I don't know why, but I feel really sad today. It's Monday and a public holiday - Thanksgiving - and I've had a great weekend so far, so you'd think I'd be in better spirits. But for some reason my head feels achy and I feel like I'm going to cry ( Read more... )

Last Thursday was Canada Day, so we both took Friday off and took off on Wednesday after work to the cottage. We got back around 4pm today after spending over four hours in traffic - which damn near killed us because the air-conditioning in the van has been dead since last spring and we were BAKING inside! Seriously it must have been an easy 40 ( Read more... )

I'm having another three-day weekend 'cause I took Friday off - so so nice! Only a three-day working week, then sleeping in on Friday! It's been killer hot too, we've had a real heat wave all last week and despite what they've promised on the weather forecasts it doesn't look anywhere close to breaking. And it's still only May! Seriously, we had ( Read more... )

Last weekend we went back up to the cottage for one last time this year. So sad *sniff* It was beautiful up there but it's kinda depressing, closing the cottage for the year. Really drives home that summer is over - and our one escape from the city is locked up ( Read more... )

Adam and I have a temp job for the next 3-4 weeks, with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Yes we'll actually be working together, which we haven't done since Japan (and we weren't, ah, together at the time). It'll keep the rent account afloat, that's for sure ( Read more... )

I'm back! Missed you all but had a wonderful time, we had some of the best weather we've had at the cottage all years - days when the air was warm, the sky was blue, the lake was smooth as glass and warm, perfect for swimming and canoeing! We did one lazy canoe ride along the shoreline where it was surprisingly shallow and sandy, and perved on some ( Read more... )

AHHH!

Unlike The Host, Amazon has already shipped Breaking Dawn!! I should get it tomorrow or Wednesday!!! You won't hear much from me until I've finished it, that's for sure ( Read more... )

You might see me fiddling around with my layout at the moment. It's a bit like road works isn't it, it can be disrupting and shake up your sense of the familiar. A "hey what?" moment ( Read more... )

Today is the first of July and Canada Day, and we're just back from four-ish days at the cottage in Muskoka. We left on Friday after work and got back today after midday. The weather was pretty crappy - a bit chilly and windy and it rained buckets. Had another storm - I think Toronto did as well, so I was kinda expecting it. Adam wasn't, and he ( Read more... )

Had a crappy week last week, kept feeling like I was coming down with something and often felt nauseous, so I took the Friday off and as soon as I made the decision on Thursday night I felt better. Well I always feel guilty - even if I was laid up with two broken legs and had just had a heart transplant I'd feel guilty - but it's the rest I needed ( Read more... )