With a bit of mental flexing on my part yesterday, I can now name all the Canadian provinces and their capitals! It's no small secret that the U.S. (and the rest of the world, for that matter) is terribly ignorant when it comes to its Northern neighbor, but now that I'm living here amongst the snow and wild meese, I figured I'd better remedy that ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Victoria Day. We drove to Echo Dale park & had a picnic there on the grassy slopes by the lake; clay cliffs framed the sky, and it was perfect weather (low 80s?). Unfortunately, the park wasn't officially open for the summer, so the man-made pond was little more than a muddy puddle. Thus, on the way home we picked up a flimsy, $10 ( Read more... )

I've been thinking of doing a "What You Might Not Know About Canada" segment. Or at least, "What I Didn't Know About Canada". For example, I didn't realize that Quebec-and French Canadians in general, really-are rather loathed by the majority of Canadians. Also! The milk-in-a-bag phenomenon is not wide-spread; I think it's only in one specific ( Read more... )

I want something to do. I'm bored today. There are plenty of things I could be doing, but tomorrow's going to be a big day for that, so I'm trying to save up.

I put the temporary tattoo on my left cheek, and it itches. It's also much bigger & brighter than anticipated. I look like a tool. But a tool for Canada!

Good grief people, do something! ( Read more... )

Steven just came home with a paper-bag-ful of hamburgers from A&W; they're having a sale where you can get a nice-sized burger with all the fixins for just $1.50, which is very good, even by U.S. standards (things tend to cost about 1/3rd more in Canada, I've discovered)! It wasn't even his lunch break-he was on a service call nearby and got hungry ( Read more... )