PC Magazine's 100 Fave Blogs!

At the end of 2008 PC Magazine had an article on their 100 Favourite blogs. The best part is, they cover blogs ranging from the arts, sci-fi, ugly people, humour, etc. so it’s not just IT or tech (not that those blogs are bad, but it’s nice to have variety). I went through their list … Continue reading →

Olive the other reindeer…

Marla has a beautiful teacup chihuahua named Olive who I absolutely adore. Olive is one of those dogs who knows for certain she is a dog. She hates clothes and only wears them when it is absolutely necessary (and believe me, it is necessary in the cold sometimes in Sault Ste. Marie!). As the holidays … Continue reading →

slow fast food

Dan and I drove from Sault Ste. Marie to Brampton yesterday with much trepidation in our hearts. We’d heard about “snowmageddon” hitting Southern Ontario and weren’t looking forward to driving 8 hours in any kind of storm. Fortunately for us the worst of it hit on Friday, and the roads were in great condition as … Continue reading →

Revisiting Rick Mercer's rant on Weather

When I lived in Australia, their weather reports completely confounded me. I remember one week the weather was “Fine” every single day. What does “Fine” mean anyway? I didn’t understand (if it was going to rain it would say “Rain”). That’s when I first became conscious of how weather obsessed Canadians are (myself included). We … Continue reading →

Lots to do in the Soo!

I have to say, I’m really very happy with my move to the Soo (other than the lack of real Chinese food, but that can be fixed in a few years I’m sure!).  There is actually a LOT to do up here!  I’ve been slowly trying to chronicle it, and have been taking pictures here … Continue reading →

TVO hits SSM

On November 17th I had the opportunity to sit in the audience for a live filming of TVO’s The Agenda. It took place in the Bushplane Museum. It was very interesting. We were invited to the reception beforehand where we met Lisa de Wilde, Chief Executive Officer of TVO. There was some mingling etc. None … Continue reading →

Wendell the Wallaby

At the end of October I was listening to CBC radio (as per usual) at work when I heard Gary Saunders pleading with the public to look out for his lost wallaby, Wendell. Saunders owns and runs Saunders Country Critters and Garden Centre in Kemptville. There was a storm one night which knocked a branch … Continue reading →

Waking Up Hannah

Throughout the month of October I’ve been seeing ads on TV plugging Dove’s new Waking Up Hannah campaign. I’ve also seen a plug for it on Facebook. It was advertised as an interactive romantic comedy where you get to choose what happens next (kind of like a choose your own adventure with Dove products). Curiosity … Continue reading →

A-MAZE-ing!

I’ve been meaning to blog a little bit more about my life in SSM so that my friends can kind of see what we’ve been up to since the move. At the end of October we managed to visit Farmer Bob’s corn maze before it closed for the season. I was super excited and I … Continue reading →