Look Mom, I'm on TV!!

This past Monday (December 27) and Tuesday (December 28), I had the great pleassure of filling in for Bruce Williams as the weather gal for /A\ Vancouver Island.

It was my first time on television, and while a lot of the same things apply for TV as they do in radio, it was still a totally new experience. For example, in radio you don't have to worry about if your lipstick has rubbed off on your teeth. Heck, you don't even have to wear lipstick! Another thing I learned...wind is not your friend when you're on camera. As you can see.

But overall, it was a wonderful experience and I'm so happy to have gotten the chance to work with the amazing people at /A\.

Here's the proof that I really did this!

Which way to Christmas?

Congrats to everyone who competed in the Times Colonist's Annual Christmas Lighting Contest!! Here's the map to some of the brightest locations in the city; you can click on it to make the image bigger.

This year, I'm ashamed to say I did not hang lights of my own. BUT! Because of all the organized people who did, I'll just drive around and enjoy their labour. And you can too...Happy Holidays!

Is this just a beginning?

Help! In the wake of the holiday season, I've been sending out cards like a madwoman (on a sidenote, I'm going to start writing more letters and cards. It feels so good to send someone you love a nice note from time to time via regular snail mail. Plus mailing letters makes me feel mature and important.)

Stay focused, Britt! OK...so anyway, with all the important card-writing, I became very aware of the fact that when signing off, I ended every card with a variation of "Love, Brittany and Charlie".

Charlie being my dog. Does this mean I'm one step away from looking like him, too? While he is a cutied patootie, I'm not quite ready to be one of those people.

The holidays just got better...

with this new Nelly Furtado music video. A mash up of all her hit songs and videos, turned into one magical music video of Nelly Furtado.



Don't you just LOVE THIS! I makes you remember all the kick butt songs Nelly's released in the last 10 years. And she's such a stunner, too! Yes, I fully have a girl crush on Nelly Furtado. And I'm fine with it.

Nativity Scene 2.0

Just like the Nativity Scene you know and love, but with neon stitching and beads. And presented on a 100% Polyester vest.

OK, so it's not like the Nativity Scene you know and love at all.

Happy Hanukka!

This video courtesy of a group of students from a Jewish university in New York. It was just uploaded last week and already, more than 2 million viewers. Crazy!

Just want to celebrate for all 8 nights...singin' ay oh, light the candle!

It'll be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You're welcome.

A Christmas Baking Disaster

So I just moved into my condo in September and am anxious to win over my neighbors with my obvious charm and holiday spirit. Go ahead, call me a Brown Noser. I know you're thinking it.


Anyway, I'm thinking shortbread or sugar cookies this year...something easy. Because a few years ago we were making buttertarts and things didn't go well.

I was in charge of reading the amount of what ingredient to add. Should have used a ruler. The ingredients were on the left side, and the amount was on the right side. Where I should have told my friend to add a "dash of salt", I read the wrong amount, and told her instead, "5 tablespoons". Oopsie!

It gets worse. Since we hadn't yet realized the mistake, neither of us did a taste test before wrapping them up or handing out to friends, family and co-workers. Oopsie X 2.

You don't easily recover from that kind of embarrassment. They still tell me to stay out of the kitchen whenever I visit.