This weekend, my mom and sister threw me a wedding shower, and it’s lovliness cannot be overstated.


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Today is the second incarnation of a new holiday here in Ontario: Family day. Which is actually a pretty nice reason to have a holiday. And we have kinda needed a holiday around here. Turns out getting engaged makes you a hot commodity. We haven’t had a weekend to ourselves since before Christmas!

It was my birthday this week, so we actually had a ( Read more... )

Well, it’s the first long hot weekend of a long hot summer, so we are going to take advantage of it.

Our weekend is going to be positively packed with farmers markets, and golfing, and shopping, and eating, and probably a little bit of gardening (although, other than a little watering, things are looking pretty self-sustaining at the moment).

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We rented a bunch of movies over the weekend and, by some fluke, all of them turned out to be perfect for a snow-bound, tree-trimming weekend. Each was very different, but very good in it’s own way.

First we watched a Japanese animated movie called Paprika.

It had that sumptuous, colourful, dense, Hayao Miyazaki style imagery I am really digging ( Read more... )

We’re here, we’re alive, I’m making my way through the boxes, and really enjoying my new digs.

Also: why is it that when I open my big mouth to be snarky (as I have a habit of doing) I get the most positive attention.

Being negative and sarcastic = positive opportunities?

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