Hello out there!
It is the final day of the A!TLC Fall 2013 Semester and we cannot believe it. It has been a pretty epic few months! We have done so many things and feel like a great team. We are also so excited to see what the next semester (starting on January 7, 2014!) will bring. But for now, let's all stop and enjoy our holiday break....
Today the A!TLC will be going off campus to celebrate and to get a little bit festive! :)
We will begin by toasting one another over lunch and then head to the Southland Mall to do some of that Christmas Shopping that we mentioned in our last blog entry. This is Christmas giving in real time - we will have half an hour to seek out the perfect gift for whoever we have been assigned to be a Secret Santa for. Then, everyone will meet up to do the big exchange. As we are a bunch of extremely thoughtful (and modest!) people, this Secret Santa gift exchange is a pretty big deal to us and we are so excite to see the look on our lucky gift recipient's face as they tear into their present! Good vibes all around and a very high note to end the Semester on. Huge thanks to everyone who made this Semester possible, and to our brilliant and ever-so hardworking Student Researchers. It is a beautiful thing to get to work together like this each day.
We would all like to wish you (yes, you!) a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year! HO HO HO!
All the best,
The A!TLC
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Christmas is Coming to A!TLC
Hello Out There!
Christmas is coming to the A!TLC .....on December 19th to be precise! Together we are going to celebrate the holiday season by going out for lunch and then participating in a Secret Santa Exchange. After we have lunch we are going to jaunt over to Southland mall to do our shopping!
Today we drew names for the exchange and then participated in an activity to help our Secret Santa decide what to purchase for each of us.
Kennen:
Top 3 Colours: Orange and Purple
Scented or unscented products: Unscented
Clothing: Shirts (small) & scarves
Top 4 Accessories: Necklaces, hair clips, scarves and PURSES!!!!
Movies Comedy/Action/Romance: No thanks!
Music: Christmas music, itunes card!
Rebekah:
Top 3 Colours: Purple, Purple and Purple
Scented or Unscented products: Scented!!!
Clothing: Shirts (size medium has to be 100% cotton), zip-ups and socks
Top 4 Accessories: Earrings with backs, lip-chap or lipstick , necklaces and rings!
Movies Comedy/Action/Romance: No movies please!
Music: Country preferably Taylor Swift. I have a Ipod so itunes cards are always great!
Kaitlyn
Top 3 Colours: Pink, Green and Blue
Scented or unscented products: Prefers Scented not picky with the type of scent
Clothing: Furry socks, likes scarves (pretty ones),
Top 4 Accessories that you like: nail polish, hair accessories, earrings, anything girly!!!!
Movies Comedy/Action/Romance: anything but horror!
Music: Loves country!!!
Wendy
Top 3 Colours: Blue, Green and Teal
Scented or unscented products: Depends...I like scented candles and body wash I prefer to buy my own perfume :)
Clothing: Gloves (black), scarves & socks (furry)
Top 4 Accessories: earrings, nail polish, & scarves
Movies: any king including horror (I don't like James Bond)
Music: some country mostly rock and rock blues!
Jenna
Top 3 Colours: Blue, Black and Green
Scented or unscented products: Scented please (love vanilla)
Clothing: Scarves, shirt (medium/large)& hoodies,
Top 4 Accessories: Rings, necklaces, shoes, & purses
Movies: Anything with a cute boy in it!
Music: Country!
Sylvia
Top 3 Colours: White, Black and Red
Scented or unscented products: Unscented!
Clothing: Gloves, slippers (size 6), shirt (medium) & scarves
Top 4 Accessories: Earrings!
Movies: Romance
Music: No thanks!
Kelsey:
Top 3 Colours: Pink, purple, and blue
Scented or Unscented Products: Scented!
Clothing: Anything! Medium, pants size 7 or 11
Accessories: Purses, wallets, and any jewelry except earrings
Movies: Comedies, anything with a handsome male lead in it!
Music: Pop, rock, and country
Bonnie:
Top 3 Colours: Black, purple, silver (hates blue!)
Clothing: Scarves, mitts, toques
Accessories: Scarves, earrings, nail polish
Movies: Romance, comedies, or anything Disney
Music: Backstreet Boys
Ella:
Top 3 Colours/Shades: Black, grey, and white
Clothing: tall socks, tights, toques
Accessories: bracelets, rings
Movies: Comedies
Music: Anything!
Christmas is coming to the A!TLC .....on December 19th to be precise! Together we are going to celebrate the holiday season by going out for lunch and then participating in a Secret Santa Exchange. After we have lunch we are going to jaunt over to Southland mall to do our shopping!
Today we drew names for the exchange and then participated in an activity to help our Secret Santa decide what to purchase for each of us.
Kennen:
Top 3 Colours: Orange and Purple
Scented or unscented products: Unscented
Clothing: Shirts (small) & scarves
Top 4 Accessories: Necklaces, hair clips, scarves and PURSES!!!!
Movies Comedy/Action/Romance: No thanks!
Music: Christmas music, itunes card!
Rebekah:
Top 3 Colours: Purple, Purple and Purple
Scented or Unscented products: Scented!!!
Clothing: Shirts (size medium has to be 100% cotton), zip-ups and socks
Top 4 Accessories: Earrings with backs, lip-chap or lipstick , necklaces and rings!
Movies Comedy/Action/Romance: No movies please!
Music: Country preferably Taylor Swift. I have a Ipod so itunes cards are always great!
Kaitlyn
Top 3 Colours: Pink, Green and Blue
Scented or unscented products: Prefers Scented not picky with the type of scent
Clothing: Furry socks, likes scarves (pretty ones),
Top 4 Accessories that you like: nail polish, hair accessories, earrings, anything girly!!!!
Movies Comedy/Action/Romance: anything but horror!
Music: Loves country!!!
*** I also like books!
Wendy
Top 3 Colours: Blue, Green and Teal
Scented or unscented products: Depends...I like scented candles and body wash I prefer to buy my own perfume :)
Clothing: Gloves (black), scarves & socks (furry)
Top 4 Accessories: earrings, nail polish, & scarves
Movies: any king including horror (I don't like James Bond)
Music: some country mostly rock and rock blues!
Jenna
Top 3 Colours: Blue, Black and Green
Scented or unscented products: Scented please (love vanilla)
Clothing: Scarves, shirt (medium/large)& hoodies,
Top 4 Accessories: Rings, necklaces, shoes, & purses
Movies: Anything with a cute boy in it!
Music: Country!
Sylvia
Top 3 Colours: White, Black and Red
Scented or unscented products: Unscented!
Clothing: Gloves, slippers (size 6), shirt (medium) & scarves
Top 4 Accessories: Earrings!
Movies: Romance
Music: No thanks!
Kelsey:
Scented or Unscented Products: Scented!
Clothing: Anything! Medium, pants size 7 or 11
Accessories: Purses, wallets, and any jewelry except earrings
Movies: Comedies, anything with a handsome male lead in it!
Music: Pop, rock, and country
Bonnie:
Top 3 Colours: Black, purple, silver (hates blue!)
Clothing: Scarves, mitts, toques
Accessories: Scarves, earrings, nail polish
Movies: Romance, comedies, or anything Disney
Music: Backstreet Boys
Ella:
Top 3 Colours/Shades: Black, grey, and white
Clothing: tall socks, tights, toques
Accessories: bracelets, rings
Movies: Comedies
Music: Anything!
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Hello out there!
Well....today is the day. The Un International Day of Persons with Disabilities and we at A!TLC are proud to be part of and celebrate the day! The theme for the day is 'Break Barriers, Open Doors: For an Inclusive Society and Development for All!
Over the past two months we have been working with Chelsey and Jenni - two Kinesiology students enrolled in Kin 342 Active Living & Developmental Disabilities to highlight the day! Leading up to today we have been going to various U of R classes to show a ten minute presentation highlighting Astonished! and providing information to students and insturctors on how they can get involved with Astonished!
Today, Tuesday December 3, we have a booth set up in Riddell Centre from 1-4pm. With Jenni and Chelsey we will be handing out Tim Horton's coffee and snacks to those who stop by to learn more about Astonished! To keep things interesting we also have a jar filled with candy and are asking members of the student body to guess how many pieces the jar contains. The person who guesses correctly or is the closet will win the jar! We are also encouraging people to ask us questions about what it is like to live with complex physical disAbility. Throughout the afternoon we will be posting their questions on the blog. Over the next few weeks we will be answering the questions. If you can't make it today ensure you come back to the blog to see the questions that were asked of us and our responses! .......Stay Tuned!
Thanks for Reading!
Well....today is the day. The Un International Day of Persons with Disabilities and we at A!TLC are proud to be part of and celebrate the day! The theme for the day is 'Break Barriers, Open Doors: For an Inclusive Society and Development for All!
Over the past two months we have been working with Chelsey and Jenni - two Kinesiology students enrolled in Kin 342 Active Living & Developmental Disabilities to highlight the day! Leading up to today we have been going to various U of R classes to show a ten minute presentation highlighting Astonished! and providing information to students and insturctors on how they can get involved with Astonished!
Today, Tuesday December 3, we have a booth set up in Riddell Centre from 1-4pm. With Jenni and Chelsey we will be handing out Tim Horton's coffee and snacks to those who stop by to learn more about Astonished! To keep things interesting we also have a jar filled with candy and are asking members of the student body to guess how many pieces the jar contains. The person who guesses correctly or is the closet will win the jar! We are also encouraging people to ask us questions about what it is like to live with complex physical disAbility. Throughout the afternoon we will be posting their questions on the blog. Over the next few weeks we will be answering the questions. If you can't make it today ensure you come back to the blog to see the questions that were asked of us and our responses! .......Stay Tuned!
Thanks for Reading!
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