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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 05/10/2026

Here. I’ll gladly share the random interwebs recipe I got when googled “chicken black beans rice” because that’s what I had to cook with tonight. 😁 I also added cumin. And it is DELICIOUS!

1 cup uncooked rice
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup salsa
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 15oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
2 chicken breasts
10 oz Enchilada sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons taco seasoning
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350 F and spray a 9x13 baking dish

Add all ingredients except cheese and stir

Cover tightly with foil and bake for 55 minutes

Uncover, add cheese, and bake 15 more minutes

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 04/10/2026

Setting up the backyard for Fall! We’re going with purple and orange mini-lights and scary outdoor movies by the fire. 👻 I do have to put up the clear shower curtain walls to keep the sideways rain out… but not yet. 🤞

Black, orange, pink and white Fall and Halloween throw pillows on a turquoise outdoor sectional couch.

Outdoor movie screen with fire table and couch, inside a gazebo with purple and orange mini-lights strung across the ceiling.

Gazebo set up as an outdoor movie room with a sectional couch and fire table. Purple and orange mini lights strung across the ceiling.

Outdoor clear igloo lit with purple and orange mini-lights.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 01/10/2026

I only had to call my brother once and re-hook up the tank 3 times and try to start it 5 or 6… but, no singed eyebrows!

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 29/09/2026

Who’s the proudest Auntie of the bestest, 93mph-throwing 17-year-old nephew who just signed with the University of Miami Hurricanes for next year..?!?! 💪🏼🎉⚾️🏟️ (It’s me. I’m the proudest Auntie of the bestest nephew). 😀 ✨🧡💚✨

Orange and green “U” in the middle of the University of Miami campus. Palm trees and a building in the background.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 29/09/2026

It also doubles as an outdoor movie theatre. 😀

Fire table with outdoor movie screen behind it.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 29/09/2026

Starting to rain, so it’s time for some cinnamon-rose hot chocolate and mousse by the fire. Under the tin roof, of course! ☔️☕️🔥

A fire table with a mug of hot chocolate and a glass jar of mousse.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 25/09/2026

Hot off the press (Sept 9th)! I have assigned this as ‘mandatory essential reading’ to my staff, so I better do the same! It’s the perfect afternoon for it. 🌧️🔥🛋️

Paperback book titled “Métis Methodologies” edited by Laura Forsythe & Jennifer Markides.

The cover is a colourful yellow, blue, red and green background with Métis flowers, leaves and vines in reds, purples, greens, blues, oranges and yellows.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 15/09/2026

Let’s get serious for a moment; community voices are imperative. The magnitude of this work is beyond any one person or even one team. Indigenous voices need to help shape Indigenous supports. If you are a Métis person in BC, please consider lending yours. engage.mnbc.ca/gender-based...

Citizen callout: Gender & Sexual Orientation-Based Violence: Needs Assessment Advisory Committee

Help inform a research project, shape future programs and services, and ensure resources are directed where they are needed most.

Complete the Expression of Interest by Sunday, September 27, 2026, through the link on this post.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 30/08/2026

This is a momentous occasion - I finished the set! In the same day!! ✨🐝

Earrings with bumblebee cabochons, crystal rhinestones, and white and yellow seed bead borders.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 29/08/2026

Bumblebee earring #1 complete! Maybe I’ll finish #2 by next summer. 😃🐝

Heart shaped earring with bumblebee cabochon centre, and yellow, white, and crystal beaded outline.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 29/08/2026

With a little will and some crafting supplies, Friday zoom calls can be very productive.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 23/08/2026

I took 36 videos last night from Patricia Bay, Deep Cove, and Lands End. I *think* this is the best one, but I haven’t watched them all, yet. ⚡️

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 23/08/2026

I got it on video!! I’m a storm chaser now. ⚡️⚡️

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 22/08/2026

Seeing a new hairstylist today. I think we’ll get along just fine! ✨

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 22/08/2026

I feel like I’m being spied on. (and no judging my Fall pillows. IT’S almost TIME! 🍂🍃😊)

A dog peeking out from between a blue and an orange pillow.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 21/08/2026

But do you know the joy of finding a “burnt” Cheezie?

A bag of Hawkins Cheezies with a white background.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 10/08/2026

Rachel Marsden (of which there are about 4 in my lineage) was Baptized at St. Paul’s in 1875 in Metlakatla by the Church of England. So… here we go down a rabbit hole. 🙂 Was she an Auntie? Grandmother? Cousin? Do I need to go on a road trip? 😁✨💪🏼♾️🪶

Grave stone for ‘Nasxsh Mahwan’ (English name Rachel Marsden), born in Metlakatla, died in Victoria in 1879 at age 41,

so born in 1838? Headstone carved by her dear friend, ‘Chastoween’ (Chief Moses Venn) of Metlakatla.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 06/08/2026

Stay in your lane, soft serve ice cream machine instructions! Nobody is buying this to be healthier! 🤣 I feel judged. But also, ice cream for breakfast!? 🍦

Red envelope that says “open to explore a world of healthy eating”

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 30/07/2026

This is why I can’t have normal friends. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“I’m coming to your street tonight. Bringing my 80s boombox and a mix tape with Simple Minds. Might stand on your lawn with it.”

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 25/07/2026

Happy Birthday, Central Saanich! Luke Lampard up next on stage. #CSaan #yyj

Park with stage to the left, people milling about sitting on chairs and standing around.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 18/07/2026

I beaded a big bougie auntie earring! I have ADHD so it’ll be a year or so before I finish the other one! 🤣😂🙃

Heart shaped earring with an abalone centre and beaded edges.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 03/07/2026

This is becoming a “rainy evening in summer” dinner tradition. Hamburgers this week, as I’ve reached my hot dog quota for a while.

2 hamburger patties and two tiny buns over a propane fire.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 28/06/2026

I spent 4 hours doing accounting stuff. Dinner is as follows. Probably followed by ice cream because too much adulting for a Saturday.

Hot dogs and buns sitting on a grate over a propane fire table.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 26/06/2026

Another fire at the corner of West Saanich and Keating/Benvenuto. This time it’s Truffles Catering that shares a building with Butterfly World. #yyj #CSaan

Photo credit: Jeff McDonough via BB FB
page.

Lots of smoke coming out of the roof of a building, surrounded by fire trucks.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 20/06/2026

Preparing for tomorrow’s Indigenous People’s Day tour at Ross Bay Cemetery… came across my notes for Dewdney and it just says “spit.” 🤣🤣 No, he’s not part of the tour. But yes, I might spit silently in my head as we walk by. 2pm, main gate off Fairfield - see you there! #yyj

Photo of a headstone for Dewdney, with a bullet point that just says “spit.”

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 14/06/2026

I just MC’d a 3-day gathering with 50+ delegates. I will be beading in my underwear (alone, in my room 😁) for the rest of the day.

A beading mat with white, red, and yellow beads and a flower template.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 14/06/2026

My hands raised, my heart full, my soul humbled by the Métis communities in BC who came together to create this beautiful commemorative blanket honouring their MMIWG2S+ friends and relatives. Thank you so much to Lheidli T’enneh, for the warm welcome and friendship this weekend.

A quilt honouring MMIWG2S+ comprised of squares lovingly created by Métis women throughout the province of BC, in memory of their friends and relatives.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 13/06/2026

We’re getting fancy tonight! (I don’t trust hotel glasses because I never see proper bus bins on maid carts).

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 09/06/2026

I believe this weather is called “stir fry by the fire in the gazebo” weather. A cousin of “roasted hot dogs/marshmallows” but fancier.

A bowl of noodles and vegetables sitting on a lit fire table.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 06/06/2026

Apparently it’s going to rain for the next few days, so I’m eating dinner outside, albeit under a big grey cloud…

A cloudy sky with red flowers and green trees in the foreground.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 02/06/2026

Indigenous History Month day 2: whatever happened to ‘Maggie Sutlej?’ One of the first documented #MMIWG from Vancouver Island. Read the account from her Ahousaht relatives, here: hashilthsa.com/news/2023-01...

Archival photo of a small Nuuchahnulth girl dressed in English attire, holding a basket.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 29/05/2026

I don’t want to brag, but I found the bottom of my laundry basket! 🤣

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 30/04/2026

Advertize your account with a Simpsons image.

Lisa Simpson sitting in a kneeling position, holding a daisy.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 22/04/2026

Got a survey from the Vancouver Canucks… the team located on Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish territory. I bet there’s a lot of Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish fans that go to games and shop at shops etc. Too bad they (nor any other First Nations) get to be a choice on the survey.

Choices are:

White/Caucasian
Black or African American
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Multiple Ethnicities/Other
Prefer not to answer

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 16/04/2026

Fire and ice. Kinda like the sun and hail storms this afternoon…? Anyhoo, way too much time on the computer today. It’s outside time.

Outdoor fire table with a mug of hot cocoa and a pint of ice cream.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 08/04/2026

[stereotypically] Women need to be employed to read directions on man-tools like lawn mowers, because to me “right handle” = right side, not left side. Took me a while to realize “right handle” probably means “correct handle.” It’s not wrong, it’s just not intuitive/poor choice of words. 🤔

“Make sure the rope handle is on the right handle, when you stand behind the mower.”

But the drawing shows it being attached to the left handle…?

A photo of the mower handle, clearly the rope guide should go on the left?

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 08/04/2026

HAPPY REX MANNING DAY to all who celebrate! Also, it’s my birthday… so much to celebrate today! 🤣 🎉🧁✨

The cast of Empire Records posing with a dog and a boombox.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 05/04/2026

There are 800 other things I should be doing, but instead I might just fall asleep out here. ✨🔥🎥🍿

Outdoor movie screen and propane fire table.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 04/04/2026

Remember that time you had a long weekend, an outdoor fire, an audiobook, some tea, and a cinnamon bun?

A cinnamon bun and tea thermos sit on an outdoor fire table.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 03/04/2026

He’s made a pillow fort. Weirdo. 🤣

A large black and tan dog sleeps on a blue couch with blue throw pillows piled around and over his head.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 27/03/2026

A lovely night for an outdoor fire and maybe a movie. If I have the patience to set up the projector.

Outdoor fire table with a mug of tea in the foreground.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 20/03/2026

My 5th Goo Goo Dolls concert since 1998! They just keep getting better and better. ✨🎶 #Victoria

A man sings into a microphone while playing a guitar.

A stage with red and purple lights and a backdrop that reads the goo goo dolls

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 18/03/2026

Pretty sure the last Canucks game I went to, Pavel Bure and/or Trevor Linden were playing in… 😃 It’s so fancy now with laser lights and stuff. We used to have to clean the ice ourselves between innings, and hold multiple candles when it got dark. 😉

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 18/03/2026

My favourite Zamboni. 😃

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 17/03/2026

Pillow cheesecake. It’s a thing and a rule when traveling. I don’t make the rules but I do follow them.

A piece of chocolate-covered cheesecake sits on a hotel pillow.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 17/03/2026

Hello Vancouver. We are soaking wet but also really enjoying the quiet, shiny streets. ✨🌧️

A woman and a man stand under a giant glowing globe.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 08/03/2026

Gorgeous flowers from Victoria Fire Department Local 730, and Bonita Springs Professional Fire Fighters. From Florida to BC, we feel so supported. I can’t say enough about how having an auditorium full of dress uniformed Firefighters brought so much peace to my heart and soul. ❤️

A bouquet of yellow and white flowers, with a photo of my Dad, the late retired Battalion Chief of Victoria Fire Department.

A wreath of white, yellow, and red flowers on a stand with a photo of the late retired Battalion Chief of Victoria Fire Department in the centre.

‘In Loving Memory’
From one Fire family to another, we honor a life of service, sacrifice, and courage. Your Father’s dedication to the job and helping others will never be forgotten. Your brothers and sisters stand by you now and always with deepest respect and unwavering support.
With love, Bonita Springs Professional Fire Fighters.

A beaded Victoria Local 730 emblem on a table with 3 Fire Fighter badges and other awards and certificates.

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Rachel @sisigwadconsulting.com · 05/03/2026

Flowers procured for my Dad’s service this weekend. Got some friends coming tomorrow to make the arrangements. It smells heavenly in here! ❤️🌹💐

Bulk white, yellow, and red roses and baby’s breath bouquets sitting in buckets, ready to be arranged.

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