Why I Love The Olympics

February 13, 2010

It’s that time again, the torch is lit, Vancouver is ready, and the events have started. The 2010 Winter Olympics bring about the 21st Winter Olympic Games. On a normal winter weekend I won’t be seen watching skiing, snowboarding, or even speed skating, but for the next 16 days the events will be on both [...]

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Social Media Super Bowl

February 8, 2010

While most people watch the Super Bowl for the football, I watch it for the commercials. Last year, the commercials were fairly disappointing, nothing really stuck out or caught my eye. This year, the commercials were better and had a lot more stories to tell. DoritosĀ® came through as the funniest commercials of the game, [...]

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Apple iPad – Why I Want One

January 30, 2010

Just in case you missed it, Apple has announced the iPad. Two days after its major release, there have been a variety of reviews. I’ve heard everything ranging from “it is pointless” to “When can I get it?” I’m in the middle on this new product. I’ve never really been a fan of tablet computers; [...]

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Twitter – What’s The Point?

January 26, 2010

Instead of having to Google a specific subject to find the information someone else starts up a discussion about it. Different subjects you might not have thought of can come up just by watching what people tweet.

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A Little Joy In the Midst of Disaster

January 19, 2010

In the midst of all of the devastation in Haiti, it was nice this week to hear of an amazing story that has come out of the earthquake to a friend of mine, K. I had to share the story and encourage everyone to donate, even a little bit to help rebuild! K’s daughter has [...]

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Itty Bitty Knitting

December 30, 2009

About a month ago a friend from work’s wife (Check out her blog: Mommy Trial and Error) asked me to knit a few hats for her sister. It was the perfect time to pick up the book “itty-bitty hats” by Susan B. Anderson, recommended to me by a friend from knitting. In short, I’m addicted [...]

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Book Review: It’s Not Now Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be

December 16, 2009

The design of the book was also well done. It’s a smaller book so it was easy to throw into a computer bag without taking up too much room. The font was bigger so it wasn’t squinting to read and there were plenty of pictures to illustrate his points. This book was not your every day self help book, it was far from it but it had some great advice to offer and of course, was filled with some great quotes!

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