Coming from a country where the seasons aren’t really that well defined, being able to physically see the difference in the trees and feel the difference in the temperature as the weather turns is just amazing. I’ve been looking out my window for the past two weeks at the rows of trees lining the street. [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Our fabulous friends put on a turkey dinner extravaganza for us on Monday night, presenting us with a 12lb turkey(!!), mountains of creamy mashed potato, crispy roast potato and sweet potato, deliciously moist stuffing, roasted carrots and red onion, sausages wrapped in bacon, yorkshire pudding and lashings of turkey gravey made with drippings from the [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...(image from here) Today Phill and I are celebrating our first Thanksgiving in Canada. We are spending tonight with some good friends of ours, having a turkey dinner with chocolate-swirl pumpkin pie, harvest cookies (the cutest little maple-leaf and pumpkin decorated cookies I found at the markets yesterday) and all the trimmings. While we’ve never [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...It is pouring down with rain outside. It’s cold, it’s windy, it’s miserable … and I love it! Winter is definitely on its way! The trees are turning rusty orange, leaves litter the streets and it’s constant rain and chill. I’ve worn a big black coat to work this past week because the mornings have [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...So apparently when you get a job after a while of being out of work, it really hits you hard physically and mentally. In other words, I am absolutely and utterly buggered! It’s not even been a week yet and already I’ve had sore legs, sore ankles, blisters, hunger pains (I actually missed lunch yesterday [...]
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