If only this TV series made it...

I would watch every episode!

Last two things I made before I go to Seattle

I finished up 2 more pieces before I go to visit Kris, Andrew, Mum, Julie, Nat, and Taylor!
This is a chocker with a really nice pendant... flowers and butterfiles

This bracelet is made of Chalcedony, Carnelian, and Thai silver. I made the clasp and the round silver bead

And Sal, who loves posing for the camera, got jealous of my jewelry!

I am now a member

Thought I'd join, Now I have my own logo, Ya!

Bedside Table? You shouldn't have!

Renato made a bedside table to match my dresser (which he gave me for xmas 2 years ago) Isn't it beautiful!?! It's all birch ply and weighs...well...a lot. When the Zombies come to harvest out brains I now have 2 pieces of furnature to block the doors with.
I love it

Oh, and as you can see Sal loves it too!

Cupcakes!!

I made some fab cupcakes. The recipe is from This wonderful blog and I highly recommend them. You do not have to make the buttercream a sick shade of blue, but I thought it would go so well with my green walls, how could I resist!

Chess Anyone?

Renato finished his first chess board. By far the most impressive looking chess board I've ever seen! Sweet!

Kitchen Update #2

The utensil racks have now been hung 'round the stove with care. I realize now that the stove is not pushed all the way against the counter and wall, I will have to do that tonight!

Etching Copper

I've been etching copper and making some fun stuff! I like the necklace the best

More photos here

Progress in the Kitchen

I've been so excited to paint the kitchen, ever since I bought the paint and got rid of the freezer. This weekend we finally got the ball rolling!
These are that inspired the colour I picked. The colour is called citrus splash, it glows!

As you can see we are not completely done, the hardware on the walls is not up yet, and a complice reorganization has to be done. Why is it so hard to take photos of a room? I was standing in the hall outside of my place to get this shot and you really can't see very much. The kitchen is the biggest one I've lived in since Tamara's Dartmouth house. Ah well!

This is the shelving unit I got from Julie for xmas, It's been packed in its box for far too long. All of the bins are recycling. I am a bit of a recycling maniac

Our Newest Family Member

This little lady does not have a name yet, but she sure has a personality. Every morning when I mist her tank she barks in protest (which, because of her size, sounds like a squeaky toy). As you can see from the blurry photo she just cannot stop moving, (you can also see her food, a mealworm she quickly ate after this shot). She is a leopard gecko and about the length of my hand. Very Very cute. I am going to try to teach her to be handled. Any good ideas for a name??

6 Stranded Bracelet

New bracelet, very fun! 6 strands of seedbeads, little copper charm, big copper clasp. quite fun to wear! More photos here

Congratulations Tamara!

For publishing your Jewelry in Bead Style magazine! Beautiful!

Green Grows my Garden

My garden is little, but yesterday I was able to create an entire salad for dinner using only produce from my back yard! I'm so proud I took photos of it! The first photo is of the vegie garden, the second is of the herb garden, and the third is a photo of my new addition: The Earth Machine... Hopefully the machine will influence me to grow an ambitiously larger garden next summer

I did my Honours project in Dr. Hall's lab while Tim Fedak worked on his PhD. Great illustrator! See more at his website

Go Team Russell!

Friday was lab clean up day. To make it somewhat fun, we decided to make T-shirts! This is (almost) everyone in my lab. From left to right: Ranjith, Me, Pat, Megan, Heather, Dr Russell, and Eric. Don't we look excited...

The Freezer is GONE!

I would like to thank Warren, For taking the Freezer from us. I will not miss this thing.

Dog-setting!

This week we are dog-setting Clara the Newfoundlander, and Lilly the NeufxLab. Renato and I are staying at our friends Key and Curtis' house while they are in the Yukon. We get to use their van too, yipee! Most of out time will be spent taking care of the dogs. These 2 beautiful girls never want to be left alone, and spend most of their time passed out on the floor. Every morning Clara and I are going to walk to my apartment (very close) So that I can feed the cats, fish, turtle, and plants. In the afternoon Renato and I will run Lilly, who has far too much energy inside of her to share walk time with Clara. I'm so excited about this week, I miss having dogs around.
Here are beautiful (a little dull looking in this pic, but thats ok) Clara and Lilly:

Here is Clara alone (she's very stoic)


Lilly is beautiful when she poses for a camera:

But normally she loks like this:

Long Earrings

These puppies are 3 inches long. I really like them, look really good with long hair, and they aren't heavy either. The beads are copper coloured fw pearls and the little rings in between are soldered and flatened 20g rings - A bit frustrating to make but well-worth-it! If you want to look at more pics or purchase them, look here

Herbicidal Maniacs!

Sometimes I cannot believe how ass-backwards the city of Calgary is. There is a law in Calgary (although I cannot find it on their website) that states if there are too many dandelions in your yard, the city will douse it with herbicide and then bill you for it. Concerned for the parks? Not to worry, the city is already dousing them with herbicide as we speak. I think this is part of their "Healthy Yards Program" As long as it looks good we don't care how many chemicals we have to put into it. Thanks Calgary!

Woven Circle Thingee

Ain't it pretty?