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…
It has been almost 4 months since we started habitating in Edmonton. We screamed in after kissing away our hip lives in Toronto, by way of a stop-over in Mexico for a dear friend’s wedding. Ewan’s work kicked off right away and I was lucky to land a fantastic gig without too long of a…
Toronto has been our home for the past nine years. We moved here after living in the Interior of BC when we needed a big city to sate all our arts, culture and food desires. Toronto really only came on the horizon due to my luck in getting a job out here. We knew we…
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…
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…
My my…has time ever flown by. It’s nearly been two months since we moved and have been living it up in the west end of Toronto. Our new place is within walking distance of three funky neighbourhoods: Roncesvalles, Bloorwest Village and the Junction, though so far we’ve only really haunted Roncesvalles since it’s a closer…
A year ago today we arrived in the wee hours of the morning in Toronto. The day was overcast, much like it is today, and despite two days of travel we weren’t terribly jetlagged given the posh treatment Egypt Air gave us during our layover in Cairo. We made our way downtown, taking transit that…