Bake Sale for SickKids Volleyball Tourney

To raise funds for SickKids our Volleyball Team has decided to run a bake sale - so I made these fortune cookies with a thank-you note in each of them:

the Mighty Mortys!!

Since our company mascot is named Morty (and he appears on every box or bottle of our product) - our volleyball team is named after him.  Only half of us made it to the second practice, but I think I'm getting much better, thanks to the coaching from the other experts on the team.  Still need to tone it down a bit though because the ball is still flying off the court almost every time I touch it.  I hit way too hard and power, apparently, is not the name of the game.

The tournament is happening this Saturday and I'm getting butterflies!!

Support us in the 2010 IceWave Volleyball Tournament for SickKids to fight childhood cancer!!

How to Deal with "Leeches"

This morning, I came across this interesting and quite useful self-help guide on-line regarding manupulative behaviour and how to recognize a "leech" -  sound advice on how to deal with one when you realize you're being taken advantage of.

Yet despite having recognized one right here in the office I find it hard to confront her - afterall being coworkers we do spend a significant amount of time together whether we like it or not.  That is, of course, unless something happens and we don't work together anymore.

Anyhow, the topic of a "leech" was intriguing enough for me to google other opinions, which led me to Productive Flourishing where a wonderful account of leech removal can be found - even the real, slimy, yucky kind.

active week

I only made it to the gym once this week for Zumba, and even then we couldn't finish the class because there was something wrong with the air conditioning and the studio was getting so hot and stuffy that we sweated more than we would have in the sauna.

And yoga didn't happen yesterday.  We wanted to wax our snowboards last Saturday - I knew I wasn't gonna have time during the week and we were not doing anything until later on - but no, Dad insisted that he be there when we do it and he insisted that we do it later.  Well, that "later" happened to be the same night as my Yoga class.  It also happened to be a night when I don't have B around to help me with it.  In the end we managed to wax all 3 boards, but somehow there were grey streaks on B's board.  Maybe because our boards were black on the bottom so it's not noticeable and his was a neon lime color so it showed.  *shrug*  It didn't happen on my board, so I guess it's OK.

Despite missing gym time, I did attend our Volleyball practice - this is our second year participating in the Icewave Fundraising Tournament for SickKids.  It was also my second time playing volleyball.  (Hey, they did say newbies were welcomed!)  Now I'm typing with purple thumbs and bruise marks are also showing up all along my forearm!  But it's all for a good cause because without money going into cancer research these poor kids won't see advances in medicine that could help them.  If you'd like to become a sponsor for our team, go here to donate on-line.

And that's not all, I have badminton lined up tonight and a day at Blue Mountain tomorrow - I'm so excited about snowboarding with Mish and Em again I can hardly wait!

Road Rage!??

What's with people who drive 50 km/hr on the fast lane on the 401, when there's no cars in front of him for a good kilometer or more? Granted, there was a little bit of snow on the ground, and it's good to be cautious. But if you can't manage it, move on over to the right lane and block traffic there instead! It was more dangerous with cars swerving to get pass the slowpoke. No wonder people get road rage seeing people who can't drive being on the highway.