Posted in canada, doctor who, family, fannish stuff, food, knitting on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Knitting
I’m making good progress on Brighton Take Too, the cardigan for my sister. I love the pattern, I adore the yarn (Rowan Cashsoft DK) and the combination of the two makes for a really great knitting experience. I did encounter a small technical hitch yesterday…
I was knitting merrily on the left front. Mum and I [...]
Posted in best friend in america, canada, deep thoughts, move to canada on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in babble, books, canada on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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?
The plan was to do my chores, pick up my aunt and get to Mahone [...]
Posted in babble, canada, holidays on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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.
Hmm.
Obviously I’d been a little lax [...]
Posted in canada, conventions, move to canada, work stuff on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oracle Reports is a thing of pure, unadulterated evil *sigh*
Apparently I need a certificate of some kind to say that I’m not a criminal in the UK for my security clearance for the semi-government job that I’ve been doing for three months. A little behind there. Anyone know anything about how I go about applying [...]
Posted in canada, deep thoughts, move to canada on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in babble, canada on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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.
Yay.
Very glad to have a working furnace heating my house again. Today, [...]
Posted in canada, eds, hypermobility on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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.
That’s not the point of the story.
It’s going to be a clear day and I’d forgotten just how beautiful the day can be [...]
Posted in babble, canada, doctor who, family, fannish stuff, knitting on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kate, who is still curled up in my lap, officially gave up on staying awake a moment ago when her head thunked down onto my leg and she started gently snoring. I love my cat?
This holiday season has been a bit of a wash out (or should that be snow out?) as far as getting [...]
Posted in canada, christmas, fannish stuff, snow on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I lost power yesterday just after lunch, but thankfully just after we established that my sister’s plane had indeed landed in Moncton. Phew! She spent the night safe and warm in my cousin’s house being spoiled rotten and then another cousin is driving down here for Christmas and has found her a seat in his [...]
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