Before Christmas, I had the opportunity to take a free belaying course at the local recreation centre! I was really excited for this, because while I have rock climbed and bouldered before, I’ve never had the chance to dive deeper into it. On top of that, free public classes always make me happy because it adds so much to the city and richness of living there.

My friends and I were flipflopping about our weekend plans last week when we stumbled across a rental company in Edmonton for stand-up paddleboards. While I have tried paddleboarding before, it’s been a long time, so I was excited to do it again, especially since it’s skyrocketed in popularity lately. It turns out that there are lots of great spots to do it in Edmonton and the surrounding areas.

Until now, my winter sport has always been ringette. I mean, I’ve always watched hockey on TV, but somehow I never played it personally. This is the year where that all changes. I had my first practice/scrimmage yesterday, and I’m so excited for the rest of the season.

(As a disclaimer, I signed up for two big test knit/crochet projects over the month of August, so I’ll be posting a lot of non-craft related things as I tackle them.)
After an eleven year hiatus, I finally dove back into the world of summer swimming, and it’s been an absolute blast. With the world still figuring out what is reasonable for COVID-19 precautions, it was nice to be able to hop in the pool and focus on the exercise.

This is another post where I want to start off with a quick disclaimer that I am not good at this sport, but I do enjoy it. I first gave Brazilian jiu-jitsu a try when I was visiting my brother in Vancouver, and in pre-COVID times, I had trained on and off in Edmonton as well. This past weekend I had the chance to roll again for the first time in over a year, and it felt really, really nice.