Category Archives: Life

All’s quiet on the blogging front…

It’s been pretty quiet around here lately. Between double screens, long hours and to-do lists the length of my arm, there hasn’t been much time for blogging. But it’s all been coming down to this week, my friends. This, the last week of the semester. My students will be doing the big presentations and handing read more »

Why I won’t be running the Walt Disney World Wine & Dine half marathon this year (even though I really, REALLY want to)

Sigh. Today is a sad day. Granted, it’s only sad for the most superficial of reasons, but still… Today is the day that registration for the Walt Disney World Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend opens up. When I came home from running the Tinkerbell Half Marathon in January, I had every intention of signing read more »

Conferences! Or, where I’m going and why it explains where I’ve been

Once upon a time, in a shoddy Youtube video created not that long ago, I mused about autumn bringing a sense of routine and structure to what had been a very hectic month or two. I look back at that video now, and I laugh. Not that I was wrong per se – my life read more »

How my iPhone met its tragic demise

I originally recorded and edited this video last week (y’know during the actual heat wave I mention in it) but didn’t get around to uploading it until a couple of days ago. And it took FOREVER because, this video? IT’S IN HD, BABY. Which, I suppose would be significantly more exciting if it was a read more »

These are my friends, and this is how we roll

I’ll admit it: One of the hardest parts about moving back from Toronto a few years ago was the fact that I was moving away from a lot of my closest friends. While I’ve definitely come to make some really awesome friends back home in Belleville, a lot of the people I’ve been close with read more »

Back to nature: Our weekend camping at Second Depot Lake!

There are few things I love quite as much as spending time outside. The further from civilization the better (no offense, civilization. You’re great and all but sometimes a girl just needs her space, y’know?) I love taking time to just surround myself with nature. It makes me sound like a hippie but I mean read more »

Officially entering my “late twenties”

It’s true – today I officially usher in my late twenties. While I don’t normally think much of my birthday, this one – for reasons I can’t quite seem to articulate – feels important. I don’t have much of a post to go with this video but I did want to reiterate my thanks to read more »

For the sake of my sanity, PLEASE, bless this mess

I’ve heard it said that, “an immaculate house is a sure sign of a wasted life”. I’m not sure who said it (and dear Google isn’t being very helpful) but I like it. My apartment is, often, in a general state of messiness. It’s not dirty, but it’s definitely not immaculate. Right now there are read more »

The silver linings of my week so far

I like when a week can start off on a positive note and I like to look for the silver lining in each day. Sometimes finding those silver linings is a stretch and other times the things that totally make our day are straight-up in our faces. It may only be Tuesday but each day read more »

Snapshots: Easter weekend 2012

For me, Easter is generally a pretty quiet occasion. This year I was grateful for that quiet time and spent most of the long weekend outside, enjoying the awesomeness of spring.