Scott and I just returned from Montreal. We had a really nice time. We drove down and back with my brother who works in Montreal but lives here in Ottawa, and stayed with Scott's brother. We did some touristy stuff like going to St Joseph's Oratory and walking all over Mont Royal including the big lookout. We also did some shopping, mostly ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went with Scott and his dad to Defalco's to bottle the wine we had ordered. It was pretty interesting. First we put the clean bottles in the sanitizer machine to sterilize then. Then we decanted the wine from the carboys into the bottles. Then we put the wine-filled bottles into the corking machine, only a few of the bottles didn't ( Read more... )

I had a good time at Can-Con this past weekend. I attended lots of panels, the Heather Dale concert, the masquerade, and the dead dog party. Scott attended Friday and Saturday and had a good time. He even received a free trilogy from Julie Czerneda for attending her reading and never having read any of her books. He didn't attend Sunday because ( Read more... )

We are going to Can-con this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. It will be Scott's first con, so I hope he enjoys it.

Looking forward to the big move this weekend with Scott to Alta Vista Towers. We don't even need to worry about reserving the elevator since we will be on the ground floor and yes, we have a balcony. Scott's brother and my brother will be helping us move.

I haven't gotten out of the city lately, but I have seen some wildlife around. Scott and I went for a walk around the Perley Hospital and in a pond saw a duck, a big fish, and a beaver.

I went to Ad Astra in Toronto this weekend and had a great time. There were six of us in the mini van, katale, popelaksmi, foms, ducnanmac and G. (not sure of his livejournal id) and we got adjoinging rooms. I went to lots of panel discussions and the Masquerade and a Heather Dale concert in which she played my favourite song, called Joan (after ( Read more... )

Well, I'm sick, but getting better. It was pretty nasty on the weekend, with a fever and the shakes. Now I'm down to a chest cough and sinus congestion. I'm just hoping it doesn't turn into a sinus infection, since I don't want to go on antibiotics.

Scott and I lucked out in being at the right place at the right time and got two free tickets to the Liona Boyd concert at the NAC. It was good. Afterwards we went out for a few drinks at Darcy McGee's.

I went to Con*cept in Montreal and had a good time. I went to lots of panels and attended our room party for CanCon ( Read more... )