Right now in Calgary it is zero degrees and snowing ( Read more... )

A quick update to say that Evil Dead: The Musical was fantastic, I laughed and laughed and laughed, so if you are in Calgary, or anywhere else where it is playing, go see it right now ( Read more... )

This is my last day with the in-house law department here at Big Oil Company. I'm taking tomorrow, which should logically be my last day, off to ride in a jumping clinic that runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday ( Read more... )

I haven't updated because I haven't done anything interesting all week. That would probably include the weekend too, since it was the sort of weekend that when people ask about it on Monday, I won't be able to say I did anything, since I did not go to any parties or away anywhere or climb any mountains or anything. I did, however, spend a lot of ( Read more... )

Take that, May long weekend nay-sayers. It was actually very quite pleasant. I'm not sure how camping in a tent would have been, but we were plenty cosy in the Boler. We had the electric blanket running off the battery but that turned out to actually be too warm. Just warm PJs and our big cheap comforter were enough ( Read more... )

So, a little while ago I watched a short but intense hail/snow storm move across the city from my office window ( Read more... )

I feel like I sort of salvaged what was trying to be a really crappy long weekend (Andrew and I each had Friday off as our magic free day per month). The bad started on Thursday when my back went completely bad. I rode, it felt fine, I got off my horse and it seized up to stabbing pain whenever I moved or reached ( Read more... )

I realize it's been a long hiatus and people have been asking me to update. Something happened, shortly after the last entry, that I did not know how to write about, but felt odd writing about anything else. Hence, nothing ( Read more... )

35, sounds like one of those milestone birthdays, but Andrew in typical curmedgeon fashion, does not care to celebrate ( Read more... )

I was meaning to write a post about how it was spring in Alberta finally, how we got the motorcycle out of storage and I washed my -40 degree parka and exchanged it in the under-bed boxes for my motorcycle jacket and sandals, how I booked a campground in B.C. for May long weekend (for the Boler, for I am dumb enough to try to camp in a tent in May ( Read more... )