Exciting news !

Regina has a hill ! When I asked last week about where to go tobogganing and was told that the city was built on the flattest part of the province I had a small feeling of culture shock. I found the idea hard to take and I was even contemplating writing the mayor and suggesting they follow Saskatoon's example and build a few. I was very happy to see a hill today by Wascana lake, but I am not actually sure how far away it is...

I also find it funny the city only has one bridge and that it is referred to it as 'The' Regina bridge. Whereas Saskatoon, the Paris of the North or city of bridges has at least five or six. Right now for I associate Albert Street in Regina with the river in Saskatoon and think of it as the dividing axis in the city, however I have been told that isn't true. It actually just goes to show that I need to get out and visit the rest of the city.

Seven Random and/or Little-Known Facts About Me

So, there's this meme... and Cristina tagged me. Here are the rules:

Link to your tagger and post these rules.
Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).

Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

Here we go:

1.If I were to have been a boy my parents planned to name me Eli.

2.When I was small I could not sleep without a large rock under my bed because I needed it to break the window in case of a fire.

3.When I was four I got my first pair of shoes with laces and I worked very hard to learn how to tie them on my own that same day.

4.I know basic American Sign Language from having studied two Sesame Street sign language books as a child. I learned important phrases like ‘Follow me and learn your ABCS’ and ‘Do not feed the octopus.’

5.In grade eight I danced with the Alberta Ballet as a rat in the Nutcracker.

6.I was evacuated from my house in Saskatoon when the neighbour hit a gas line while digging up tree roots. We were sent down the street to wait in a school bus and during the evacuation a neighbour invited the group into their house to watch the O.J. Simpson chase live on t.v.

7.I sometimes send postcards to my friend Ami telling her about my imaginary life in Europe where I am married to a German theatre director named Jan and we have a daughter named Pamplemousse.

So here are the seven people I am tagging:

1 - Mark

2 - Kristen

3- Joel & Michaela

4- Samuel

5- Edgar

6- Anna

7- Paloma