It appears that my string of good luck continues. At lunch I went on the Kids Up Front Community Leaders Field Trip on the Big Bus. They had a draw for a pair of theatre tickets and I knew even before they pulled it that I was going to win. I did the right thing and donated them back as much as I wanted to keep them.

JC has just come around to see if I am interested in the FIFA pool. YES SIR! With this most recent victory he is reconsidering whether I should be allowed to play.

Thank you lt. dan for sending me this link. Iheartbacon

Check out their bacon rating system! Sweet!...actually Salty might be more appropriate!

All this bacon talk has made me a little nostalgic. Here are just a few of my favourite bacon memories

1. Coming home from church as a kid to the smell of bacon wafting out the kitchen window...mmm bacon/eggs and fried bread!
2. Getting the G&G gang to chant "We love Bacon" to calls of "Who loves bacon?" in Hawaii
3. The CF thinking my I Love Bacon shirt was about him
4. AN's face when on our first date I asked him how he felt about bacon. I think he thought it was a trick question and didn't know how to respond. Luckily he turned out to be a kindred spirit when it came to the bacon
5. Scooper telling me at brunch one day that he thinks he eats way more bacon since I have moved to BC despite having brunched with me only twice.
6. Having a discussion with Craig Davidson online about how bacon is a great ice breaker..mental note - next time I go to one of his readings I must remember to work up the courage to use bacon as an ice breaker with him :)

Last night Robert (rowed 8's with him) and I decided to give the double sculls a try. Not as easy as it looks. Our goal for the evening was to remain in the boat...no swimming in False Creek. I thought this rather ambitious after spending the first 10 minutes just trying to stay steady, but we did it! We actually had a few good stretches where the boat actually felt good. It didn't help that the girl coaching us seemed to like to wash us out a lot when we had enough wake to deal with what with all of the water taxis, sailboats and stupid dragonboaters! Ahh KMS....now I understand why the rowers all hated us down at Sunnyside.

In other news, I feel like I haven't been eating enough bacon lately (ok...I did have a bacon & tomato sandwich last night for dinner and bacon at brunch on Sunday) so I am going to start a little quest for the best bacon in the city. I figure some one's got to do it and why not me. Look for my bacon top 5 on the right panel if I can figure out how to play with the code and get it in there. DD...pls expect my desperate calls in about a day and a half when I admit that simple cut and paste of code is really beyond me.

Talk about a small world. I was standing on the corner near my house last night waiting for a friend when a car drove by me and then stopped suddenly and began to reverse. Heard my name which I thought was strange as a) didn't recognize the car and b) really...how many people do I know here? Well it turns out to be Mike Sommers who moved to Van on Sunday! How crazy is that?

We had our last class at Kits House last night. It was bitter sweet as there was a huge turnout and it was a great class but its the end of a Kits institution. Even the local cat turned up to say goodbye. Speaking of cats, the Kits Kats team is coming together. I'm just looking for cat ears for us to wear and we will be set!

Had the big rowing regatta this past weekend. Our team managed to squeek out a respectable 3rd place finish in the Defender 8's. While the rest of the crew was disappointed by this finish I was pleasantly surprised as I far lower expectations based on the troubles we have had each week at practice. So I have my first (and most likely last) rowing medal to add to the special box. There was discussion on whether it warranted a position in said box but I have decided it does. It was a new challenge and although I don't love rowing I can respect the amount of effort and skill involved in getting from point A to point B with out getting hit or having someone crab.

Sunday morning NB and I ran the first 15K of the Scotia Half marathon course. There's a great downhill which was most enjoyable though the people running up it didn't seem so glad to see my smiling face and cheerful hellos.

Also checked out the Kitsilano Yacht Club. It reminds me a lot of the TSCC. The have some beautiful new Huki's there and the sailing lessons seem competitive. NB & JB have joined as JB And Neil are keeping their new boat there. If I take sailing lessons there then I can apply the cost to my membership...I just need to find out about the outrigger program. KYC is about a 5 minute walk from my house so it would be sweet.