New favorite Link - cool upcycled clothes

http://www.cheresloques.fr/web/index.php

Vertical Hydroponic Garden

http://danielletrofe.com/livescreen/

A beautiful vertical indoor garden created by Danielle Trofe.  I found this when I was looking at a page that displayed her hourglasses that used the kinetic energy of falling sand to light up an LED.

http://gizmodo.com/sand-can-light-up-a-room-503861239

Both products are gorgeous.

Thumbs down on Nordstrom same day delivery service.

Well, I attempted to use Nordstrom's same day delivery service on a pair of shoes to wear to a friends wedding.

I ordered well before the 1 pm EST deadline.

I saw my order pop up in my email account. It accidentally went to my home address instead of my work address. I tried a live chat with a customer service rep, to see if I had time to change it.

For whatever reason, they showed that my order was cancelled. Well, I certainly didn't cancel it. Nor did I receive an email notification telling me my oder was cancelled.

Fine. I'll wear them to the holiday part on Friday. Well its 4 pm the day before the party. My shoes still aren't here, and they say they are out for delivery. Live chatting with yet another customer service representative.

She says that my shoes are available for pick up at the downtown store. WTF?!!! I paid $15 for same day shipping.

Nordstrom, your same day delivery failed for me twice on the same product.  I'll be using Zappos Online from now on.

Weird way to mourn your cat.

http://www.happyplace.com/16313/the-single-most-deranged-way-for-a-pet-owner-to-mourn-his-dearly-departed-cat

Looking at Moleskine blog posts

Came across this neat image and article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/garden/a-brooklyn-artist-free-associates-on-her-walls.html?_r=3

Getting ready to release our new brand name

Übermind, fueled by Deloitte, is getting ready to launch our new brand name.

Here is a photo of most of the people from the team that worked on the responsive site.

Lego City Scrum

Last week at work, I was one of three facilitators for a Lego City Scrum Workshop. I was much more pleased about how it went, then the exercise I went through during a SolutionsIQ scrum training I went through a few months before. I felt like we were better organized and explained things a little better, and kept people to actually using the scrum/agile process.

Jellyfish Aquarium

I want one of these.

http://fab.com/sale/4330/?navEmail=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2012-03-27_daily_sale_email&utm_campaign=Daily+Sales+Campagin+on+March+27+2012%3Ffref%3Dfb

Rethink Breast Cancer. Best. Ad. EVER.

Rethink Breast Cancer

Give the advertising team a raise.

Deep Sea Diver

Did I mention that I love my job? Or that I have the coolest coworkers?

My coworker Luke mixed the latest album for Deep Sea Diver. You should really check it out!

A few photos from 2012 Continental Cup

Photos from our Whistler Ünconference!!

#are12

Busy schedule ahead

• December : Promoted to Managing Quality Assurance Engineer
• January : The company that I worked for is acquired by Deloitte.
• February : 4 day working trip to Whistler
• March : 2012 Club Nationals for Curling in Mankato, Minnesota

Phew. 

A toy to chase the beagle with?

Air Swimmers!

"Mornings are rough in ..."

A coworker, J. Chambers, taunting us about his vacation in Hawaii.

Aeriums

My friend Maya introduced me to terrarium building a couple of years ago. I wasn't really interested in doing it myself then. My husband has recently been interested in creating one of this own.

I have finally become interested not only in terrariums, but aeriums as well. Its tough to search on, but an aerium uses air plants. 

You can find a four footed aerium here:  http://shop.floragrubb.com/footed-aerium/#

Other shops have included the following

Too busy.

I am way too busy. I am finishing up my women's league draw as I type. I am managing Seattle Granite Curling Club's Wednesday night league this year. It's been insane.

I took a Learn to Pebble class today to refresh my memory from last year, where I didn't use my newfound knowledge. A quick trip home to walk the dog, pick up the vacuum cleaner from the repair shop, and back to the club to help with an open house.

Tomorrow a curling conditioning class and prep for next weekend's Western Women's Competitive Curling Clinic. If there are people who are interested, there is still room. Oct 15-16, 2011!!

Bubble Tank by Psalt Designs

I love this distorted fish aquarium. Not sure where and when you can buy them.

I found out about this from my RSS feed. http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/the-distorted-aquarium-by-psalt-design

Holy Cow! 16 wineries between 10 am and 5 pm!!

Uffda. Feeling it right now. Jer and I visited 16 wineries in in the Penticton region. One of the areas begins with an N, but I'm hungry, so all I can think of is Navratan Korma.


Jeremy is taking a snooze. I'm headed there soon after. Hopefully we will snag dinner and then a hockey game.

Penticton, BC

Currently in Penticton, BC celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.

Yes, I'm blogging. Trying to save my hubby from my morning stinky breath. Too lazy to brush my teeth.

We've lucked out, all sorts of fun stuff going on this weekend. Including the 31st Annual Okanagan Wine Festival!!

http://www.tourismpenticton.com/events/listing/okanagan-fall-wine-festival-2011-31st-annual-0