Happy Canada Day ( Read more... )

Best Friend in America arrived on Thursday and we had a fabulous visit. I was sad to see her go yesterday :-( Flights between our cities are so insanely expensive that we're making plans to meet up somewhere in between (maybe Toronto or New York) next year. The cost of flights plus hotel room will actually work out less than the cost of a flight ( Read more... )

Today I decided to haul my aunt along on a bit of a road trip. It's quite horrifying to think about how long it's been since I went beyond the city limits - when did I become such a home bod ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in my kitchen feeling very slightly disconcerted. I got home from work nearly an hour ago, the recycling has been put out, a cup of tea is beside me and I've spoken to my aunt yet it's only 5.30pm and the sun hasn't even begun to set yet ( Read more... )

As of today, it is now six months since I moved to Canada. I can't believe how fast the time has flown! There have been ups and downs and the winter has not been easy, but overall it's been wonderful and I'm absolutely certain that I made the right choice to do this. It's been a huge learning experience in more ways than I could ever have imagined ( Read more... )

My furnace has been repaired. Apparently whoever did the servicing in the summer didn't do a great job of it because the filters were clogged, something fell apart when he touched it and it was a miracle that it had been going at all ( Read more... )

This morning was incredibly cold. We're talking so cold that I coughed every time I took a breath outside, that cold. I seem to be handling the cold better than the snow, though ( Read more... )

*gulp ( Read more... )

I've had a wonderful few days with paranoidangel42 visiting. She arrived on Saturday and we had a relaxed evening recovering from her flight. Then on Sunday we did a bit of a road trip, visiting the sugar camp near Truro where they made PA some vegan gluten free pancakes (yay!) and took us on a tour of the camp so that we could learn how maple syrup was made. On ( Read more... )

For the curious, I passed my test and now have a Nova Scotia driver's licence ( Read more... )