It’s been official for more than a week now. We received a call on Alex’s phone on Friday, July 30th at 12:41pm letting us know that the sale of our beloved apartment was closed. The proceeds have since then shown up in our bank account, and our mortgage balance is now a big, fat, relieving [...]
TAGS: renovations • Us
Yes, it’s that time again! I’ve been sneaking in Californian strawberries from my weekly grocery trips since March, but finally the Ontario ones are here! The Farmer’s Market is back at St. Lawrence Market, and although there are many stalls that sell local strawberries along Jarvis Street on Saturday mornings, I fell immediately for one [...]
There’s definitely something in the air these days. The days are longer, people are happier, and my office has gotten brighter. It might be because I finally got around to moving to a cube by the window (only three years after I joined the company), and have even acquired responsibility of plants at work (boy [...]
TAGS: family • friends • half-marathon fun
As I alluded to earlier, we had tickets to the Gold Medal Hockey Game at the Winter Olympics, a.k.a. the event Canada had been waiting for, so we set out for a long but exhilarating weekend trip to Vancouver. Plane tickets between Toronto and Vancouver during the Olympics ranged from $600 – $1,000+ during the [...]
TAGS: Olympics • Vancouver
We went to see Valentine’s Day on Valentine’s Day, and I LOVED IT! It wasn’t super cheesy like I had expected, and it was funny, touching, realistic, and sarcastic when it needed to be. I highly recommend it! It’s put such a big smile on my face :-) Happy Valentine’s Day!