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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Special Edition 50th Post
I logged in to do an update and noticed it's the 50th post!
(I can hear your applause through the interwebz.)
I guess this merits something special. I have an announcement that I've been holding back on, as I wanted to wait and see how it would all turn out.
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Are you ready?
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(No, I am not pregnant. I know this is the Special Edition 50th Post, but do you really think I would announce something like that on my blog?)
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I am getting 7 weeks of leave with pay this summer to do schoolwork! AKA, lay on this lounge chair in my backyard tanning and reading, for most of the summer.
I plan to set up an umbrella and side table for my drinks as well.
Did I mention, I love my boss?
(I can hear your applause through the interwebz.)
I guess this merits something special. I have an announcement that I've been holding back on, as I wanted to wait and see how it would all turn out.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
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Are you ready?
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(No, I am not pregnant. I know this is the Special Edition 50th Post, but do you really think I would announce something like that on my blog?)
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I am getting 7 weeks of leave with pay this summer to do schoolwork! AKA, lay on this lounge chair in my backyard tanning and reading, for most of the summer.
I plan to set up an umbrella and side table for my drinks as well.
Did I mention, I love my boss?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Compressed Days are the Best Days
Monday, Monday. The last day of the long weekend. But not for me! I'm off tomorrow too, and the previously dismal weather forecast has improved to 16 and sunny. 
A day off in the middle of the week is so sweet. Traffic is light. Going out in public when everyone else at work = no lines. You are finally forced to do things you've been saying you'll do 'on the weekend', for ages.
My to-do list:
A day off in the middle of the week is so sweet. Traffic is light. Going out in public when everyone else at work = no lines. You are finally forced to do things you've been saying you'll do 'on the weekend', for ages.
My to-do list:
- awaken early for an appointment with a contractor for a quote on some landscaping we need done in the front. We're hoping to get a new path put in between the street and our front door, the retaining wall in the front rebuilt, and some gravel laid down the side of the house where the weeds are presently out of control.
- go to Safeway and Superstore and get the various deals at each. Usually Superstore is a nightmare and I avoid it, but I do love me some PC products and it should be quiet on a Tuesday morning.
- go to Rona and pick up mineral oil and stain. We bought new patio furniture and want to stain our 2 deck chairs to match:
- I would also like to go out shopping for plants. But I will have no time because I have to...
- Complete assignments/study for school. I'm down to the wire on 2 courses and have 2 assignments to complete as well as 2 exams to write by the end of May
Monday, May 11, 2009
I'm back, baby, I'm back!
Many apologies for the hiatus. We were away and then my mom came to visit and then I got bogged down in work and housework and a million other mundane things. On a side note, I am touched that you haven't completely given up on me. 
The trip: awesome. Aruba was beautiful, safe, and we had tons of fun snorkelling. Curacao, we took a hair raising ride on the local bus to the beach. $1 each, in a speeding minivan with no seatbelts. Grand Turk was beautiful, but you could still see evidence of the hurricane that hit a few months back. We followed our tourbook to the local beach for 'the best snorkelling on the island' but saw nothing. I think the coral was wiped out by the storm. Eh, the beach was still nice and we had it all to ourselves, basically (all of the passengers stayed at the terminal, which contains a ridiculously huge and overpriced Margaritaville).
Puerto Rico was interesting, we checked out an old fort and Denise got starstruck by Johnny Depp, who was in town shooting a movie. We also scored a bottle of Dom Perignon in the duty free for $99.
In St. Maarten we went to the nude beach (no, we didn't bare all...) and the trip started and ended with a stop at Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, which is a private island owned by the cruiseline. We've been there before, and it didn't disappoint - a slice of heaven on earth for sure.
To be honest, I didn't take a whole lotta pictures but here are a few good ones:
Snorkelling (and jumping) off a pirate ship in Aruba:
The view of Grand Turk from the ship:
San Juan, Puerto Rico (taken from Fort San Cristobal in the old city):
And the Fort itself:
Our darling waiter, Nur:
The view of our ship from the private island in the Bahamas:
And a whole pile of shots of South Beach (we stayed at the Beacon Hotel):
Actually, I think South Beach was one of my favourite parts of the trip. The art deco architecture is really cool and the vibe is relaxed, healthy and happy. I'd love to go back for a longer trip (we just stayed for one night at the end of the cruise before flying home).
*Edited to add, sorry some of the pictures are showing up off centre/weird. Blogger is pissing me off and I have fiddled with it enough for one night.
The trip: awesome. Aruba was beautiful, safe, and we had tons of fun snorkelling. Curacao, we took a hair raising ride on the local bus to the beach. $1 each, in a speeding minivan with no seatbelts. Grand Turk was beautiful, but you could still see evidence of the hurricane that hit a few months back. We followed our tourbook to the local beach for 'the best snorkelling on the island' but saw nothing. I think the coral was wiped out by the storm. Eh, the beach was still nice and we had it all to ourselves, basically (all of the passengers stayed at the terminal, which contains a ridiculously huge and overpriced Margaritaville).
Puerto Rico was interesting, we checked out an old fort and Denise got starstruck by Johnny Depp, who was in town shooting a movie. We also scored a bottle of Dom Perignon in the duty free for $99.
In St. Maarten we went to the nude beach (no, we didn't bare all...) and the trip started and ended with a stop at Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, which is a private island owned by the cruiseline. We've been there before, and it didn't disappoint - a slice of heaven on earth for sure.
To be honest, I didn't take a whole lotta pictures but here are a few good ones:
Snorkelling (and jumping) off a pirate ship in Aruba:
The view of Grand Turk from the ship:
San Juan, Puerto Rico (taken from Fort San Cristobal in the old city):
And the Fort itself:
Our darling waiter, Nur:
The view of our ship from the private island in the Bahamas:
And a whole pile of shots of South Beach (we stayed at the Beacon Hotel):
Actually, I think South Beach was one of my favourite parts of the trip. The art deco architecture is really cool and the vibe is relaxed, healthy and happy. I'd love to go back for a longer trip (we just stayed for one night at the end of the cruise before flying home).
*Edited to add, sorry some of the pictures are showing up off centre/weird. Blogger is pissing me off and I have fiddled with it enough for one night.
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