Claire's walkabout

Here's my addition to the meme:
The first picture I took in 2008:
I think Ryan may have actually taken this. It's in Sidney, a day trip we took in February

2007:This is the first picture I took with this camera. It's my balcony in James Bay, one of my old favorite spots.

I take boring photos.

This news article made me very sad today. Not the Spectrum I went to!

Things I accomplished this weekend:

Waking and getting up before 8 am

A great run with Ry Friday night

Knitting on double pointed needles

Crossing a few people of my Christmas list

Scrubbing my kitchen top to bottom, including under the stove; you DON'T want to know what was under there!

Voting for Rob Reid, even if he didn't win

And, the best part: Saturday night Chinese dinner made by us!
skilled hands chopping veggies

Ry's lettuce wraps. So good they would be on my last meal list

Free! One reindeer slipper. A great Christmas present for the one legged child in your family!

Any kind of tea you want
Waffles with bananas or applesauce
Homemade syrup
Fresh grapefruit

Nope, not today

Tonight on my run I was thinking how it's a personal victory to be running at all. Six months ago I was lying on the floor like a dead bug with an ice pack as a my closest friend. I started to think about the victories that inspired me tonight out pounding the pavement. Crossing the finish line after running a full 10k. NieNie, who last week sat up for the first time after her airplane accident three months ago. Who survived having 83% of her body burned and beat all the odds. I thought about the long run she has in front of her. I thought about my family members who fought for victories in the world wars and they are the reason I run freely on Canadian soil. And, of course, I thought of Barack Obama who will be making a victory speech tonight after the biggest race of his career, whose victory is shared tonight with millions of people. Americans, and Canadians, here in their living rooms.

Highlights include:
-Run with Finley
-Reading "Three Cups of Tea", discovering a new personal hero
-Listening to CBC's new Saturday morning show
-Seeing an Imax
-French toast with bananas and strawberries
-Holding our friends' baby girls for the first time
-Getting a frame for my 'New" (6 months old) poster via Alyssa via Ikea
-A sunny spot in the bedroom