just part of the editorial committee. However, I'm still very proud of it!*Enjoyed an amazing weekend that involved one of these ... ... and lived to

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Mid-April is National Volunteer Week here in Canada, and my organization usually participates in two different ways. First, we join our central volunteer organization at an Info Fair in a local mall.It's always fun trying to devise an eye-catching display as well as come up with a gimmick of some kind to draw potential volunteers to our booth, especially when there are 50 or 60 other booths in

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Just a quick post today ... it's been a busy week and I have a busy weekend ahead of me. The sun is shining outside, and I'm about to go out and get me some rays (by walking downtown to get cat food because Her Highness won't eat fish and the only tins left in the cupboard are fish)!"What? YOU eat the fish stuff, why don't you! It's NOT for me!"This has been an exceedingly crazy weather week.

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Hello ... I WROTE this post last Monday, but Blogger was being difficult about including photos at the time and I didn't have the patience to fight with it. So here it is, Monday's post on Friday: Well, it is presently 6:56 pm Easter Monday, so I suppose the long weekend is about finished. Did y'all do anything particularly special???? I didn't ... just enjoyed being at home, and that was really

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Note: this post is written by Miss Boots.My hu-mom has Gone To Work on Saturdays since I came to live here, but yesterday, she didn't. She stayed home all day. We did not have a good day. First, my hu-mom SLEPT IN ... ...until AFTER 6:00 am! I tried and tried to tell her The Dark was over and it was time for her to get up and get my breakfast, but she put the pillow over her head and IGNORED ME!

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Yes, ANOTHER post this week from me! I'm trying to post more frequently. We'll see how long it lasts ...So a friend who also works in a small downtown office suggested we both stop at a local pub for a drink or two after work yesterday, but I was concerned about Miss Boots waiting for her dinner. After the digestive problems she exhibited the first couple of weeks with me, I've been pretty

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Life with Miss Boots continues to be a daily (and occasionally nightly) adventure."Hu-mom wantz to brush my belly? Go ahead ... I won't bite ... much!" (I should have made a video of this ... major tail switching happening here.)"Why you stare at me, hu-mom? I iz on my tower! Hu-mom should genuflect in my prezenze ... not point flash box!" (Again with the tail switching.)She doesn't have

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Life with Miss Boots is not turning out to be the quiet and gentle "love me, pet me, feed me" routine I originally expected! Bootsy was very traumatized when she first arrived here ...... and was pretty much a silent observer. She has gradually unfolded and revealed her true self ... and that self is a Character with a Capital C, robust, rough and ready! No shrinking violet is our Boots ...

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So the conference in Toronto was extremely interesting and informative. I really enjoyed face-to-face meeting the people I've been teleconferencing with for several months now, as well as learning what each of them did with their pilot projects. The travelling, however, did not thrill me quite so much! I know people who travel for their work all the time, and spend many many nights in hotel rooms

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I've been a bad blogger lately! I have no excuse, except to say my work life has been intruding into my private life and there are only so many hours in the day to fit it all in ... except it hasn't all fit! One of the work things that's been adding to my busy-ness lately is a rather interesting pilot project to introduce a tool for analyzing how well programs and services address the needs of

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Last weekend, I played "rent-a-granny" for a friend's two little people, "Little Madam C" and "Baby Brother B" (I promised never to use their real names). These two rugrats like spending the night at "Nana LD's" because we always make cookies or crafts. Little Madam C has discovered Nana LD's is the perfect source of homemade holiday gifts, so our focus last weekend was making special Valentine's

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Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours at our local Mall. No, not shopping! Shopping malls and shopping are seriously two of my least favourite pastimes. I was there volunteering my time on behalf of a local Rotary Club to fundraise for this project ... a very worthwhile cause. I understand Rotarians were able to deliver the first batch of these boxes on the third day following the big disaster in

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I finally got around to sampling one of my Christmas prezzies this week ......Starbucks 100% Natural Roasted Instant & Microground Coffee. Did you know about this stuff? The box comes with 12 of these handy-dandy little pouches ...... which you snip open and pour into a cup and add hot water (and, in my case, cream), and VOILA! Starbucks at home! This may NOT be a good thing ... I am apparently

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Wow! I'm sure glad I had that fabulous Christmas break to nourish my soul with some down time, cuz it's been hit the deck running full tilt since I went back to work on January 4th! Lots of new projects happening for my office (translated: lots of MEETINGS and many REPORTS) and very little time to breathe. I made a pact with myself to take a half hour in the middle of the day this year to get out

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It is now Sunday evening, and my week off work has come to an end. I have totally enjoyed myself reading, napping, working on my quilting, cooking things I enjoy tasting, blogging ... as usual, I didn't realize how tired I was ...... until I stopped and spent a day (or two) in my jammies NOT doing or even THINKING ABOUT work stuff. As long as I keep pretending I'm an Energizer Bunny, I seldom

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Did you stay up until midnight to ring in 2010? I didn't. By 9:30 pm, I knew it was a losing battle, so was in bed and sound asleep by 10. And that's okay!It was a nice day yesterday. And today too for that matter. About minus fifteen. A little more snow.I LOVE snow on the trees ... it's the best part of winter! I think I love winter. I don't mind the cold (as long as there's no wind), and I

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Yes, I DID get out of my jammies and into clothes today. Even took myself out for a short walk.It was a pleasant minus fifteen degrees and slightly overcast. I also got caught up to date with Coronation Street ...... and did a little quilting.Aside from that, I spent the rest of the day in the kitchen. I cleaned out the fridge ... which, for the record, I seriously hate doing way more than any

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I'm definately still on holiday (AKA spent the day in my jammies) mode, and spent another relaxing day ... well ... relaxing! I finished piecing a table-topper ... ... and discovered, or perhaps remembered, how much I enjoy sitting and piecing bits of fabric together by hand. I tried an English paper-piecing project some thirty or thirty-five years ago, and wasn't terribly enamoured with the

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Merry Christmas everyone! And now that the BIG DAY is finally over, I'm going to share something with the bloggy world. This used to be a secret pleasure ... a sneaky treat, if you will ... but at my age I'm finally long past sneaking and guilt over little moments of pleasure (and DIVINE pleasure at that). So I'm going to share with y'all MY personal definition of HOLIDAY BLISS. First, there are

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Considering THIS ...... is the view from my balcony, Frosty the Snowman would be an appropriate ear worm. However, the song that's been running through my head all day ... damn CBC Radio and Daybreak North! ... is I'll Be There With Bells On by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Most annoying!Seriously though ... 'tis the season! Our office has been busy receiving donations for our Christmas Hampers

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Our receptionist dragged me out to the Dollar Store today. She said we needed Christmas decorations for our office. I'm pretty sure we have BOXES of the stuff in our back room storage closet, but she was adamant, and we must keep our receptionist happy (she's the real brains of our office operation most days ... but don't tell her I said so)!Did you know Dollar Stores are positively EVIL places?

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I've developed a habit in recent years of treating myself to a concert sometime in November. A birthday present for myself, if you will. The most memorable concert to date was Julio Iglesias in 2006. Be still my beating heart!Tonight, I went to see Rita MacNeil and The Men of the Deeps. It was memorable too.Rita MacNeil is about four feet nothing tall, wears very sensible shoes, and is both

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I spent last weekend sitting at a Health Fair information booth ... yes, my work often involves "volunteering" my weekends ... and below is what I wrote while sitting there. I'm off this morning to yet another Health Fair booth today, this time at the University. Fortunately, this one is happening over two work days so I'll be able to enjoy the coming weekend in leisure. Well, except for the

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The past couple of weeks have been REALLY busy for me at work ... several major projects in the works and thus crucial grant proposals to write and multiple meetings to attend. One of our important community contacts walked into my office this past week, and for the life of me I couldn't imagine which project she was there to discuss! She must have wondered why I looked at her with such a blank

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This is the view from my balcony at 8:30 am (Thursday, October 29, 2009) today. I'm just saying ...PS: 10:30 am ... snow to my ankles at my place at the bottom of University hill, a little less downtown ... very wet and temperature hovering right at zero degrees. Maybe this is yet another trial run ...

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This past Saturday, I went to Quesnel for a Fabricland visit as we no longer have a Fabricland here. Only an hour and a half away. It was a great sunny morning, temperature hovering at zero, but nice dry roads going down. Only saw one moose, and it was munching in the trees well off the highway. Sorry, no pix of my Fabricland purchases ... you'll just have to take my word that I found some great

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I played "rent-a-gran" this past weekend ... not something I do very often as 5 year old and 2.75 year old energy is WAY too much energy for a relaxing weekend! However, the munchkins are fun (in their own LOUD and energetic way). The main goal of the weekend ... besides a break from munchkins for Mommy S. ... was to bake Halloween cookies. I'm the official cookie-baking rent-a-gran.Usually we

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Now that I've got your attention ...Okay, that was somewhat mean of me, wasn't it? I'll get back to the love thing in a bit.Did you mark yesterday on your calendar? Wednesday, October 7, 2009? I did. Wanna know why? Cuz I wore SOCKS for the first time since last May.I hate socks. No, let me rephrase that: I like knitting socks, but I hate WEARING socks. My tootsies screamed "NO! DON'T MAKE US GO

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I LOVE this time of year! The colours ...... of changing leaves ...... and the crispness ...... of cooler air, including unexpected snow storms! Yes, we had SNOW today! This was all that was left by the time I got home from work, but we still had SNOW on the first day of October. That's what happens when you live in the NORTH! Here's a hint about something else that happens when you live in the

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I think the single thing that has given me the most grief while my arm has been out of commission has been the inability to create. Normally, I have several ... or more ... creative projects of some kind on the go. This past while I haven't been able to work on any of them.Today I decided to push my recuperation by doing a little hand sewing. I sat at the dining table so I could support my arm on

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I'm not famous for noticing little details ... especially in familiar surroundings like my office. I work there five or six days a week. I don't pay attention to IT. I pay attention to my work. I think the last time I paid attention to IT was last January when we had new carpet installed.My receptionist leaves at noon on Fridays, and for the rest of this afternoon, I was alone with one volunteer

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... or The Adventures Of a One-Winged Woman, Part Two ...The arm has healed to the point of being more itchy and annoying than painful now. A few more days and I'll be saying ADIOS! to this sling, and none too soon as it has become a real PAIN IN THE NECK! Why would someone invent an arm sling with a narrow strap that digs into your neck??? Last time I wore a fabric sling, it was the folded

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The last holiday weekend of the summer is usually invigorating for me. It spells the (almost) end of extreme summer heat, which is a huge relief. The older I get, the more I hate summer heat! I took this photo at the bottom of "University Hill" the other morning. When we're greeted with low cloud cover like this, you know summer is coming to an end. Labour Day weekend also spells the beginning of

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It rained today. And I do mean RAINED! I could see the storm coming, and got about this close to the bus stop after work before the dam broke and I got SOAKED ...It was much nicer observing the storm from the dry comfort of my balcony after I got home! The skies were so dark in every direction around the city. Here's the view from my balcony:Just after I took this picture (around 5:30 pm) there

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I'm up to my eyebrows in work this week ... the organization I work for is hosting a one-day Seniors Info Fair that takes MANY days planning and organizing ... so no time for witty stories or pictures of my balcony flowers or "Jack's Beanstalk". Instead, I'll leave you with ...... a photo from my very first summer vacation. Yes, the stamp on this photo says 1959. I'm ancient, remember! From left

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Why is it so hot? Why has it been so hot for so many days in a row now? I've had four cold showers so far today ... and no, NOT to cool off any frisky thoughts ... just to COOL OFF! I've guzzled about 4.3 gallons of ice water so far today. And I'm STILL TOO HOT! Why do I hate summer heat so much? Here are some other mysteries I am pondering today ...Why do I get such a strong urge to create

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I was invited to participate in a golf "thing" today, but I woke up feeling a bit out of sorts and didn't go. Golf is NOT one of my favourite activities. The walk around the golf course is fine, but chasing that stupid little ball is totally ridiculous and a complete waste of time and energy ... the only GREATER waste of time and energy and sanity is watching another person or persons chase a

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This is a post about food. When L. arrives on my door step, the makings for dinner usually arrives at the same time. "Got any taters? I broughta coupla steaks." Once in rare while steak is not on the menu, and I get caught off guard with nothing out of the freezer for dinner. Today was one of those days. So I made dinner with this marvelous little package ...... Asian Home Gourmet Indian Butter

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In the process of moving out of the partially furnished basement suite I have been living in, my landlady mentioned she would like to get rid of some of the furniture rather than move it with her. Since I needed a few pieces of furniture, it seemed like a we were onto a good thing. After all, I'd been living with the stuff for a couple of years ... we were "old friends" already! This is the

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And what did I do this past week instead of packing? Made a new dust jacket for my sewing machine, of course! Poor thing was just sitting there, uncovered, begging for a new dust jacket . . . I HAD TO oblige! I made a quick pattern with newspaper and cut out 2 pieces of blue fabric for each the front, back, sides and top, which I sandwiched around some leftover bits of quilt batting. Why blue?

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In the process of packing some things this weekend, I came upon an old photo album. WHO IS THIS REDHEAD???I SO do not remember that ghastly shirt, although I'm pretty sure I still wear that black skirt! And if THAT shirt isn't scary, take a look at this hideous thing: WHAT WAS I THINKING? AND WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO MY HAIR??? I had fun reminiscing over photos of friends from ages ago . . .

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One of my fellow non-profit managers shared this article with me, and I just had to pass it on to y'all . . . According to this article from the July 1943 edition of Mass Transportation magazine:"There's no longer any question whether companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The military draft and the manpower shortage have settled that point. The important things now are to

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Naturally, moving calls for a new project. Right? Of course! In the process of emptying one bookcase, I came upon my 'SOMEDAY' binder. Y'all have one of those, right? That collection of pictures and patterns and ideas that you're going to get around to someday? Well, I was tired of packing the contents of bookcases ... yes, bookcases PLURAL ... so I stopped for a cup of tea and a wee gander

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Has it REALLY been that long? Since May 21st? I wish I could say time flies when you're having fun ... but it hasn't all been fun since then.First the house sold.Then it didn't.Then it sold again ... pending a home inspection.And then it didn't. It's an old house and needs some work. The buyer didn't want to do that much work.But it sold again ... pending an electrician's inspection.For which we

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What did you do over the long weekend? (That would be the Victoria Day weekend in Canada to which I am referring.) I had ideas of going camping, but it was mighty cold and promising rain. I'm thinking it wasn't such a bad thing that other factors besides the weather intervened as this is what I woke up to Tuesday morning ...... May 19th and snow! Our local newspaper reported 5 cm of the stuff. I

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I was playing with some fabric scraps left over from the completed BANANA PROJECT ... which I CAN'T post pictures of because BANANA does read this blog once in awhile and that would totally ruin her surprise package ... and my new sewing machine. So far, I've experimented with about six of its 70-some built-in stitches ...... 3 or 4 of which are visible above. As I was stitching, I recalled a

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Spring that is. In two short weeks, my front yard has gone from this ... ... to this ...One lonely little clump of frozen snow left, and I'm pretty sure the rain that's coming today will wash it away. Trees and bushes are swelling with new life ...... and the multitude of crows in this part of the city are busy cooing sounds of LURV! (in that rusty raucaus way crows coo sounds of LURV!) All my

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My front yard and along my driveway still looks like this ......but I had a walk around the property today, and in the sunny open spaces where the snow didn't get piled up from shovelling, I found these flowers starting to make an appearance ...... and this ... rhubarb buds! Now I know for sure winter is finally on its way out! It's been a really busy work week with an all-day workshop on

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I've been busy! Little Madam C has been bugging me for some new outfits for her dollies. She has told me at least four times that EASTER IS COMING, and her dollies MUST dress for the occasion! So here is her "Patty Matty" wearing her new Easter Sunday dress ...Little Madam C doesn't know it yet, but I sewed an identical human Easter Sunday dress for her too."Patty Matty" lives at my house so "my

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The first week of April. Hmmm. It did THIS outside ...... and did THIS inside:What does that mean in terms of SPRING???

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Walking home from work today, I heard a sweet SWEET sound ...... water running down into a street drain! That's the first time I've heard that this ... dare I say it? ... shh! ... s p r i n g ! What a difference a couple of warm days have made ...... city sidewalks are reappearing! And what's that I see?Grass! Okay, DEAD grass, but where there's dead grass, there's the potential of GREEN grass!

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What a week this has been! It began here ... ... with myself and one of our board members making a presentation about our non-profit organization to a group of individuals interested in forming a similar organization in their community. No, the ground was NOT that bare of snow while we were there! That area of our province generally has LOTS of snow. The mountain pass between here and there

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