Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Hi there. How are you? I’m okay! (Sometimes I forget people I don’t talk to often, or ever, read this and then think I have dropped off the face of the planet from anger or illness or both – hi mom!). I really am okay though. Wedding planning is still on track, and while I’ve … Continue reading Pack it In
It might be less of a hassle. This is what happens when an airline British Airways flies codeshare with goes out of business. You lose your pretty good rate one stop flights (transfer airlines at Heathrow) and, if you’re unwilling to add 2 more stops and $700 per person, get this instead: March 31 Depart … Continue reading Fly me to the Moon
I’m flying solo this week as Neil jets off to the exotic plains of Columbus, Ohio. I suppose it’s only fair he finally gets his own trip – after all, I’ve been to New York and Las Vegas while he’s stayed behind, holding down the fort. What I think is completely unfair however, is that … Continue reading Celebrity Skin
Neil and I were planning on taking an impromptu vacation over the Christmas break, partly to try and avoid being home to see if we could postpone closing on our new place until after the GST goes down on January 1st, and partly because we’re sad we won’t be in our new home for Christmas … Continue reading Picture Pages
Neil and I went to the Canucks game tonight – my first attendance at GM Place of the season – to watch them take on the Edmonton Oilers. The game was unremarkable. Mediocre hockey at its finest. The game was 0-0 (pet peeve of mine – calling a game “scoreless.” There is a score: it … Continue reading The Long and Short of It
I made it back on Thursday from “Fabulous Las Vegas” and am so incredibly glad the crazy travel time is over. Now we can get on with crazy running time and crazy moving time and crazy wedding time – hopefully in that order. Vegas was good, though was really all work. And while I love … Continue reading Home Sweet Home