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Thanks Twitter!

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Thanks to Twitter I’ve found out about things that I would’ve never found myself, and even tried new places that I’ve never heard of!

WINNING!

What the hail?

See, I use Secret deodorant. Not for any good reason either. I got a ton of the full sized for about a dollar each using coupons in conjunction with sales and I’m finally on my second last stick. I’ve decided I won’t open the last one, and just buy a completely different type of deodorant because I’m so sick of having white stained shirts, no matter the color of them. Gross. Secret, you need to get a new formula. Hey. I should write them an e-mail. But I don’t want any free product coupons because I dislike their product so much. But perhaps it’s someone elses favorite brand. Anyway, getting off topic.

I had this new black sleeveless golf shirt I wanted to wear to a tournament (I didn’t play), and I didn’t want to use my secret deodorant. I asked my “followers” what type they use, and if there’s a clear one out on the market that isn’t like a gel, or sticky. JenLudek suggested I pick up some new Nieva kind that is a roll on ball thing.

At first it was wet and a bit sticky but it’s not hard to get used to. I especially love it because it doesn’t leave white clumpy balls of white residue if you happen to sweat a little after you put it on. You don’t have stained black shirts where the armpits are white, and it has a fantastic scent to it.

THEN! Before all of that I ended up being the 900th follower of Catering Fungi and won a $50 gift card because of it! How awesome is that? Oh I’m not finished yet. Twitter is great for finding new people to follow and meet. For instance, I started following @JennFalik which lead me to her blog, and coincidentally her giveaway back in the summer. I ended up winning that too!

Twitter is a great social media tool. I don’t use Facebook at all to communicate with people I know online. I use twitter for both online and offline friends, and I’m always careful about what I tweet. I found a new climbing buddy from twitter, and have gotten to know many new people which happened to blossom into great friendships. So fun! Can’t say I’ve kept in touch with the Network Administrator Jobs I had at the Taxation Centre before I got hired here at my current job!

Do you have twitter? Follow me!

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Daily, Photos, Twitter, Vacation

Oh hi… I have returned.

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Yayyyy!!!!! I’m  back in the blogging world. I’ve been tweeting throughout my whole vacation in case anyone didn’t/doesn’t follow me.

When the alarm went off on my dresser this morning, I had forgotten that I was home in Ontario so it spooked me a bit.  Today was my first day back at work and it was so incredibly busy. A good type of busy where the day flew by and I almost forgot to take lunch and I decided to finally eat at 2pm!!

I can’t get over how many blogs I haven’t read in the 12 days that I was gone. My Google RSS feed says I have 1000+, so I don’t know the exact number. But I think I’ll skim through most blogs and of course not read all of them. So anyway, I will have a full re-cap and photo post coming up later this week. But for now I need to unpack all the groceries that I just went out and purchased and then make supper. After — perhaps I’ll make some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

Until then…I leave you with some pictures to gawk at.

Jasper, Alberta

On top of a mountain taking the Tramway in Jasper Alberta, 1304 metres (4279 ft) above sea level. It was bitter cold, and snowing on top. I mean, look how high up I was!

At the base of Mount Edith Cavell just two days ago!

Walking to the base of Edith Cavell.

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Health, In the Kitchen, Photos, Triathlons / Duathlons, Twitter, Vacation

Ironman Canada “vacation” – we have arrived!

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Ironman + Vacation doesn’t really go together. Does it. Luckily I am not the one doing the race, so it’s technically my vacation and the Boyf will be on vacay too after race day.

We made it! Hello BC!

So it’s our second day here in British Columbia and the boyf has pre-registered for his THIRD Ironman Canada in 2011. Single women and men should be careful driving on the highways in their fancy rental cars like ours (seen below). Cops will pull ya over unless you have one of the radar detectors to spot cops, because whether or not you’re here on vacay or not they’ll getcha! Not that we’re speedy or anything, because we certainly aren’t. Just sayin’

Oh MM Gee. It’s okay – it’s a beautiful spot here in Penticton, and I don’t mind coming here for another year. The weather is great and the place looks like a resort town. Mind you the hotels and motels gauge you like nothing else with a minimum of 5 night stay and we’re paying a fortune. In fact, we’re paying more at this motel that has stucco on the walls AND ceiling, than we are for the West Edmonton Mall hotel.

Stucco walls….lol


I have been updating my twitter a million and more times than I have been on here, clearly. So if you want to see what I’m up to all day long on my vacation, check that out – there’s always photo updates of random silly quirky things, for instance: Butt Road, Kelowna.

Our rental car is pretty intense. An eye oggling muscle car, Dodge Challenger which gets a lot of older men giving us thumbs up on the side of the road. It’s a little ridiculous looking!! We can’t stop laughing at it anytime we are about to get in it for a ride.

Sitting inside the enourmous car with so many blind spots. It’s a helluva time to park this beast too!

It’s also not very comfortable to rest your arm out the window. It’s so high up. Not this high, it’s a bit exaggerated, but it’s definitely high..

Yesterday I conked out pretty hard and nearly immediately after supper. It was such a long day going on 5 hours of sleep, an hour drive to the airport followed by the 5 hour plane ride and another hour to our destination. But we did end up going to the beach for a while since it was a gorg hot day out. We were relaxed all day yesterday walking the streets and checking out the sights.

While walking along the sidewalk something hit my head, I didn’t know what it was and I looked up and noticed an acorn tree above me. I took one right off the tree as souviner. Isn’t it cute and super tiny??

Today we encountered a few minute torrential true mountain area downpour.


It didn’t last long, but I made Boyf go get the car while I waited under a bike shop’s door way.


We’re trying to eat out as little as possible to save some money so I brought some schnackin’s with me. Healthy eating on the go! Except it’s a tad annoying to cook while you’re on vacation. Know what I mean?

Late lunch.

Stuffing face.

That’s all I have for now. I’m off to read a couple of blogs while boyf sets up his bike!

Aren’t picture posts the best?

Wave bye!!

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