woolgathering

Lots has happened, and I really want to blog. Of course I really should have gone to bed a half hour ago, so this will be short. 8) We had a...

OK, so we're not totally sold on living on a sailboat. We're looking into buying a condo, just to stop throwing our money away on re...

OK, this is my third post today - I've been bitten by the blogging bug this weekend, for sure. 4 whole days off! The time seems endless!...

We love living in Vancouver. We want to stay here - but there is *no* house to be bought for less than a half a million dollars. A mortgage ...

Huh. So I never knew what do to about cookies that turned out flat as pancakes and too crispy. Sometimes they did, and sometimes they didn...

Spring is getting even more into swing here - the cherry trees are full of buds, some of which have opened. Soon the streets will all be lin...

When we first got our Vonage phone, we were really pleased. It was inexpensive, it had a good Canada/US calling plan, and it e-mailed you a ...

When we moved to BC, we noticed that everyone's new favorite word is " skookum ". It's a Chinook word that basically means...

Last weekend we went to the Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, not far from our neighbourhood. I forgot to post about it, but ...

The TED conference brings together fascinating people at the tops of their fields, and asks them to give the best talk of their lives, in 18...

It's snowing outside, and Douglas has gone diving this afternoon. It's his second time - he's finished his volunteer training at...

http://youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel

Whew! The letter from the immigration office wasn't a work permit, after all. Just a notice that Douglas can now pay a lot of money and ...

It has been a crazy pair of days. First. Yesterday there was a lockdown in my building because someone e-mailed in a threat to do harm to so...

Life has been busy!!! Mark and Erika visited us for a fabulous week. We ran around Vancouver, showing them the sights, rode our bikes, and a...

I've been a bad, bad blogger - I haven't blogged in aaaages. And the longer I leave it, the more stuff there is to mention, so I lea...

Imagine having your very own wind turbine in your backyard! Apparently they are becoming more and more affordable, and homeowners are puttin...

I got an official job offer from UBC yesterday, and starting January 2 will be doing something much more up my alley - I'm positively os...

With Christmas just around the corner, Douglas and I have been knitting and projecting like maniacal little elves to get all of our Christma...

I've been wanting to post about the goodness of Celine and Dylan's wedding for a while, but every time I sit down to do it, I think ...