The David Suzuki Foundation is making green sexy this Valentine's Day with a series of Valetine e-cards. The one above is my personal favourite, but there are two others to choose from. They're a little cheeky and should make your significant other, if not your mother, laugh. Save some paper this year and spread a little cheer and love to people who may not normally get a Valentine card from you. Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I had been meaning to clean my sneakers for awhile. Finally getting around to it today, I went to look for some shoe cleaning products in the laundry room cupboard. There were none. A thought then crossed my mind: why do I have to use a specially-formulated chemical product to clean my footwear? Why not, y'know, laundry detergent or something?

A-ha.

Why not... baking soda? It is, after all, white clothing's best friend and the filthiest part of my sneakers was the bottom white strip. So I grabbed the box of baking soda (I really ought to work for Arm & Hammer or something) and a damp rag (an old washcloth). Meantime it was just my luck that the rubbery suede brush tool had hardened beyond recognition, so that in itself was useless.

- 200 posts!
- One month to my birthday (guess how old I am?)
- Almost one year since graduation
- One year since I changed my diet to eliminate food sensitivities... not a single cashew since
- Moving on to second, new design job
- Almost two years since moving out
- Nearly another day...

Not what you expected to see with that headline, is it? These are the most naturally-gorgeous eggs I've ever seen. I brought them over to the family party for decorating yesterday, and I don't think I even got the chance to show them off. We ran out of time for decorating but admired the eggs that were already there from over a decade of tradition.

White eggs never offer such a variety of tones, speckles or spots. It makes buying brown ones that much more gratifying. I've only ever decorated white eggs, although in later years I ended up with ones stamped with "BORN 3" in either pink or blue. Not exactly the blank canvas I had in mind. ;)

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

1. Get your dream job.
2. Attend an industry event with your coworkers, and cheer for them when they win free stuff.
3. Tell your friends at the event that the coworker of yours who won free stuff is your coworker.
4. Write down or give out a card with your name and position/company on it.
5. Acknowledge the meaning in your life when you say, "see you tomorrow" or "see you in the morning."
6. Put your name and occupation in the signature of your emails.
7. Add your job title and company to your Facebook profile.
8. Tell other potential employers you've accepted another job.
9. Blog about the amazing week you've had with the talented people you now work with.
10. Answer "Interactive Designer" (or other position) when asked your job title, and grin proudly as you watch the financial advisor write it down on your new credit card application (par example). Then wonder if the bank or credit card company will even know what it means.
11. ...?

* This list is autobiographical though generalized. Please do not copy.

I don't collect regrets. There are a few exceptions, however, and they deal with the privacy of my contact information.

Just kidding... I'm probably the only person who noticed what eventually became a tiny white dot in the sky as four helium balloons, twirling and tumbling, drifted over the small community in Surrey, a lost relic of some child's birthday party. One red, one white, and possibly two pink balloons, fatefully joined by ribbons (one would guess), destined to land in a yard somewhere, or on a street. Hopefully it won't land on someone's windshield and actually wreak havoc. It was moving at a good clip when I spotted it, and by the time I realised it wasn't about to disappear out of view in the time that I could get a camera, it had moved upwards into the sky and seemed to stay in the same spot awhile. Really, it was making a journey westward. Anyway. I thought it was an odd but delightful sight, and I stared at it for awhile with my binoculars after snapping some photographs. I also captured one of some birds.

a close-up crop