This isn’t the first video I’ve ever made of course, but it is the first I’ve made in my official capacity as OCAD University’s first ever 100% full-time social media staffer, a new position I was hired into about a month ago. I’ll be the first to admit it’s far from polished, perfect or even…
Category: Odds & Sods
Gentlemen of the Road
Last weekend we became a lady and gentleman of the road and hiked it over to Simcoe, Ontario, in Norfolk County, for a music festival called Gentlemen of the Road. Because we opted not to do any camping and because we had to get home to take care of the dog, we drove a good…
The American State Fair experience
As part of our mid-west adventure earlier this month we decided to check out the Wisconsin State Fair on the outskirts of Milwaukee. Neither one of us had ever been to an American state fair before, so we thought it’d be a fun way to spend a day. As soon as we entered the gates…
Go west, young woman
It’s almost 2 years to the day since I posted about our great mid-west beer run to Madison, Wisconsin in preparation for our wedding. In that post I alluded to a harrowing adventure and promised to post about it after the wedding… and then I totally didn’t! The horror! To recap that story, Chris and…
I don’t know what to put here.
Where do I begin? It has been over a month since I posted. There are quite a few circumstances for why I haven’t been here, including taking possession of a new house, organizing contractors and making living arrangements for the next several months, as well as my grandmother breaking her shoulder in a fall that…
Space Jam
I have a confession to make. I’m totally obsessed with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s absolutely fascinating Twitter feed, where he’s posting phenomenal, incredible photos of our planet taken every day from his unique vantage point at the international space station. As a communications professional, I think Hadfield is single-handedly renewing (at least Canadian) interest in…
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
So… remember that news I was mentioning last weekend? Um… yeah… well… We bought a new house! And we just sold our current house! What a whirlwind the last three weeks have been. Long-time readers of my blog will know that Chris and I have been debating what to do with our little bungalow for…
I can ski. I’m a skier!
Happy New Year! This new year I learned something new. I learned to ski! Chris is a pretty seasoned skier; he learned how in university and has been skiing ever since. He goes on a major “guys” vacation every year to places like Whistler, Utah, Lake Tahoe, etc. But this holiday a bunch of us…
Hunting
Hello my neglected little blog. Where have I been? I’ve been having quite the autumn. For several weeks I felt like I was in an angry, unhappy, depressed, grumpy spiral. I was kind of hating my job (I know, who doesn’t at one time or another?), feeling a bit bored (with no creative projects on…
For the love of beer
Because of the meds I’m on to treat my rheumatoid arthritis, I’ve pretty much backed off drinking completely, although I do still indulge in a beer once in a while. If you’re a regular reader of my blog you already know that Chris and I adore craft beer (have I mentioned he’s working on a…