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some time this week, I am going to try making a batch of red clover ointment to be used for certain skin conditions, including excema. I need to find some bees wax, I thought perhaps they would sell it at the craft area in walmart, but no such luck. Maybe, the craft stores in Saskatoon will provie to be more lucrative of an option. It is really a very simple recipe, the trick is to make it smell nice as well as work.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Off to the lake we go, 33 above in town, but we will be at the lake. Ha! Ha! we laugh in the face of 33 above because we will be at the lake. Gerald will have to suffer working every day on the black shiny pavement and now he has a sore leg. Pulled muscles from playing slow pitch, pretty funny actually especially when he had to get out of bed this a.m. to go to work.

Friday, July 08, 2005

I have renewed acquaintances with my slow cooker. Amazing how one can make lovely cooked meals without heating up the house. Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings were the treat of the day today. Mix it up, throw it in the cooker and relax for four or five hours and the house was as cool as if we hadnt cooked at all. Great.

Thursday, July 07, 2005

well, it is indeed a joy to have central air conditioning. I never thought that I would enjoy central air conditioning, as we so seldom have weather hot enough to be a problem. I was wrong, central air is great. This appears to be a hot and humid summer, just when air conditioning works at it's best.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Finally done painting the fence, well almost. A small piece on the neighbours side of the property is yet to be painted. Perhaps when it is a bit cooler, right now the sweltering heat would ensure that the painter passed out rather than painted.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

still painting the fence. sigh

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

For each board we paint on the fence, the fence seems to respond by adding two more. The are miles and miles and miles of fence to paint, or at least it appears that way.

Monday, June 27, 2005

school is out, crystal is very excited about that fact.

Sunday, June 26, 2005

I predict that we will have reallllllyyy big tomatoes this year. Zuchinis the size of a house and cucumbers to die for. After all they are currently growing in thirty years of manure and dirt. Winners for sure!!

Friday, June 24, 2005

epipen, our new word of the month, first Hannah needs an epipen, now Arianna needs an epipen for her death defying shrimp allergy, as well as new Asthma inhalers to deal with a diagnosed asthma condition. ohh mmy

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, whew talk about the bus. Over the last four days, I have spent 21 hours on the bus. Of course it was worth it as i had the opportunity to visit in Edomonton. Eat half price sushi, and full price german cuisine, and have breakfast for 2.99.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

If what's for you, won't go by you is the answer to our accomplishments in life, then if I chose to stand in the middle of an open field during a thunder storm and become struck by lightening, does that then mean being struck by lightening was my destiny, or simply my stupidity. While my friend believes in what's for you won't go by you, I simply believe the things that are for you will be presented to you in different forms and choosing or rejecting opportunities and circumstances is a concsious decision.

Monday, June 13, 2005

well, apparently the fish have been smarter than the fishermen this weekend. With only lots of mosquito bites and some sun burn to show for the weekend, we will just have to go back to the ol' fishin hole agin next weekend.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Today is the big day for max. Max is getting a hair cut today, no more shaggy, matted, smelly, dirty dog hair everywhere. Max will be short, short, short and cool for those hot summer days yet to come.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

mmmm, mushroom season, good ole Saskatchewan morels picked fresh and sauted in butter. mmm mm

Monday, June 06, 2005

oh where oh where could my little car keys go?? Gerald in his infinte wisdom in the a.m. put ALL the keys in his pocket, including the ones to the vehicle I was supposed to use to get to work in Prince Albert with. well needless to say we had to do some thinking, some walking and some telephoning to get to work today.

Friday, June 03, 2005

A modern day Alice in Wonderand, What the Bleep do we know Anyway, where Alice's reality is thru the looking glass, is this where quantum physics can take us, thru the looking glass and beyond?

Thursday, June 02, 2005

note to self, don't drink coffee at 7:00 p.m. and expect to go to sleep at 11

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

the seeding is done, now we can watch it grow. the garden is mostly up, although none of the 450 potatoe plants seem to showing their nasty little heads.

Sunday, May 22, 2005

the cry of the auctioneer, the smell of the burning hamburgers, the feel of sun beating on my face, aaah a day at the auction. four boxes of who knows what for $2.00, two boxes at 5.oo each and $400.00 for a year old 8 hp snowblower. who'da thunk it.

Saturday, May 21, 2005

mmmm, petunia flowers, pansies, johnny jump ups, spinach, onion and tomatoes, with three cheese ranch dressing,mmmm. yummy fiddleheads sauted in onion, garlic butter very tasty indeed.

Friday, May 20, 2005

well, we went vegetarian tonight. cream of dandelion flower soup as an appetizer, (hard to say if it was good or not, as I over did the celery seed and that was a very overpowering error, so will have to try again when there are more dandelions) spinach and grilled portobello mushroom salad with balsamic vinegar/oil dressing, butternut squash and crimini mushroom lasagna with ricotta, mozeralla and parmesian cheese (oooh, that was good!!) and mushroom pate with cream cheese for later. Complemented by crabapple wine. well perhaps complemented is not the best choice of words. I should have saved some dandelion flowers for the pancakes tommorrow morning, hmmmm where or where can I find a dandelion.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

mmmmm, dandelions. We have now had cooked dandelion flowers. lightly floured and fried in butter, mmmm, taste like cooked mushroommms. Warning don't eat dandelions from lawns with dogs. lol

Monday, May 16, 2005

ahh the elusive bedtime, bedtime is 8:00 but when it is daylight out side it is hard to believe it is bedtime and not playtime.

Sunday, May 15, 2005

potatoes, potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes. Over 400 potatoe hills, I wonder how many potatoes that could actually mutliply out to be and just how many sacks of potatoes we will need to keep all those potatoes. Anyone who comes to visit this year will be hilling potatoes, checking potatoes, weeding potatoes, pulling potatoes, picking potatoes and maybe even eating some of them.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

truly refreshing to be in the city again yesterday, to see the expanse of plants available in the greenhouse, to eat at a more than just burgers and fries restaurant with real service and clean tables. Rural Saskatchewan is full of boundless tourism opportunities, unfortunately full of business owners who refuse to believe that the behaviour of their staff and the first impression of the facility have any relation to the success of their business. Often business in rural saskatchewan behaves as though customers are their right and not a result of good service or food as the case may be. A pet peeve of mine that we would continue to promote ouselves as an incredible tourism experience and not place the highest importance on the return of thoses tourists after we have managed to lure them in the first time. Clean tables are nice, waitresses who are interested in their customers are nice, clean cultery and cups are good, food that looks appealing rather than questionable is also good. Bright inviting atmosphere should be a given. Perhaps rather than a five star rating system a new system based on levels of yuckiness would be more appropriate. I can see it now, pulling up to a restuarant in rural saskatchewan, checking out the front window or door for the yuckiness level sticker. perhaps the owner would get the point.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

Mother's day, an apple tree, some paper roses and a decorated jar(pencil holder). Will have to check out the green house in saskatoon to find the apple tree. As there were none left in nipawin.

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Life is wasted if not lived as an adventure. Indeed, the adventure into farming, herbs and spices, organics, ethical wildcrafting, herbology and natural health food and supplements, certainly will be an adventure.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Stopped at the greenhouse on the way home today, hard to make decisions in the green house, fortunately I only had $15.00 cash to spend. I now own a martha washington geranium, a double begonia and some oregano. The fuschias, double impatiens and other flowers were very appealing and the choices were tough, but I perserviered and only spent $11.00 of my original $15.00.

Sunday, May 01, 2005

Well we finally took the plunge, the stinging nettle plunge that is . Cooked stinging nettle looks some what like spinach, tastes somewhat like spinach but not really, sort of hard to discribe actually. Next time we will have to try the dandelions. One word of advice, next time I pick stining nettles I will remember to where gloves. The ends of two of my fingers have a couple of pricky reminders of our supper.

Saturday, April 30, 2005

We are cooking again today, when the weather is bad, what can one do but cook? Today we are making chicken and vegtable pillows, Thai coconut rice and a rainbow veggie/fruit platter.

Friday, April 29, 2005

Lest the world of technology become so simple it becomes confusing. Case in point a simple usb connection, easy to use, easy to spot, yet when the wrong usb cord is unknowingly connected to the computer the device to which the output is intended refuses to respond, yet who could know, who could tell (without four hours of frustration) that a simple change in cords connected to the usb port would solve the problem. aaargh

Thursday, April 28, 2005

If you can't beat em, then eat em. Dandelion Salad. Look for small tender dandelions in early spring before they bloom. If the yellow flowers are open, the greesn will havea bitter taste. Dig up the whole plant and remove it in one piece. Shake of excess dirt. Hold onto the root and dunk the plant up and down in a bucket of clean water many times. Clean thoroughly or the greens will taste gritty. Pull of the leaves and save them. Throw away the root and the flower bud. Boil the leaves until tender in a small amount of salted water. If the leaves taste bitter , change the water and boil them again. drain off the water and serve the greens hot with butter and salt or add a little vinegar and a few bacon bits.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Anyone up for a tincture? Perhaps a red clover blossom tincture for acne, or a dandelion tincture for low energy, a an ecchinaccea tincture to strengthen immune system, have a problem, we got a tincture.

Monday, April 25, 2005

snow, snow, the weather man is actually calling for snow on wed and thursday, this week. I am not interested in snow.

Thursday, April 21, 2005

the people of canada will have their say, hmmm really. would that be the people in eastern canada or western canada or canada as a whole. during most elections the decision of power is made before the votes are counted in Manitoba. aaaah the sponsorship scandal.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

So much for keeping the bugs out. Crystal accidently pushed the lock on the bathroom door, left the room and then shut the door. Normally that wouldnt be a problem, but some has put something other than a bathroom door lock on this door and we apparently have no key. Consequently the screen on the bathroom window has to be cut off in order to allow some skinny person to crawl into the bathroom from outside. sooo, we shall see how this works.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Thanks to carmen, we had an interesting and enjoyable meal this evening. roasted garlic with toasted pine nuts and goat cheese, stuffed portebello mushrooms with artichoke hearts baked in the oven, roast beef (my recipe) and baked potatoes (my recipe) ceasar salad. mmmm.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Anyone's roses blooming yet? Strawberry Rose Cooler: 1 pint strawberries, 1/2 cup fresh petals, 2 cups vanilla ice cream, 2 qts milk, 1/2 cup sugar, Place the strawberries, sugar, and rose petals in a blender; blend approximately 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Add ice cream and remaining milk, 1 cup at a time until mixture is well blended. Recipe can easily be cut in half.

Monday, April 11, 2005

so you think I am crazy, ha! I think the people who go to the health food store and pay $8.98 for 1 cup of dried dandelion tea leaves are crazy. But if they want to be crazy I can supply them with the dried dandelion leaves and they can pay me. By the way, I bought some of that tea, truly disgusting taste and not even only in Canada eh

Friday, April 08, 2005

soooo, who is up for some cream of dandelion flower soup, or deep fried dandelion flowers, with fiddlehead salad and pansies. or how about some candied flowers with herbal ice tea and johnny jump up ice cubes? How about old fashioned pancakes with purple pansy pancake syrup and dandelion root coffee or stinging nettle tea, perhaps just cooking the stinging nettle and serving it as a side dish with butter mmmm, yummy!

Monday, April 04, 2005

I can already smell the basil, thyme, majoram, lavender and dill and the greenhouse isnt even set up yet. I cant wait to try my own personal strawberry leaf herb tea and french vanilla ice cream with strawberry and herb vinergar dressing.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, I am on my way downstairs to open my new 10" sliding compound mitre saw. hmmmm something wrong with this picture, I am sure that my new greenhouse which i will pick up tommorrow will be more fun.

Saturday, April 02, 2005

why is it that whenever I paint, there is more on me then on the wall.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

A beautiful day today, no worries about snow on the drive home, that is a nice change, hoo ray spring must be on its way.

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

ok, so just exactly what's up anyway? First I win a new snowboard, then I break my toe, and it wasn't even on the darn snowboard. Is somebody trying to tell me something? Plans to go skiing on saturday, I will probably break my leg!

Sunday, March 20, 2005

ooh, ouch, ayee, ow ow ow, eeee, acch ouch, Crystal broke my toe for me this morning. She dropped the marble rolling pin on it sharp edge first. Oh well, at least Arianna is cooking breakfast now.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Slowly, slowly the house is getting a face lift, the kitchen has been painted, we now have the new lino for the kitchen, hallway and new carpet for downstairs, also the marble flooring for in the bathroom, a new light fixture for the bath and kitchen. Hopefully we will have it in sometine next week or this weekend.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Life is full of ironies. Just when we were talking about how much fun skiing is and how hard it is to snowboard, I win a $300.00 snowboard. How cool is that!!

Saturday, March 12, 2005

In laws are rediculous.

Monday, March 07, 2005

Easter is just around the corner, the Easter Bunny hippity hopping to our house or so Crystal will think. Of course the company we will have for easter will be exciting as well. After such a long absence it will be so nice to see Carmen and Dan again and after all we have yet to see Hannah in real life. Well, won't it be a change when they finally find gainful employment in beautiful less stressed Saskatchewan, where we can visit back and forth every weekend and play with the baby.

Thursday, March 03, 2005

Well, the dog may have learned something, that cars are bigger than he is. The dog was run over by a car a couple of days ago, fortunately for him, he is small enough to be run over and roll out the other side. At least he isn't limping any more, in fact he was quite happy with his steak bone earlier today.

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Time to set up the fish tank, much easier to look after then the dog, I think.

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Well, we cleaned up and organized the office today. Now it is ready for work and sleep, as it is also the extra bedroom. Too bad there are ten more rooms to be organized and cleaned including the kitchen and living room which seem be cyclical in the need for cleaning. First you clean, then it is messy, then you clean, then it is messy, aachh

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

nasty cold bug, first arianna, then crystal and now me. drip, drip, drip, drip my nose that is. Time for the over the counter medication trip.

Thursday, February 17, 2005

The tooth fairy is going to pay a visit tonight, Crystal's tooth is under her pillow waiting for the tooth fairy. No school next week, hmmm I wonder how much work I will get done.

Friday, February 11, 2005

Well, the proposal is off to SPMC, in the hands of the post office. We shall see what the results will be. The more work the better, the more money the better, the more people working for us the better, etc.

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Another proposal done, two more to go.

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Completely amazing I say, the fact that is, that my day was quite rewarding. I represented my business at the local tech school career fair. Gathered a good number of resumes, discussed a good number of options with enthusiastic youth, who will soon graduate with a multitutde of skills. Considering the way my day started, the first clue was rushing thru the getting ready for the day part of the morning because the truck was out of gas and gerald needed a ride to work. I quickly threw on some pantyhose, which promptly became stuck to the velcro on my jacket in the truck on the way to the highway depot. Needless to say velcro and panty hose do not mix well together. Of course being in a time crunch I was not able to return home to change panty hose. Fortuanetly for me my skirt was longer than the run on the pantyhose, barely. The pantyhose situation only gets worse from here. The drive in the truck of course, was uneventful as sitting in one position for an hour and half does not further promote runs or crazy things to happen to pantyhose. Some time later though after arriving and checking in at the career fair, I realized the my pantyhose was creeping slowly but surely down past my waist and were slipping lower on my buttocks then one would believe to be comfortable or correct. Much to my dismay I discovered that the pantyhose I had thrown on earlier were devoid of appropriate elasticity at the top of the pantyhose to maintain correct positioning. For the remainder of the day, I was forced to pinch my skirt from time to time to ensure my pantyhose did not simply decide to fall down to my ankles at a moments notice. Adding a bit of uncertainty to the whole career fair, but still the day was truly successful while remaining a challenge as well. The aforementioned pantyhose are well on their way to the local disposal and shall never reside in my abode again.

Saturday, February 05, 2005

dumped on would be the term for the weather pixie, if I had one that is. I shovelled more snow today then I have all winter and I suspect tommorrow will require a re-shovel.

Friday, February 04, 2005

aHa, I won, I won a game of spider solitaire on hard. Of course I should have been finishing the proposal for hug a tree, but I won, how cool is that.

Thursday, February 03, 2005

Wow, I feel like a real tech pro, I added the spam poison link and picture to the blog. We are getting new furniture some time this weekend, at some point when it actually quits snowing that is. and new furniture to us is someone else's used stuff in good condition. We will have two new loveseats, a new table and chairs, a new double bedroom suite and some extra dressers, all for $350.00. Now when company comes to my house we will have two double beds that can be absconded from Crystal and Arianna for the company. Private rooms and all.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Every day should be like today, weather was great, the job was hectic, but the weather made it all ok.

Monday, January 31, 2005

There I have added Carmen and Dan's blog to my list. Now that I have high speed lite (at least) life on the net is much easier and faster.

Sunday, January 30, 2005

well, it's been about 6 or 7 years since i've driven a snowmobile. today was a good day for that and fun too, driving a newer snowmobile. even crystal was driving and now she still wants to drive again and again. She was even a bigger speed demon than carmen when carmen was six.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Ah for the lazy daisy days of summer. A brief but very wet and icy repreive from the cold weather has disapeared mysteriously only to return us to the bitter cold of -30. Perhaps my airconditioning will break down this summer and I will wish for the cold weather of today to stop the beads of sweat from rolling off my forhead. ha ha ha ha not.

Monday, January 24, 2005

Bean soup can be an interesting meal, later in the day. Dont invite friends over if you plan on serving bean soup. Make sure the dog is sleeping on the carpet nearby, so you can blame the strange smell on the sleeping dog. Just for extra fun serve the left overs the next day and have two days of enjoyment.

Sunday, January 23, 2005

Finally a reprieve from the -51 degree weather. Plus two tomorrow they say, hopefully without freezing rain. It will certainly feel like a good day for ice fishing. Too bad we have to work Monady.

Friday, January 21, 2005

The ability to use the phone and the internet at the same time is certainly a bonus. Although technology seems to come with its own set of bugs these days. My phone for instance, the red message light continues to blink, yet there are no messages. When someone uses my toll free fax number they are unsuccessful at transmitting a fax, yet when people use the toll free phone line, they receive a fax signal. One would come to the conclusion that there was a problem with programming at Sasktel, alas, not so. When I phone the above mentioned numbers (from my cell phone) the fax toll free phone line works fine and the toll free phone line functions as it is supposed to as well. hmmmmm perplexing indeed.

Thursday, January 20, 2005

well, I was able to successfully hook up my high speed lite all by myself. I now have high speed lite. much nicer than dial up. Of course I must remember now to run the virus checker more often but other than that whoopie.

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Well the t4's are all done for this year. Believe it or not we actually had 20 employees as of august 16, 2004 thru to Dec 31. Total gross wages for that time period $46,000.00 Hopefully we can continue that way into 2005.

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

This is a rant about a paritcular product. I cannot come up with enough negative phrasing to adequately describe how I truly feel towards this particular piece of machinery. Do Not Purchase this item under any circumstances. In fact if someone tries to give this product to you tell them gently to stick it where the sun doesn't often reach. The product you ask, waiting with baited breath, what product could cause such a distaste in ones mouth as this. What product indeed. An HP 5510 All In One Printer, copier, fax, scanner. That is the true culprit, a machine manufactured to increase stress levels of it's owners (defintaley meets goal on that point) Let me just repeat that product, I wouldnt want any one to be mistaken HP 5510 all in one printer, scanner, fax, copier. This is the worst product of this category that I have ever used. This printer is capable of printing one excellent copy of anything, try to print a second copy, or a third copy or a forth copy,,,ha ha ha.. The machine disintegrates like an expired Mission Impossible message. Completly Useless, I Say!!!! Boycott Boycott Boycott HP HP HP HP HP 5510

Friday, January 14, 2005

Well, we couldn't have picked a colder day to drive one and half hours to hand out two hundred business cards. Our bad purchase for the day purchased at Walmart a comfort cushion with a small almost minute system of beads inside, which apparently are toxic, so must be kept away from small children, and used as a comfort cushion only and not even used to sleep with. my advise Dont Buy This Product.

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

cold, cold and more cold, brrrrr.

Monday, January 10, 2005

The car seems to run great, that is nice to know. This will be a great on gas car particularly in the summer months. If the summer months ever get here that is.

Friday, January 07, 2005

Finally found a replacement vehicle for the van that was written off by SGI. We bought a 1994 Mazda Protege for $3,500.00. Should be good on gas.

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

hmmm. I really must take that christmas tree down.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Well, it is my goal within the next two days to pick up the self install high speed internet connection kit. We shall see just what type of challenge that can provide.

Monday, January 03, 2005

Nasty, the weather that is. Minus thirty seven celcius and falling. ooh for those summer days, at least one positive, the days are getting longer albeit colder, at least for the time being.

Well, a new year. Many new occurrences happend last year, a new baby, a new marriage, a new house in PA, new self employment opportunities, new job for Dan, (so by the way, how's that going?) I wonder how this year will top all that from last year. Any predictions. Well, I've come up with another new idea. How does Pandora's Box Creative Communications and Inivative Marketing Ideas,, sound?? or more simply just Pandora's Box Communications? This particular company would provide local broadcast fax including design if required and publish and distribute a six page newsletter "The GrassRoots" to voluntary sector agencies in Saskatchewan. A newsletter complete with a new list of funding agencies and their requirements published quarterly.

Thursday, December 30, 2004

It has been such a long time since I have blogged, I almost feel lost, without a thought with which to post or initiate a post. This is the week after Christmas, the week when the decorations will be put away and the tree will be dismantled. This will be the second year that we have had an artificial tree, a fact that I am still not quite used to. The lack of a nasty needle mess to clean up, the dilemma of trying to find a place to discard the used tree, the realization that the water from the tree was spilled and leaked onto the floor creating a stained puddle to wash away, the dropping of needles throughout the entire house as the tree is dragged from one room to the next until arriving at the front door exit to the outside, instead, we will simply remove the decorations, dimantle the tree, store the tree and wait for next year. ho hum how boring.

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Hmmmm. The computer was slow, so I clicked again, and again, soooo does that mean I will be posting to blogger three times concurrently or simultaneously?? Certainly has been an ion of time since the last blog, a new month ago to be precise. The question must then be posed is it due to, being busy, tired, lazy, annoyed (with dial up internet) or just simply not paying attention to the lapse of time from one blog to the next. Perhaps the demands of the season or the upcoming wedding, certainly not overburdened with work as I do have some free time now. a wee bit anyway.

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

nasty! The tv lied they said that the Amazing Race was on at 9:00 oclock it is now 8:00 oclock and the Amazing Race is on. I was planning on working from 8 until 9, can't now, have to watch the Amazing Race, darn. Just another one of those little quirky things that makes us here in Saskatchewan so special, having all of our tv shows come on at the wrong time.

Monday, November 29, 2004

One more Christmas present bought today. Something for Angela. I think I need to make a list for some reason Christmas is coming up very fast for me this year. This is the weekend for the Christmas tree to be put up. For the second year in a row we are having an artificial tree, that still just doesn't seem right. A real tree is so much more Christmassy sort of like chestnuts roasting on an open fire, although who has an open fire these days and where are the chestnuts?

Sunday, November 28, 2004

I put off buying a refilled ink cartridge for months, as I believed the price was probably too good to be true. It is. The black ink refilled cartridge I was cajoled into purchasing (after all why pay 49 dollars when you could pay 29) ran out of ink after less than 75 pages of printing. grrrr. and I didnt have a more expensive refill on hand to replace it with. Annoying!! Consequently I will not under any circumstances purchase another refilled ink cartridge, especially from Staples.

Friday, November 26, 2004

The sweet smell, swirl, tingle to the taste buds of a glass of red wine. This particular wine bottled in 2001 in a vineyard in Austria. Yet I think I prefer the wine bottled in the Okanagan Valley. Perhaps a bit of a warning on this particular bottle from Austria as to the 14% alcohol content ..hic.. would have been appropriate.

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

aah the satisfying feeling of having completed a successful event. Much like the feeling brought on by a great performance by an invidual in the arts. Now onward and forward on to the next adventure.

Monday, November 15, 2004

Well the conference is only a few days away, all the hard work and organizing will be over after Friday. It sort of feels like christmas where there is anticipation and then it is all over. Oh well, at least it has been a good learning experience and one just never knows what could come of it.

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Conference committee meeting tommorrow, we shall see how things go. Decisions, decisions decisions, what to eat, where to sit, how to faciliate that, this and the other thing, such a complicated affair. I will enjoy the conference itself though, when it does get here. Hopefully nothing to serious will go wrong.

Monday, November 08, 2004

ok, the shower was fun, the trip to saskatoon was good and as always the food was soooo much better than in Nipawin. The whole working out of an office out of your own home is alright too. I realized that this afternoon when I got to work at my desk without any socks and shoes on, try that in a business suit.