Monday, October 20, 2008
Finally, a break
Phew! I really do feel so relieved - the past 6 weeks atleast have been very go go go for me, and FINALLY things have calmed down a bit.
i) Several weekends ago we were at Krobert's cottage. This was truly good fun and the weather was terrific - we've got to make a point of getting together more often! Highlights - that holywood styles acting game. Learning Boggle. Finding out that tomatoes can be eaten like apples(thanks Dave!)
ii) I made a pre-thanksgiving dinner two weeks ago. Low key, but fun - I love making slash eating stuffing.
iii)Last weekend we were down in Minneapolis for a wedding (one of LT's university friends). Smaller wedding, but lots of fun. The cathedral they were married in was HUGE and gorgeous. Hung around until the Monday, and had fun being tourists. Also, had the best mexican food I've ever had in my life. Note: light rail / subway connection from the airport to downtown really is handy.
iv) This weekend was "Team Lead Training" - this is something I've been working on since August for work. Basically, Team Leads, not surprisingly, run teams. Teams execute projects. I'm a team lead. Unfortunately, there's a shortage of quality, experienced Team Leads at work, so we brought together 30 or so folks from Toronto, New York, Boston and Houston for training. It was a good dry run for planning a wedding - myself and one admin assistant had to figure out the guest list, who was coming, who wasn't, how to get people to / from the resort (www.hockley.com), get budget approval, figure out menus / wine, plan the 3 day curriculum, get speakers to agree to do sessions, and actually pull the whole thing off over the weekend. Was tons of fun and went really well,but I was totally exhausted by the end - I think I did about 6-8 hours of talking...including teaching all 30 people how to juggle!
v) Tercel of Love. Sadly, the summer has come to an end and my folks are back in ottawa. They'll be coming down to retrieve the Tercel Of Love next week. I feel like I should go out with a bang and drive EVERYWHERE this week.
i) Several weekends ago we were at Krobert's cottage. This was truly good fun and the weather was terrific - we've got to make a point of getting together more often! Highlights - that holywood styles acting game. Learning Boggle. Finding out that tomatoes can be eaten like apples(thanks Dave!)
ii) I made a pre-thanksgiving dinner two weeks ago. Low key, but fun - I love making slash eating stuffing.
iii)Last weekend we were down in Minneapolis for a wedding (one of LT's university friends). Smaller wedding, but lots of fun. The cathedral they were married in was HUGE and gorgeous. Hung around until the Monday, and had fun being tourists. Also, had the best mexican food I've ever had in my life. Note: light rail / subway connection from the airport to downtown really is handy.
iv) This weekend was "Team Lead Training" - this is something I've been working on since August for work. Basically, Team Leads, not surprisingly, run teams. Teams execute projects. I'm a team lead. Unfortunately, there's a shortage of quality, experienced Team Leads at work, so we brought together 30 or so folks from Toronto, New York, Boston and Houston for training. It was a good dry run for planning a wedding - myself and one admin assistant had to figure out the guest list, who was coming, who wasn't, how to get people to / from the resort (www.hockley.com), get budget approval, figure out menus / wine, plan the 3 day curriculum, get speakers to agree to do sessions, and actually pull the whole thing off over the weekend. Was tons of fun and went really well,but I was totally exhausted by the end - I think I did about 6-8 hours of talking...including teaching all 30 people how to juggle!
v) Tercel of Love. Sadly, the summer has come to an end and my folks are back in ottawa. They'll be coming down to retrieve the Tercel Of Love next week. I feel like I should go out with a bang and drive EVERYWHERE this week.
Labels: Tercel of Love
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