All Entries Tagged With: "Canada"

Dude, You Ain’t SEEN Busy!

shoppers and crystal tree by wvs
Every day I visit the website daily dose of imagery because I have serious photo envy, and because I like to torture myself by looking at photos of Toronto and getting homesick.
Yesterday he posted this photo of one of the big shopping centers in downtown Toronto [...]

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Paying it Forward - Blog Style!

A while back I saw that Zhu had a post called Pay it Forward.  I first thought of the movie by that name, but it turned out she was taking part in the same sort of thing only over blogs.  Here is how it was described:
the exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without [...]

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Abandonment Issues

I think I have abandonment issues because I had a really weird dream last night with a common theme as of late.
I dreamed, yet again, that I was back in Canada.  I was in my hometown, driving around seeing and doing all the things I miss.   It’s all in bits and pieces now but some [...]

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Saturday Photo Hunt - High

I keep forgetting about the photo hunt lately, but there’s still a few hours left of this Saturday so I’m not too late.

This is a photo of Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton, taken from one of the viewpoints of Kelly’s Mountain.
For me, it’s always the sign that I’m almost home.  Once we cross [...]

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Doctors are Sadists

Have any of you seen the movie Juno yet?  If not, you really have to check out the trailer.
Yesterday my friend Penny came into town and we met up after work.   I get off early on Fridays so I worked through my lunch so I could get off even earlier so we could hang [...]

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My New Favorite Thing

When we were in Canada we were at my sister’s place for a few evenings to visit.  While we were there, one of the things I loved most was her fireplace… it made her livingroom so cozy and really added to the atmosphere.  Of course, I couldn’t stop thinking about it since.
I never really knew [...]

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The Countdown Has Begun!

Lordy Lordy, do I love me some x-mas deco!  Only 29 days till Christmas and I’ve given up on the idea of waiting until Dec 1st to decorate.  I want my Christmas deco nowwwww!  Ok, I admit, I’ve already started.  So what?!  It’s just a few ceramic houses…
For the last two weeks since we got [...]

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Proof!

This restaurant has been famous on the Internet for years.  You can see photos of it on pretty much every site that deals with funny pictures… especially of road signs and billboards.
Anytime I’ve told people that I’ve been there, they’ve never believed me.  So now I have proof.

The A&K Lick-A-Chick is about a 5 minute [...]

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Oost West Thuis Best

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 [...]

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