Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Much to my surprise, I received a call from friendly Kurt at the Home Depot on Sunday afternoon (a customer service call on a Sunday!). I calmly and rationally explained my experience, and told Kurt my major disappointment was in the fact that they couldn’t do a straight exchange for the item, requiring me to … Continue reading Home Run
After our adventures in Bordeaux buying, the man and I decided to buy a wine fridge after all. Hooray! Except, not so much. We ordered online from the Home Despot (yes, despot), and hoped our fridge would arrive in fairly short order. Worst decision ever. After a couple days, I received an email that my … Continue reading You Can Never Go Home.
I do believe I’m getting sick. I have perpetually dry eyes, a cough, exhaustion, sniffles – I figured it was just a matter of time. Problem is, I haven’t had the time to slow down enough to just get sick! I was really feeling ill on Friday, had a busy weekend, and was a mess … Continue reading Down with the Sickness
Scene: Morning in the Watkiss/Wiederick household. The boy has just made coffee and delivered it to the girl, who has turned on the morning news and thrown some sort of squeaking, slobbery something across the room for the umpteenth time to avoid a storm of morningdogbreath kisses. The coffee has led to cuddling, which has … Continue reading Miiiiiiiiiii Niiiiiiiiiii
I don’t know where, when, or why the decision was made. But I don’t like it. I feel betrayed. Abandoned. Deceived. I didn’t need to be consulted. But at least a little warning, and perhaps an explanation would be appreciated. How could you just rip something like that away from me without as much as … Continue reading Tragedy
Thank god I wasn’t expecting to birth my (likely not-so-) immaculately conceived (and thankfully non-existent) child any time soon, because while on our wee excursion, Neil and I broke the (until that point rumoured but not really believed) 11th commandment: Thou Shalt Not Arrive in Tofino and Expect to Find Suitable Accommodations if Thou Hast … Continue reading Vacation Lessons #2 – No Room at the Inn
I know a blow-by-blow breakdown of things that I did on my luxurious week of unemployment/vacation isn’t really interesting to anyone except those who were there – so I won’t torture you. However, there are a few very important lessons I learned while on my “fly by the seat of your pants” whirlwind tour of … Continue reading Vacation Lessons #1 – Dogged Determination