I took my nieces (and one of their friends) to the Ottawa Comic Con today... this was their first con and they had a blast. As a treat I bought them a ticket to have a picture taken with Nathan Fillion and they insisted that I join them as well and I asked their friend K to join us (we were allowed up to 4 people in the photo)... so here is the ( Read more... )

Well apartment is now mostly clean... still have to tackle my bedroom and wash the floors in the kitchen and bathroom. Went out this morning to renew my plates, license and health card as they all expire today :-) Yes I have been procrastinating for weeks about this, but I did manage to time it perfectly as I walked in and there was no one in ( Read more... )

Today is my last day before leaving for a week of holiday... All morning I've been thinking 'just one more day' and then in my head the song One Day More! from Les Miserables starts playing ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's already February 9th! Where did January go ( Read more... )

I've been reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series since the first book was published in 1990 ( Read more... )

Am spending a couple of days at my sister's house dogsitting while she is in Florida for a few days. She's there with her work (they have a program where they take the top 1% of the employees to Boca Raton for 4 days). So here I am with her two dogs and her satellite TV... I can't believe that she has all these channels and still there is nothing ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had a nice New Years Eve, and you all have a safe and happy New Year.

I'm heading off to see the Hobbit this afternoon, can't wait :-)

I'm working from home this morning while I do some Xmas baking, so my apartment smells great :-) Off to my sister R tonight for her annual Xmas open house. Then tomorrow off to sister N for Xmas dinner. I am so behind this year, I haven't even started wrapping anything but I'll be off work at 1 so I can tackle that as I switch the baking trays ( Read more... )

Our office Xmas party/gala was last Saturday and here is a picture of me and part of my team that we took that night.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends, hope you all have a great day!