Ages ago I wrote a blog post on Edmonton that alluded to a big switch up for us come October. The fated event has come, and we are now a family of four. It’s mind boggling. I’ve been on maternity leave since the start of October. Part of that time was just the wait for…
Life has kept us busy. With work and extracurriculars, busy weekends and, of course, a toddler, our one year out here snuck past without much fanfare. In many ways we haven’t sat back and reflected on actually being in Edmonton. (Well…until the Raptors kick butt and ‘Jurassic Park’ has taken over an area of Toronto…
Growing up in a small town, it was pretty much a rite of passage to get your driver’s licence as soon as you turned 16. This was true for me, and I was lucky to inherit our family’s old sedan. I went on to get other hand-me-down cars from grandparents, and was always thankful to…
Well, while it isn’t (too) late to get into the change from 2017 to 2018, I thought I would share some thoughts from a very life-changing year: my year on maternity leave which is ending soon as I go back to work next week!! In the early days of 2017, I finished work, giving myself…
Canadian Thanksgiving just passed and we had the opportunity to head up to Ottawa for some family time. Not only did we get to see the Ottawa arm of my family – but my parents and brother also flew in from Calgary. While it hadn’t been that long since we’d seen them out west, it…
How is it that Summer almost always seems to fly by?? Well this year for us August flew by for a particular reason – we were on a travelling roadshow. In fact, I was away from Toronto for 5 weeks! The blitz started off with a short stint in Ottawa to visit family, but most…
So…it’s been awhile. Geez…you’d think we’d had a baby or something. Well, in fact we have. In the early days of a gloomy and drizzly February we welcomed a little man to our family. And now, well, now I can’t remember life before him. Ewan and I have been together for 17 years and yet…
In December 2013 Ewan and I had a year of adventure before us: our 2014 Round the World trip. We had worked hard to save up and we were giddy and nervous about the impending travels. As we whittled down our possessions to just what we could carry, our minds raced with questions and potential…
Being right next door, it isn’t hard to make many trips dipping into the US, especially when we don’t have any mega-trips planned on the horizon. And somehow 2016 has become the year we visited the States the most (kind of crazy when you think of it since the loonie is not at its best!).…
After all our travels to the US, it was remarkable to us that we had never been to the American Capital. Fortunes had it that we were able to go to Washington DC over the Independence Day long weekend, so we were excited to see how the city celebrates July 4th. A huge bonus was…