We're back! Had a really fun week! Spent too much money, but bought lots of clothes & shoes for Thailand, and some fun souvenirs like a small cowboy hat for Espin, my plush moose. He and Benny, the mountie beaver, are amassing quite a collection of souvenirs from trips now! I think they're more fun to shop for than me ( Read more... )

Am in Christopher's living room, looking out at the Calgary night's skyline. Much bigger than Winnipeg ( Read more... )

Ben has mastered the art of Photoshop and has submitted a few pictures to Rick Mercer's Blog as part of the Photo ChallengeWell, his persistance has finally paid off. http://rickmercer.blogspot.com/2006/01/gilles-turn.html His picture is by "Ben Ib" -- the ( Read more... )

Well, I was feeling accomplished about having shoveled the driveway, stairs, and sidewalk. I was until Christopher got home and said it didn't look any different from when he left with his friends.

*pouts*

Stupid brother.

I feel so defeated.

numensule, if you're talking to your brother in the near future and he doesn't mention talking about U of W's theatre program to a curly haired boy on the verge of graduation and his parents, you should ask him about it. They were my brother and my parents! :D ( Read more... )

Was at the lake for the weekend. It was cold and it snowed/slushed last night, but it felt so good to get out of the city and away from all the stressful things around the house, like homework. (And although I took tons of binders to read, they were consciously ignored and they stayed right where I packed them. I will regret that move later this ( Read more... )

I've been having problems deciding what name to use when I get into the schools. Because I won't be in immersion, I can't just be called "Madame" so now I'm trying to balance out what is simple for students, what is professional, and what is actually me ( Read more... )

So you probably all remember the band debate. Finally called the director a couple of days ago, and he called back this morning. After much serious debate, I am not joining the band this year. I just can't make the commitment. I'd just feel stressed and obliged to practice and play, instead of playing for fun, and I'll be joining the Education ( Read more... )

Forgot to talk about my long weekend! Survived an overnight canoe trip with the family. Only paddled for a couple of hours, but that was enough for me! I haven't paddled in years and have no upper body muscles to speak of. It was very fun though, despite the fact that the sleeping bag I had to use was too narrow and I was lying on a pinecone or ( Read more... )

Because I haven't stressed about school for a few days:Have to set up an appointment for a profil linguistique tomorrow at CUSB so I can student teach in immersion tomorrow. I'm a little nervous about it, but I'll hopefully pass. I'm comfortable with grammar, but I haven't done any formal grammar and verb conjugations in a long time now. Need to ( Read more... )