I won a spot in a beekeeping workshop this weekend, so I spent most of the weekend hanging out there. The course was taught by a woman I know, and was held three blocks from my house at this yoga studio. I've walked by the space often and it's quite nice on the outside, so it was pretty exciting to get to go inside the space ( Read more... )

Yesterday I came home after dance class to find a message on my answering machine from my esthetician. I have been going to the same woman for the whole time I've lived in Edmonton. I get my brows and other waxing done at a spa near my house, but I have built up a relationship and a friendship with one woman there. I always requested her ( Read more... )

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I was in Calgary for five days this past weekend. I managed to do a lot of work, and a little bit of socializing. A and I were good Calgary tourists. I finally made it to the Glenbow museum , which is both an art and history museum. It was pretty darn great, except that we got museum-ed out and didn't see the whole thing ( Read more... )

On Saturday (almost a week ago), I drove down to Calgary to spend a few times with A. Since I work from home, I thought I'd take the opportunity to work from his home, which was great. I actually ended up doing a lot of work and got to spend a lot of time with him, which was cool. We actually ended up watching Olympic hockey (a first for me) and ( Read more... )

1. As many of you know, I am a hardcore insomniac. This week, I decided to try an experiment. I stopped drinking coffee in the afternoons. Immediately, I could sleep! Unfortunately, I have been falling asleep at 9 or 10 p.m. and waiting up at 5 or 6, but still! We'll see what happens. (Yes, I'm somewhat ashamed to say that it took me so long to try ( Read more... )

My friend's brother has actually written a book on Haiti and offers some tips on things to think about when facing the situation there.

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So I had a really weird stomach flu over the weekend. I was feeling fine until Friday afternoon, when I started to feel tired and achy and run down. At about 4:00, I lost my lunch twice. I then decided that I wasn't going to go to dance class and spent the rest of the evening lying around at home. This was followed by a night of fever, and then two ( Read more... )

The holidays have been nice, but I think I am getting old. I was talking to friends and we all admitted that we've just hung out with family, and have done very little socializing this holiday. I have done the most socializing with my parents and my dog, to be honest. I spend hours with my dog. I really, really have to get my own dog sooner rather ( Read more... )

In many ways, it's like I'm already on vacation. I only had to go to one meeting this month, and have been writing a few stories from home. I worked so much in November that December has been really lax. I could have gone home early and written from Saskatoon, except that I have my teen writers' group to teach this Sunday ( Read more... )