I didn’t think I was gonna be take a 26 day hiatus after the month long Comment for a Cause, which by the way raised $158 a bit down from last year but whatever. The money is going to a great cause and that’s what should matter.

I do have to say that the mini break was good. What have I’ve been doing for the last 26 days? Well I’ve been dealing with dragonboat related stuff off and on the water, since our racing season has began, we are on the water more. I’m also working on my clubs website and working on H2oGeeks behind the scenes stuff (finding a sponsor or two, team uniforms, paying for boat rental and the two regattas out of my own pocket) which I want to have all set in place before the 1st practice which is in a few weeks. So by the time I started thinking that I need to write a post on PGN (this site) I just was to tired to type something out. Though I did have a few things to write about but to late now.

How was everyone’s long weekend? I personally didn’t do much this year but relaxed and went to my two practices though I didn’t have to work yesterday so I got an extra day off. YAY!!! Though I did call in to check my voicemail at work so I wouldn’t have a huge number today.. Speaking of work, I should head into the office for a bit. I’d personally would love to work from home more (and work in my pj’s) but we aren’t allowed.

Have a great Wednesday!

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Never thought today would come, one of my cats Scott who just turned 16 in February was put down this morning. We believed he had a mini stroke yesterday because all night last night he wasn’t himself no balance (when he was sitting or walking), crying like there was no tomorrow and decided to sleep in front of his bed instead of in it.. I barely was able to sleep last night and 1st thing this morning we took him to the vets.

He is a little bugger he didn’t want to go to sleep he was fighting it tooth and nail. Though I do have to say he is a little grumpy trooper.
- He was in a cat fight years ago (when he was still able to get outside) where he jumped funny and ripped the tendon in the knee, cause of that and old age he got bad hips
- He also swallowed a thread and a needle (sharp end 1st)
- He got out for 3 days months after we moved.
- He is also got cat asthma, gone blind and now deaf
- He climbs 13 steps a few times a day to check out the 2nd floors food dish to see if its any different then the one on his floor

Thought we were gonna put him down 3 years ago but the vet say that if he can still can walk and jump. It’s those 3 extra years I’m glad I got a chance to have extra time with him.

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Since signing up for pilates as an extra workout routine I’ve noticed that I’m more flexible then I thought and it’s helped improved my rotation with a longer reach when I’m paddling. I’m kicking myself now because I really wished I signed up for a class when I moved out here two years ago instead of the other day since the gyms out here are over priced and aren’t well kept up. With that being said I’m really pleased with my outcome so far in the class, can’t wait to see the full results by this summer when the classes end.. I just wish it wasn’t so pricey

Other then that nothing much else is new other then I can’t wait for this Saturday, the boat I paddle on is in our 2nd regatta of the season.. I’ve never been on a team that’s been to it so this is gonna be fun and interesting I just hope that the weather gods bring out the sun instead of pouring buckets of rain like it did last Saturday.

With that being said I think it’s time for bed and I’m please I get to sleep in tomorrow since I don’t have to get up early and cover a route.. YAY!

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

My Aunts (well my late grandpa’s sister in law) just celebrated her 99th birthday and she is still with it and still drinks like a fish (well not as much as she use to). I wish I was able to make it to her celebration but I had to work (GRRR!)

She is an amazing lady and to be 99 and now deciding that maybe moving into a senior center is a good thing as she can’t take care of her house like she use to. She will be moving to the best senior center in BC in a few weeks and her eldest son is moving into her place.

Happy Birthday Aunt Evelyn, your just a blink away from those triple digits.

I don’t know if I want to live to be that old, with no one left from her generation alive must be hard.. But I do love listening to the stories that she and all my late relatives have told about their youth and how much the world has changed since they were my age.

I do wonder what would it be like in a 100 years, what silly fashion trend is the new fad, how far has technology taken us, have we walked on Mars yet..

Have you ever wondered what life be would be like in a 100 years?

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

I love dragonboating in Vancouver because of the amazing view of the city and mountains in the backdrop.

* Picture was taken by Aidan at a H2oGeek practice last year.

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Had something totally different I wanted to write today but after what happened today.. I’m just numb…

Tonight’s Dragon Boat practice went from pretty freakin awesome to freakin scary. I say it was pretty freakin awesome because we had the power and were gliding though the water like our top team in our club and that I moved up in the boat… Tooo bench 3.. which I’m not use to I like the back of the boat cause of the fast water..

Then someone switched a switch and it went into freakin scary! One of my teammates pulled something in his back as we were working on a race piece as we were about 10 minutes out from the dock but we made it there under 4 minutes. Yay US!!!! When we got to the dock him and two of our teammates who have first aid went with him to the walk in clinic but as they were getting there he passed out so now they are in emergency. I hate this feeling of hurry up and wait to find out how he is doing..

Tonight’s practice was prepping us for this Saturdays regatta.

Hope everyone had a better Monday then I did..

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Wow! I can’t believe that Comment for a Cause will be ending shortly for another year.

Thank you to Caity, Dez and Lizzy who have been commenting on EVERY post. Without these 3 lovely ladies I wouldn’t be doing this and Right to Play wouldn’t be getting a nice size donation from my own pocket in May. As it stands right now I’ll be donating $110 dollars, but if you can please spend a couple minutes and comment on either all or just a few back posts and help this charity out.

I wish I was counting how many ip hits I get per day (get about 50+ a day) but I’m not I’m counting how many comments I get though the month, and I’m tired of you lurkers who see that someone mentioned that they wrote a new post via twitter so you come over and take a look and leave again. I’m sorry but if you take the time to visit a site you should take your time and comment as well. /End rant

Where should Comment for a Cause donate to next year?

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Today was my clubs / areas 1st regatta of the season.. It was great fun but for the rain, rain and more rain that happened all day. No matter how many changes of clothes you bring or what your always gonna be feeling cold and damp.

I do have to say I’m VERY pleased with the club I paddle with each boat came home with a medal … Our most competitive team came home with a bronze in the A Final, our Youth team came home with a silver in the B Final (they were the only youth team there too) and the boat I was paddling on placed took home another bronze in the C Final. Which is freaking awesome with a boat full of newbies and 9 returning paddlers.

Wasn’t pleased when the zipper tag thingie on my pfd broke off (the pfd is 6 years old though) and before the 3rd race of the day one of my contacts popped out, thankfully I had extras in my bag but putting it back in without a mirror not fun.

Hope everyone had a great Saturday!!!

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Today’s just been one of those days where you think its been half an hour since you last looked at the clock and its been like 5 minutes, or it goes by super quick..

I just finished packing my paddling gear and food for our clubs 1st regatta tomorrow. Can’t wait, I love this regatta cause its just sprints which are 200meter pieces (about 1min long) compared to the normal 500meter pieces that are at every other regatta/festival. Though I wish the rain would hold off until the end of the regatta, racing in rain isn’t fun!

Tonight is no different then other other night before a race, as you can always find me with a big bowl of pasta and my pepper salad and going though race prep by leashing up my nervous butterflies (err focusing in on what I need to do in a race) as part of my pre-race day prep.

I hate people who just say give it your all on a race, you should being giving it your all at every practice. How can you give it your all if you don’t know how to deal with it at a practice?

Have a great Saturday

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 3rd year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked Right to Play as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

How did you celebrate your Earth Day? I spent most of my day driving around Vancouver and its surrounding areas which I wasn’t really happy about, though I saw an amazing sunset. When I was driving I saw a bummer sticker and I started to laugh because it said “Fear God not humans” It should say Fear Mother Nature as she the one to made us…

Congrats to Raul for making it 4 years in the Blogging world, sorry I wasn’t able to make it to your party but from the sounds of it everyone is having a blast.