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Update: Sept 11-17

CF / September 18th, 2011 / 1 Comment

This week has been busy busy busy! I’ve been trying to stay on top of school work, work work, and applying for post-school-work and Brian has been away on business (*shakes fist*). It’s really helped that we’ve set a routine to deal with un-routine weeks like these. The cleaning still gets done because Brian knows what days he’s cleaning, and can reschedule and communicate...

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Update: Sept 4-10

CF / September 10th, 2011 / 2 Comments

This week at work we had a visual design specialist coming in to show us how to pretty-up the company website and add different types of interactive infographics. It’s been really exciting for me because I’ve always wanted to learn more about web development and design. I’m super inspired now and may actually take a crack at designing something spiffy for my (many) personal projects. Links...

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Update: Aug 28 – Sept 3

CF / September 3rd, 2011 / No Comments

Brian and I are moving in a month so this is sort of the lull before the storm. We’ve packed up most of our crap already so we’re hoping so a smooth move. Meanwhile, my siblings and mother were just recently in Toronto visiting relatives. They reported that my cousin (who is a year younger than me) is apparently claiming to be in school 7 days a week for upwards of 12 hours a day. ...

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Update: July 16-22

Brian / July 23rd, 2011 / No Comments

While the rest of the country suffers through a heat wave (a friend told me that with the humidity, it feels like 48 degrees Celsius in Toronto right now), Vancouver is a comfortable and sunny 19 degrees. It’s going to get toasty at 24 degrees tomorrow – I’m going to take the opportunity to get some exercise and go for a bike ride. I have been inspired by the Schleck brothers performance...

Posted in: General Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, Cadel Evans, knife sharpening, Schleck brothers, Tour de France, wine blog