Well, colour me flattered! Dorsey of Searching For My Inner Skinny has awarded me a Brilliante Weblog award! Now of course, I can't keep this honour all to myself. No, I gotta share the love! That's the deal with this award, you see: 1. The winner can (and should, really) put the logo on their … [Read more...]
Culture of (In)convenience
My nearly eight year-old daughter just phoned me at home. From my own cell phone. From the kitchen. She actually walked from the kitchen to the laundry room (conveniently located beside the foot of the stairs, which is within yelling distance of me at present), rummaged through my purse to find my … [Read more...]
Medieval Apothecary
The "Apteek" from oustide. It has served the same function without interruption since being founded in the 12th century! … [Read more...]
Apteek
Inside a medieval apothecary (pharmacy). Said to be the birthplace of marzipan! … [Read more...]
Tallinn Town Hall
The medieval town square with the town hall in the background. On top of that tower is a weathervane that's nearly 1000 years old. The dude on top is called Vana Toomas - old Thomas … [Read more...]
Tallinn’s Old Town
Vana Linn, or Old Town as it's known in English is truly medieval and oh, so beautiful! … [Read more...]
at the gate
Waiting for our flight to Tallinn in Gatwick airport … [Read more...]
Long Weekend: Fat Weekend
We had a really nice family trip this long weekend. We drove up to Edmonton to stay with friends, and we managed to cram a whole bunch of really fun activities in. We visited a few new places on our way north from Calgary, checking out downtown Red Deer and stopping for a super-yummy ice cream at a … [Read more...]
A Banner Week!
Just a short update to let you all know thatI LOST TWO POUNDS LAST WEEK! Woohoo! Yeah! I was thrilled to see that loss, as it had been a bit of a shaky week and I knew I had lost some weight, just not how much. But two pounds down is a great week, especially after a 0.8 gain last week. (BTW, thanks … [Read more...]
Well, Knock Me Over With a Feather
Because I'm stunned that this thing actually works! It's a whole body vibration machine. I know, I know, you're seeing visions of housewives in the 30s with those belts strapped around their hips. Well, we all know those didn't work. And honestly, that's what I thought when an old friend of … [Read more...]