Made me smile.

If that doesn’t work, try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzTfgds0UI

Things that piss me off about my apartment.

(In no special order.)
1. The oven is ridiculously small. For Christmas I’ll have to cook two small turkeys instead of one big one.
2. Any time you cook anything in the kitchen the fire alarm goes off, even when the hood fan is on and the window is open. And then the people at the [...]

A trip.

I’ve been thinking recently that I want to take a vacation to clear my head. By myself. So, of course it has to be to London. To see old friends and visit old haunts. Maybe the first two weeks of December. If I go any other time when it’s actually nice [...]

New definitions.

This is what I am now…
A trailing spouse.
In browsing websites about Trailing Spouses, I found this:
“During the duration of the transfer, it is easiest to ignore one’s long-term memory regarding personal dreams, plans or accomplishments. All plans should revolve around the family unit. Once the transfer has been completed the trailing spouse will need to [...]

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One step closer.

I was tempted by the cookie last night, but weirdly when I went to take a bite, I found it too rich and just stopped at the one bite. But I did drink a couple glasses of red wine while watching girlie movies (Becoming Jane, Shakespeare in Love and Pride and Prejudice).
I [...]

The cookies win.

So far, I’ve lasted 8 hours on the leek detox/cleanse and a friend has just stopped by to drop off he food left in her apartment before she leaves tomorrow. In this little box of food are chips and chocolate macadamia nut cookies. My willpower is not strong enough to resist them. [...]

A brief catch-up.

Where to start? I suppose I stopped blogging once I left Canada with the intention of starting back up again once we got to China. I don’t know why I didn’t start again right away. I suppose everything felt so temporary because we weren’t in our permanent apartment; just a small one-bedroom that [...]

A new start.

And so here I am again. I don’t know who’s still out there to listen these days; but I’m back. I’ve tried to start a more family-friendly blog on Blogger, but I just don’t like Blogger. I also found I was self-editing too much and post ended up like ‘I went here [...]