Another backdated entry… tsk tsk, I know. But the weekend kinda got away from me! It just wouldn’t be early November without the wonderful CircleCraft Christmas Market. I’ve made it out to the market every year I’ve lived in Vancouver – and twice even before I lived here, when I happened to be visiting town [...]
I’m used to getting referred to as “Mrs. Dans-last-name” (though the telemarketers always get an earful when they do it!), but this is a new low: Telemarketer: “Hello, is Dan there?” Me: “No, I’m sorry, he’s at school right now. May I ask who’s calling?” Telemarketer: “Oh, is this THE WIFE?” Me: “Ummmm… no.” I [...]
After a peak in my running motivation in late summer and early fall (moving downtown = new morning running buddy!), I faltered in October and barely ran at all! I’m attempting to get back into running this month, and signing up for a race often helps give me that extra little push to get out [...]
I’m cheating and backdating this entry to Wednesday night. I really meant to blog last night, but I am apparently too old to go to weeknight concerts and arrive home still coherent enough to post a blog entry about it… Sondre Lerche put on an amazing concert at the Red Room in Vancouver tonight. I [...]
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s sewing post comes yet another crafty entry. I’ve been collecting random craft tutorial links in my del.icio.us but when I came across Handmade Holidays today I decided it deserved its own post. The folks over at Sew, Mama, Sew are posting handmade gift ideas all month, with a different [...]
For the past couple months I’ve been spending my Monday nights in the home economics room of a local high school. I had no interest in sewing when I was in my teens. In fact, I was likely to run from anything stereotypically “girly.” But in my 20′s I began to wish I’d learned some [...]
A study from the National Institute of Health in the U.S. says that many women spend 10-15 years getting advanced education, only to leave academia due to family responsibility and low confidence. Although women comprise nearly half of all undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral scientists nationwide, after committing 10 to 15 years to scientific training, many [...]
Halloween has always been a favourite holiday of mine, but this year I decided to really go all out with my costume. Make Magazine published some great Halloween costume tutorials last year, and I was inspired by Nicole Magne’s awesome Headless Marie Antoinette tutorial. So I created a headless bust from paper mache and cobbled [...]
25 Photographs Taken at the Exact Right Time (tags: photography fun)
There’s a common term in the software development industry: “Eating your own dog food.” It refers to software development companies using their own products in-house. One would think that a company like Translink would follow a similar principle. As the provider of transit for the entire Greater Vancouver Regional District, Translink should be encouraging they [...]