Capital Pride Parade 2012
So last Sunday my daughter and I went down to the Pride Parade. It was stinking hot, but better than last year where we needed mittens. We didn’t pay the $5 for the main exhibit area, in part because...
View ArticleWeekend Update
So what’s new you ask? Eh. Same old, same old. The Play: 6 more days to our first performance. Eeeek. Ticket sales are coming along, finances are fine I think, we seem to have all of the props,...
View ArticleI is inspirational. HAHAHAHAHA
Kimber Vale gave me a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Totally inspiring. Go and read Kimber’s post. Find out her most embarrassing secret. Well, it’s pretty embarrassing IMHO. The Rules: (see, told ya...
View ArticleBody Parts Wednesday – NSFWish
Hmmm. That makes me sound slightly psychotic doesn’t it? No, I’ve not gone Dexter, although lord knows some people have given me cause. I just got nuthin’. I haven’t read anything much lately beyond...
View ArticleFriday Funnies
So once again, I got nothing. So today is a series of pictures and gifs that have amused me. Some are cute, some are funny, some are just unusual and caught my attention. Have a terrific weekend...
View ArticleMonday Mumbling – Socks
I don’t think it’s any secret that I am not a foot fan. Now, it’s not like I freak out if I see a bare foot or anything, I just don’t want emphasis on the foot. The minute someone starts licking, etc....
View ArticleI’m not dead, but …
My feet nearly are. Ugh. I am sooooo tired. But having fun. Since I got here it’s been on the go for work, then my daughter arrived Wed. night and between work and spending time with her it’s been...
View ArticleMy life in a nutshell
Yeah, that. I may be really scarce on the ground the next few weeks. My union is now undertaking job action against our employer, and I am one of the leads on the Communications Committee and that...
View ArticleSan Francisco Pics… Finally
So better late than never right. Life is kind of nuts, okay, extremely, but it won’t last forever. I don’t have really any pictures from the first first days, I was pretty much working the whole time,...
View ArticleFriday Five
Well, my life appears to be crazier than ever. Today I truly wanted to just run away for a while. The whole work/union mix is so not working. Wednesday I left the house at 7:00 in the morning, got home...
View ArticleAnother Friday, Another Five
So what’s new since last Friday? Um. I think my daughter has mono. She started getting sick last weekend, went to school Monday morning and her math teacher sent her home. She just wanted to sleep and...
View ArticleGoodreads Story Update
Did I finish this weekend? Bad, Tam, bad. No cookies for you. I just seemed to be completely exhausted on Friday and Saturday and did nothing. BUT, I did manage to get about 1,500 words written...
View ArticleFriday Four
Yeah, lame post, but …. I’m on strike this week. However I am working as much as I was last week. I’m spending most of my days at the union office working with a colleague and then my usual evenings...
View ArticleI’m still alive… for now
I say for now, because sadly my body is starting to lose the war. I have developed a cough and my lungs hurt and my throat is all scratchy. Waaaaahhh. Started last night. The strike continues. Not me...
View ArticleHappy Canada Day
I don’t have much to report. Life goes on. My daughter has officially graduated from high school now. Hard to believe in 6 or 7 weeks we have to start getting stuff shipped off to Vancouver for...
View ArticleWhere, oh where have I been?
Yeah, life is continuing to be bug-nutz crazy. We were really hoping that after we offered the government binding arbitration this would soon be over, but they came back with restrictions so severe...
View ArticleHappy Friday!
So, life is rolling along. Waiting for a Labour Board ruling on some strike stuff, picketing, keeping busy. I’m now the Executive Vice President of our union for a couple of months since our current VP...
View ArticleOttawa Pride 2013
We had nice weather for the parade. It was not too hot, although after it clouded over it was better. Every now and then there would be a breeze. I resisted taking all the crap they hand out that I...
View ArticleIT’S OVER!!!!
On the heels of the awful news about my colleague in Africa, our union has reached a settlement with our employer. As of 4:20 yesterday it was OVER! So a bittersweet victory. It was also difficult to...
View ArticleWow, so much for making a comeback.
Yep. Slacker extraordinaire here. I have been so unmotivated. Blah. Hate it. Oh well, I did promise some pics of Victoria (a week and a half later). So here they are. I had a fun time with my daughter....
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