Death by cute

Watch This Awesome Dog Driving a Car Through San Francisco—Then Adopt One This Holiday

The gif at the end of the article will make you smile. ;-)

Back to this

Well, it's time to light this blog up again. Yay for an Android app for Blogger that will make it a little easier.  Here's a pet snuggle picture to get things started. :-)

Finally!

Another brief 'un. I interviewed for a permanent position at the office I've temped for off and on over the past 7+ years. I found out this morning that I was the successful candidate (good call, folks.. you would have been hiring someone to replace me soon otherwise!). As of next week, I officially become a full-time, permanent employee. Yay!

There isn't much of a pay raise; I'll likely take home less (!) due to things that I will have to pay for (benefits, pension), but in the long run it will be better. I *will* get 4 weeks of paid vacation every year, though. :-)

Over 'n out for now...
Fhiønghuin

Making Commitments

Short 'n sweet:

Last weekend S and I decided to get married have a commitment ceremony. Our ceremony will be next July/August. We're planning a rather intimate affair with only family and close friends attending. It's going to be one helluva party! :)

Our album is FINALLY available online!

I am happy to announce that you can now purchase "Things That Do Sound So Fair" online through CD Baby or if you prefer, through the iTunes store (album format is Itunes Plus - higher quality and no DRM).

A quick 'n dirty update

It's been quite some time since I posted anything here - nearly a year. Eek.

A lot has happened since then...

In October of 2007, I finally moved out of my tiny 500 sq ft suite after being there for 10 years. Stephen and I now live in a lovely 4 bdrm house with over 2000 sq ft of space. We're located a few doors up from the beautiful Gorge waterway in Saanich, which is still close to downtown Victoria. We love it here - we have a HUGE yard (nearly 1/3 acre) and it also boasts a garage that has been converted - which is now my music studio. The house boasts 2 bathrooms and 2 fireplaces - so much to enjoy and I must say that nearly seven months later I am still a bit overwhelmed by all of the space we have!

A view of our backyard - that's the studio to the right

I continue in my position with the government. Still no sign of a permanent position, but I continue to keep an eye open for new opportunities.

On May 15th, S and I are making our way to Montreal for a five day vacation. We're looking forward to it.

Banquo continues to putter along; I have been on hiatus for the past few months while I try to get my workload at the day job and home under control.

I could write a ton more, but I'll leave it for now. I'll see what I can do about adding more, but blogging is pretty low on the priority list these days!

Pender Island

A starfish at Welcome Bay

I was over on Pender Island last weekend for a working holiday. Banquo was performing at the community hall on the Saturday, so Stephen and I rented a beautiful suite in a waterfront house located on the top of a cliff. We had our own private deck with a beautiful view - it was stunning!

Friday morning on the deck.

We didn't do much other than spend our mornings on the sunny deck drinking coffee and reading. The weather was perfect.. very sunny and 20-26° C. Welcome Bay was a five minute walk from the house and is only accessible during low tide. It was great for Woody (Stephen's dog) to play fetch in the water. We BBQ'd the first night, but ended up having the rest of our meals at the Hope Bay Cafe which was only a few minutes walk away. The food was very good and they immediately got two thumbs up for having eggs benedict on their menu - I love eggs benny!

Stephen and Woody playing fetch in Welcome Bay.

While the vacation part of it was wonderful, the concert did not go as well as we had hoped. We only had 10 people in our audience. Eek. We later found out that small audiences are normal for Pender. I'm not all that keen to play there again as we obviously lost money on the gig. It felt so odd to go from a sold out house on Mayne to almost nothing on Pender! We still gave those people a good show. After the show we all went to the place where the rest of Banquo were staying. It was one of the neatest places I've ever seen.