Thanks to a gentle reminder from laughing_leo, I made a donation to the KW Humane society in memory of Xia, the cat that was killed by an arrow on Monday.

Apparently great minds think alike, as my old co-worker, who was the cat's owner, was just distributing the following. The family has requested donations go to Pet Patrol, an organization that specifically ( Read more... )

My work place, HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre, has a whole bunch of fundraisers coming up this fall that I wanted to share with everyone. Enjoy a fun night out and support HopeSpring at the same time! Tickets are now on sale for most events and available at HopeSpring. Give us a call at 519-742-4673 (Waterloo) or 519-624-5855 (Cambridge), or ( Read more... )

I've broken the 170lbs mark. And I'm now feeling in control of my food intake. Granted I still have a small "max capacity" but I can choose what I'm eating again. My energy is back at least to what it used to be, and the weight loss is still about 2lbs a week ( Read more... )

Today I weighed in at 174.6 lbs - below my first "unofficial" goal of 175. I haven't been below 175 for about 6 years (I think ( Read more... )

My father's band on the cover of the Wiarton Echo on Tuesday, July 7 2009, a 20 year goal achieved. My dad's the one to the furthest right.

And this photo was taken by M., even though he didn't get credited.


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My dad's band is playing at Ontario Place for Canada Day tomorrow. They're listed on the July page (Midnite Blue). We're going to endeavour to see them for the 4 pm show, depending on how health and tummy issues go ( Read more... )

So out of the wedding gifts, we went ahead and got the Kitchen Aid Artisan Mixer (which is on sale 20% off this week at The Bay, should anyone be interested). Last night I made Nigella's cinnamon rolls with it. Oh. My. God. SOOOO good. They tasted like I had gotten them in a bakery. Made for a wonderful breakfast this morning too ( Read more... )

My nose is twitching!

Weird!

Gonna swim with dolphins, visit NASA, go to Busch Gardens, and stay in a villa with a whirlpool and kitchen and have a King size bed. I doubt we'll go to Disney, but we'll see. I'd rather go see dolphins. ;)

And all for about what Ottawa was going to cost. Oh yeah.

Am currently at FASS tech weekend right now. Apparently my alumni login will still let me connect to the UW wireless network, so I'm NOT cut off from the rest of the world ( Read more... )