http://carrie.netbug.net Alas for those who never sing, for they die with all the music in them! Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:26:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently I was asked to answer some questions for a blurb in the Lakehead University Alumni Magazine. I thought my answers were going to be a little blurb on the side like, "This is what Carrie says..." but turns out it was a full page spread about me. ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=79 I wrote this article for a local paper who does a Pet Adoption Success story every once in a while, encouraging people to adopt pets from the shelter. A Lion and a Lynx After going through the painful process of putting down our 16-year-old cat, my partner Ryan and I were ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=78 On Sunday I sat on the chairlift and felt warmth on my face.  Cuba aside, it was the first time I in many cold dark months that I consciously feel warmth from the sun.  Though the weekend was unseasonably warm in general, hovering around the zero mark with a little ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=76 A bunch of people decided to build backyard hockey rink outside of our office this winter.  They diligently shoveled out a patch and got the city to come and flood it for them.  Now at noon on any given day you'll see people out there on our lunch break skating ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=75 Last week we returned from a trip to Cayo Coco.  Where is Cayo Coco?  It's technically part of Cuba, but not really. I mean, our passports would say we went to Cuba, but Cuba and Cayo Coco are two very different things. Cayo Coco is more like a Canadian tropical island.  ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=74 For a change of pace, I rented Sprucewind Girl Guide camp for New Year's weekend.  Traditionally we've spent New Year's at a friend's place at Marsh Lake but it was taken by the flood so we needed a new venue.  Sprucewind was a great locale were we could all hang ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=73 On Monday I was invited to participate in the release of lynx that had be rescue by an extremely lucky woman.  Lucky as in she's lucky she didn't die.  In the picture in the paper, that's me taking the photo in the background as they move the crate out of ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=72 I would like to take a moment to let you all know how many of your Yukon tax dollars have been spent on The True Meaning of Christmas thus far. It started with an email from a representative of the Social Planning committee here at Environment Yukon.  It rather innocently stated,[subject ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=70 Last week the Olympic torch was brought and run through Whitehorse. My office is right across from the airport and so we ran out there to see it come running by, then at home it came down from the Canada Games Centre and right past our house.  The funniest part ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=69 I read today that a blog, to be a blog, must be updated every few days.  Since I seem to have fallen off on that recently I guess I'd better start writting. I think I'm mostly jealous of other people's blog.  Uncle Mikey has cool photos and stuff on his.  ... http://carrie.netbug.net/?p=68