Bees and Brawls

Half past ten and already in bed, but I can’t get to sleep.  I feel like something significant has to happen to justify posting an entry, for some reason.  First black president voted in.  Christmas decorations ruined by mold.  Insomnia doesn’t seem to cut it.
A bee stung me at work last week.  I think it [...]

History Makers

I’m so happy.
I don’t usually talk about politics because I find it divisive, but I’ve got a man-crush on Barack Obama.
I’m cynical and had initially thought that the deep-seated bigotry found in parts of America would prevent Obama from being elected.  Happy to be wrong.
He seems to inspire the kind of hope and enthusiasm for [...]

Breakin’ out the FALALA

Easily manipulated by the early Christmas propaganda, we bought our own Christmas tree at Walmart tonight. Being festive yet frugal, we opted for the 6.5′ pre-lit, multi-coloured with 600 points for $50 instead of the of the same tree with 930 points for $100.  We figured that we have a lot of decorations from last [...]

Halloween ‘08

Before Christmas overwhelms the blog, here are some pictures from our Halloween party last week.   
So that’s that.  Lots of fun.  Ate too much.