This is one of the best times of the year for us Quebecers, because we get 2 long weekends in a row. June 24th is a province-wide holiday affectionately called “la St-Jean”, where employed people have a statutory day off (not to rub it in, but I’m taking BOTH days off; but if I’m blogging, [...]
Well, I’m back from my week-long mini-vacation and I just wanted to keep this post light by sharing a few highlights. On June 2nd, I packed our van and left with my kids to spend the week with my Mom and Step-Dad where they are house-sitting in Sutton, Québec. My husband joined us on Friday. [...]
Posted in On a personal note on April 25th, 2007 View Comments
I received an interesting letter yesterday (written in French) from a German company called DAD Deutscher Adressdienst GmbH who is, supposedly, THE Canadian Internet Register (Registre Internet du Canada) — OH, THEM! It MUST be important! Yeah, whatever. Except for the thin recycled paper it’s printed on, the letter is official-looking, nicely presented and includes [...]
Posted in On a personal note on April 23rd, 2007 View Comments
WARNING: This post is a rant of personal nature. Proceed with caution. === This past Friday was such a beautiful day, so my husband rode his bike to work for the first time this year. He left at around 7:15 a.m. When he got home, at around 3:00 p.m., he was surprised to see me [...]
Posted in On a personal note on March 14th, 2007 View Comments
I promised to give you the details of my unplanned home-delivery of our daughter, Katya, two weeks ago. I’ll let Anthony Bonaparte, writer for The Suburban, tell you my amazing story in his article “Giving birth – home alone”.
It’s only one day past my due date, but feels like I’ve been waiting ages for this baby to come; I was beginning to think I’d be pregnant forever (those who’ve been there know what I’m talking about). Things were put in perspective this morning — at 3am — as contractions started with a vengeance. [...]