Category: What I've Been Up To

How to meet people: sit on the side of the road beside a boat

March 21st, 2010
Boat pick-up time was 10am. Boat location was 15 minutes away. Round trip time: 5 hours. Five hours you ask? Well yes, she did offer us a coffee while she was signing over the boat ownership and Jeff was signing our cheque, but no - we couldn't h… more »

City Shopping, Countdown to Boat, a New Kitchen, and 18°C!

March 21st, 2010
We headed out early yesterday for the Oudoor and RV Show in Halifax.  It was a decent sized show.  I didn't see any freebies, but there were draws everywhere, and  many RVs indoors for us to dream about our retirement years after our lottery win, travell… more »

I met someone who holds a Guinness World Record today

February 23rd, 2010
I met some great people today at the forestry conference, mostly thanks to an old friend of mine from the Sault, Chrissy, who is also at the conference. Over a cookie during the coffee break, I was chatting with a nice, friendly woman all about forestr… more »

I love the Winter Olympics!

February 21st, 2010
I love the Winter Olympics! I've been watching nothing but since it started (oh wait, I did turn the channel for Survivor!) I like most events.  My least favourite is probably men's hockey and curling. Everything else gets me on the edge of my seat (or… more »

Perfect weekend

February 14th, 2010
We usually waste most of our Saturday going to town and getting groceries and running errands. This weekend we didn't have anything to do in town and we have spent the entire weekend at home - most of it in the living room watching Olympic coverage.… more »