Tag Archives: Canada

On the way through the airport in Amsterdam I asked Xander if there is a term in Dutch similar to Home Sweet Home, he said Oost West Thuis Best, which means East West Home Best.  Works for me… The traveling was long and tiring but we are finally back in the Netherlands and battling our jet lag (the jet lag …

A few years ago, actually… more like 15 years ago (ugh!) my friend Peggi and I went out for a drive and were looking for some nice places to take pics. We drove about 15 minutes away from home and found these really nice waterfalls tucked in off an old dirt road. If we weren’t looking for a spot we …

I’m so behind on these updates but I’m enjoying my time away too much to spend time behind my computer. I can’t believe a week has gone by already! My cold is almost gone, all I have left is that annoying ‘tickle’ cough which usually stays with me for ages. I don’t mind though, I have a lot to take …

I have so many pictures already, I am not sure where to start.  So I’ll start with the flight over here.   I’m not going to type much because I’m sick as a dog with a cold and just took some meds and am sleepy already.   Trust me to get sick as soon as I get back to Canada. We felt …

We made it to Canada safe and sound.   After a loonnnng time traveling (approximately 22 hours from our house to my parents) we are now in Canada and finally adjusted to the time difference.  It’s weird to look at the clock on my laptop right now and see 11:05am when it’s 6:05am here. We’ve been pretty busy since I got home.  …

Last year I wrote a blog about The Best Day of Summer 1996 from an old blog entry.  I was looking back to where I was 10 years before. To sum it up, where I was 10 years before was spending the day driving around the Cabot Trail with my friend Peggi and two friends we had picked up hitchhiking. …

Passport – CHECK! Tickets – CHECK! Petsitters – CHECK! I AM GOING HOME! YAAAAAY!! Now all I have to do is wait until it’s time to go.  It’s not so bad because we leave in just a little over a month.   I know the time will go by fast though because it seems like just yesterday I was saying ‘Only …

My husband just messaged me on MSN from work.  He said that a co-worker told him that Quebec voted yes to finally become their own country. I raised an eyebrow and went to look into it.   Here’s what was said in an article on CNN.com: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s stunning motion recognizing Quebec as a nation within Canada has …

I got in touch with a few old friends from UO that I haven’t spoken to in absolute ages. One of the guys I know from my very first days in Ultima Online and the other came along later but was one of my guild members and a pretty good friend. So often I would look at my ICQ and …

*Yawn* It’s 7:15am now and I’m still tired but I can’t sleep. Wow, see how long it takes me to get just this far, from “Time” in the list above to writing this. I’m such a multitasker. The last week or so has been strange for me. After speaking to this Dutch guy who is living in Halifax and asking …

I’m stocked up to my eyeballs with doubt about moving home. I’m sure anyone who knows me and is reading this is thinking “FFS MAKE UP YOUR MIND!” but I’m really really confused. I’ve been back and forth like a ping-pong ball about the whole stay in Holland/move to Canada issue. I thought I was 100% sure about moving home, …