Summer 09 in Review

The nine weeks of summer did go by fast … well it seemed to me. But I really enjoyed this summer even if I didn’t go camping or on any fancy road trips. Here are some of my highlights of the summer:

Got a bone bruise on my ankle early July and it STILL hurts (not sure what I did)
Celebrated my first anniversary living in this house
Drove to an out of town dragon boat festival with someone who is the worst backseat driver ever!
Hosted a BBQ
Created a dragon boat team of basically Vancouver twitters for a BC Childrens Fundraiser
My Carbon Fiber paddle broke
Got a new look, chopped 13 inches of hair off and got myself a new clothes and shoes
Lost a childhood pet
Danced six hours straight at my cousin’s wedding
Attend my first WordCamp Fraser Valley
Attend my first Renaissance Festival
Hosted two themed movie nights
Failed at my 30 day challenge of eating normal food but only having water to drink (no sugary crap ) .. Lasted 15 days
Did not huli (flipped) when I paddled in a oc1 (1man outrigger) all summer long
Changed PGN’s layout
Last but not least…… H2O Geeks placed 7th overall out of 24 teams – I am very proud of these guys

How was your summer?
What did you do?

Post on: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Category: Dragon Boat, life, site
Tags: Canada Day, db, farewell, Friends, Kimm, newhouse, online, PaddleForKids, pets
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Paddle For Kids 2009 – Recap

First off I want to thank my dragon boat team, Gary and Meaghan for supporting me.

BC Childrens 11th Annual Paddle for Kids charity event happened on Sunday, 30 teams registered though only 24 teams took part in the event. The weather was nice, wasn’t to hot out either. H2O Geeks raised over $3441 dollars in 7 short weeks and were ranked in 6th spot as of Friday afternoon for most fund-raised, which is not bad if you ask me. In the end Paddle for Kids raised over $95,681 dollars that’s over half a million dollars for BC Childrens hospital in Paddle for kids lifespan.

Our team H2O Geeks could have arrived on site on Sunday never having a chance to be in a dragon boat and then race, for me that was not an option, I wanted this team to be on the water as much as possible, for one get use to the boats and to learn the stroke. Like the old saying goes “practice makes perfect”. All summer long we never had a chance to paddle with a full boat (of 20 paddlers) until race day. It was a great experiences for all. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »