Queen of the mountain

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Originally uploaded by triviaqueen.

Kiddo made herself at home at our friends' place, proclaiming herself "Queen of Everything" in their backyard this evening. We showed up for an improptu barbeque that turned out to also be a belated birthday celebration for hubby complete with cake and icecream -- thanks all!

Busy Week!

Wow, this last few days just flew by. Here's the rundown: craziness at work (renovations are now starting to impact our work area, and there is much confusion about timelines and available space for our reorganized area); hubby's birthday (mellow celebration, just family); prearation for our roadtrip (we leave early tomorrow morning).

I'm looking forward to the trip to Naramata. We are going to try taking the Crowsnest route(Highway 3) there and then the Coquihalla on the way back [check out BC Highway webcams, if you're curious]. It's been a long time (at least 15 years) since I've travelled that direction.

The Naramata Centre (where I'll be taking a CUPE course/workshop) is described as "rustic but comfortable" -- i.e. indoor plumbing, but no television -- so, while I am taking my laptop, I don't know whether I will have internet access over the next week. If I do have access, I don't know if I will have time to blog; likely my priorities will be checking email and posting to Flickr.

See you in a week!

CH-CH-CHEK it out....

Looks like Victoria's CH will be getting its other letters back this fall. From Channel Canada:

CanWest MediaWorks To Bring E! to Canada

On September 1, 2007, CanWest will bring one of the world’s definitive entertainment brands to Canadians across multiple platforms including broadcast, online, mobile, video-on-demand and satellite radio. As part of this agreement, CanWest’s current CH Network will be rebranded as E! beginning this fall.

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Each station will also continue to serve its local audiences via local news and information programming. Concurrent with the E! launch, each station’s local content will relaunch with a refreshed on-air image under the banner of their historical call letters (CHCH News, CHEK News, CHBC News, CHCA News and CJNT Montreal). This is an acknowledgement of the depth of the connection that the stations have with their local communities – some for over 50 years.

This could be interesting, or it could suck. I guess it can't be any worse than what's there now...

Polly Wanna Coffee!

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Originally uploaded by triviaqueen.

Last night Kiddo said this at some point and it made me laugh. I got this image in my head... so I spent a good chunk of today creating it. Now it's for sale on shirts and mugs at cafepress.com.

And if you wanna buy it on a mousepad or a canvas bag, lemme know; I'll add it to the shop!

Long Day Off...

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Originally uploaded by triviaqueen.

After taking the van in for servicing (turned out we needed new front brakes too, oops), kiddo and I headed out for the day. She had a day off school and I opted to spend it with her.

We went out for breakfast then hopped on the bus out to Butterfly Gardens. We spent a little over an hour there in which time I took about 200 photos (!!) including this one of a butterfly standing tall on a leaf in the mist -- I was surprised how well this turned out since I basically held the camera out over a railing and snapped (twice).

After getting a cold drink (because the gardens were "stinking hot" according to kiddo), we bussed back to Mayfair Mall where we had lunch and shopped until it was time to collect the van.

Kiddo seemed to enjoy herself but I think we were both pretty exhausted by the time we pulled into the driveway.