Musings
Sunday, January 19, 2025 →
Today’s the day this Teddy Bear goes to the hockey. YAY!
I can’t wait to get going. We’ve booked our taxi early, as we want to get into the arena and scope out the merch before the game starts at 1pm. I’ve been after buying myself a hockey jersey since I came to Quebec years ago. Now, we have a team, even though it’s it’s based in Montreal, but hey, a women’s team in a women’s league? Miracle of miracles.
Anyway, this time we’re allowed to take photos so, hopefully, if Im not too caught up in the game, expect some action shots later this afternoon.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 →
I wanted to watch the Australian Open this year as I was feeling bereft of sport coverage by our domestic TV channels. Given how they all have premium channels now which means, pay per view. Gone are the days when you got free TV subsidised by ads. Now, you pay and still get ads.
All that to say that this weekend we subscribed to a month of TSN (ESPN) so I could watch the AO and … wouldn’t you know it, I never took into account the time difference between us, here on the east coast of Canada and bloody Melbourne, 17 hours into my future. Upshot is. I either have to get up at a ridiculous early hour or, wait up till the middle of the night to see anything live. If not, I’m at the whim of channel on when they decide to show the reruns from the previous day’s play.
Bugger!
The only silver lining of getting the channel for the month is I have been able to watch the NFL Play Off games. YAY! That alone has been worth the $22 plus taxes.
Now, when is the superbowl again?
Friday, January 3, 2025 →
Between the torrential rain and the blowing snow that came afterwards, plus the howling winds, I haven’t left our apartment complex since Sat Dec 28th.
Lucky for me we have a small corner shop in building one we can get to, underground, via tunnels. You know you live in the frozen north when you can reach six different buildings via underground tunnels …
Does this make me an honorary Mole?
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 →
Following in Dave Danielson’s footsteps with his post, Intentions for 2025, I would like to add 5 more intentions I’d like to achieve this year:
- Read more
- Travel more
- Photograph more
- See more
- Enjoy more
And you?
Thursday, December 26, 2024 →
Two of my happiest Christmas present this year were from my Sister in Law who got me 1989 by Taylor Swift and the music from Bridgerton Season 2.
She also gave me a $25 Amazon gift card, the DVD of Dispicable Me 4, and a 10 pack of Zebra Mildliner Neutral palette creative markers that I’ve been wanting for a while. I’m looking forward to using them in my new (2025) Rhodia weekly planner along with my Pilot Kakuno strawberry-coloured fountain pen. I love my sister in law, who is crazy generous with her gifts.
Meanwhile, the OH got me tickets to two very special events as my Christmas presents.
The first is for this Saturday, for the matinee showing of the new Cirque du Soleil show, Crystal, for which I am sooooo excited to see. We’ve seen nearly all their shows this last 20 years ago.
The other ticket is for the Pro Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) showing here in Quebec City, between the Montreal Victoire and the Ottawa Charge for mid January. Guess who’s going to be buying not only a jersey but probably a toque too!
And you, what fun presents did you get from friends and family, or even bought yourself?
Thursday, December 19, 2024
I’ve been writing for as long as I’ve been reading. All thanks to both parents who were both avid readers, though very different kind of books. My mother mostly read romances and historical family sagas — think, Thorn Birds. My father, on the other hand, who use to take us weekly to the library, would go to the new section of recent arrivals and pick 6 of the biggest books he could find.
Continue reading →
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The idea for this post is happily stolen from Keenan who lovingly stole it from Katherine who probably stole it from someone else. And so it goes … steal this idea if you want!
I want to sing more
I want to dance more
I want to write more
I want to play more
I want to sleep more
I want to create more
I want to travel more
I want to give more
I want to take more
I want to try more
I want to be more
I want to listen more
I want to dream more
I want to live more
Saturday, November 16, 2024 →
Well, I knew it … my secret vegetable identity is … drumroll please!
I’m a carrot!
