Friday, August 17, 2007
Finally...
It's been a year in the making but I am finally finishing up my honeymoon post! To all you nay-sayers who indicated that I wouldn't be finished before the one year anniversary of our trip, moo hahaha!
So where did I leave off? We said goodbye to Sean and left Halifax. Again, thanks to Parks Canada, we had free entry into Kejimkujik National Park. It took me forever to learn how to say that properly. Any ways, we went on a nice six kilometer hike through the Hemlocks and Hardwoods. This trail had 300 year old trees, which were quite big (well, at least when compared to Saskatchewan trees). Here is a few glorious tree pictures.
Jeff is a tree hugger.
Guess why Jeff liked the following picture. Could it be the boob shaped knot near the top? No, he is much too mature for that.
I took this picture because Jeff can't tell that it is more than one colour. Haha, I mock his disability :P
And as a recurring theme of our honeymoon, here is another waterfall! You'd think that because we like them so much, we would have gone to Niagra Falls, the honeymoon capital of the world, but no.
We camped over night in the park. And by camp, I mean we slept in the back of the RAV4 and watched TV shows on the laptop. If only all camping were like that. Screw setting up a tent!
The following day we left the park and went to the Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct. It is a couple hours drive from the actual park and protects part of Nova Scotia's cost. There is not much to do here except one hike. It was a good hike and I enjoyed the adjunct.
Jeff's obsession with taking pictures of birds. You know he is going to turn into an old man who spends his time bird-watching.
Sick!
Yay Sea lions!
Yay love!
He is a climbing machine. I think he almost hurt himself...true story.
It's been so long that I don't even recall where we slept that night. The following day we took the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia across to Maine and drove back to Montreal through the States. We didn't take any pictures. We had driven over 4000 km in the last three weeks. We were tired. Thank God I am done the honeymoon. Now I can blog about more recent events, such as the past summer!
"What do you remember, before the sea was rough and the sky was grey. Oh but not today, not today, cuz it's a good good time tonight" - DMB
So where did I leave off? We said goodbye to Sean and left Halifax. Again, thanks to Parks Canada, we had free entry into Kejimkujik National Park. It took me forever to learn how to say that properly. Any ways, we went on a nice six kilometer hike through the Hemlocks and Hardwoods. This trail had 300 year old trees, which were quite big (well, at least when compared to Saskatchewan trees). Here is a few glorious tree pictures.
Jeff is a tree hugger.
Guess why Jeff liked the following picture. Could it be the boob shaped knot near the top? No, he is much too mature for that.
I took this picture because Jeff can't tell that it is more than one colour. Haha, I mock his disability :P
And as a recurring theme of our honeymoon, here is another waterfall! You'd think that because we like them so much, we would have gone to Niagra Falls, the honeymoon capital of the world, but no.
We camped over night in the park. And by camp, I mean we slept in the back of the RAV4 and watched TV shows on the laptop. If only all camping were like that. Screw setting up a tent!
The following day we left the park and went to the Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct. It is a couple hours drive from the actual park and protects part of Nova Scotia's cost. There is not much to do here except one hike. It was a good hike and I enjoyed the adjunct.
Jeff's obsession with taking pictures of birds. You know he is going to turn into an old man who spends his time bird-watching.
Sick!
Yay Sea lions!
Yay love!
He is a climbing machine. I think he almost hurt himself...true story.
It's been so long that I don't even recall where we slept that night. The following day we took the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia across to Maine and drove back to Montreal through the States. We didn't take any pictures. We had driven over 4000 km in the last three weeks. We were tired. Thank God I am done the honeymoon. Now I can blog about more recent events, such as the past summer!
"What do you remember, before the sea was rough and the sky was grey. Oh but not today, not today, cuz it's a good good time tonight" - DMB
Labels: 2006, honeymoon, jeff, rachel
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Honeymoon - Day V, VI and VII...
I can hear the four of you who regularly read my blog say "Seriously? Seriously? Are you actually going to continue talking about your honeymoon? Its been over nine months since you went and if you haven't gotten through it now, give up". I reply to you "NO!" It may take me a year, but I will finish writing about the honeymoon. It has been long enough since you may have read Jeff's condensed version of the trip, so I feel that it may feel new to you.
So, day five, six and seven were spent in Halifax. We drove from Cape Breton National Park, through the city of Sydney and help move Sean to Halifax where he got a new job. We went to the Keg that night. I don't remember much except for that they didn't have Keg sauce. What?! Grocery stores carry Keg sauce and yet, the Keg doesn't have Keg sauce. Broken.
On day 6, we played tourist. We went to the Halifax Citadel. Blah blah blah, history, blah blah blah, war, blah blah blah. The citadel did stuff and now it is a Canadian National Historic Site.
You may want to mock these guys for having to wear these outfits, but I am guessing they are getting paid quite a bit of money to look the way they do. Yay government jobs!
After the Citadel, we walked around and did more tourist stuff. We went and looked at some of the graves of the Titanic victims - morbid, I know. However, at the graveyard, they used the grave stones and made a pattern of the Titanic's hull.
Afterwards we went to the Halifax Public Gardens. If I remember correctly, it is the oldest public gardens in Canada. I could be wrong
This night, as well as the following night, we stayed at the Prince George Hotel. I wanted at least part of our honeymoon to be romantic so this was the romantic thing that we did. We had the "Romance Package" and it was pretty awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed our stay there and wish that we could afford to stay in nice places all the time.
On day 7, we went to Peggy's Cove. It is outside of Halifax and is a cute place to visit. It is one of the most photographed places in Canada (or when you see pictures of Canada, this is often among them). Here are some of the photos that we took. Good times.
Can you believe it! Three more days of the honeymoon finished. I may be through it all before August.
"Oh, Great Light of Love" - DMB
So, day five, six and seven were spent in Halifax. We drove from Cape Breton National Park, through the city of Sydney and help move Sean to Halifax where he got a new job. We went to the Keg that night. I don't remember much except for that they didn't have Keg sauce. What?! Grocery stores carry Keg sauce and yet, the Keg doesn't have Keg sauce. Broken.
On day 6, we played tourist. We went to the Halifax Citadel. Blah blah blah, history, blah blah blah, war, blah blah blah. The citadel did stuff and now it is a Canadian National Historic Site.
You may want to mock these guys for having to wear these outfits, but I am guessing they are getting paid quite a bit of money to look the way they do. Yay government jobs!
After the Citadel, we walked around and did more tourist stuff. We went and looked at some of the graves of the Titanic victims - morbid, I know. However, at the graveyard, they used the grave stones and made a pattern of the Titanic's hull.
I think that this child is no longer unknown - thanks to the power of DNA testing.
Afterwards we went to the Halifax Public Gardens. If I remember correctly, it is the oldest public gardens in Canada. I could be wrong
This night, as well as the following night, we stayed at the Prince George Hotel. I wanted at least part of our honeymoon to be romantic so this was the romantic thing that we did. We had the "Romance Package" and it was pretty awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed our stay there and wish that we could afford to stay in nice places all the time.
On day 7, we went to Peggy's Cove. It is outside of Halifax and is a cute place to visit. It is one of the most photographed places in Canada (or when you see pictures of Canada, this is often among them). Here are some of the photos that we took. Good times.
Can you believe it! Three more days of the honeymoon finished. I may be through it all before August.
"Oh, Great Light of Love" - DMB
Labels: 2006, honeymoon, jeff, rachel, sean
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Honeymoon, part 4...
It has been six months since we went on our honeymoon and I am only on day four. Great. It is almost getting to the point where I don't recall exactly what we did. But, since I started this, I am bound and determined to finish it.
On day four, we left my Aunt Shelley's cabin and continued our tour of Nova Scotia. In the last few years I have become more and more interested in my Scottish heritage and am really looking forward to visiting Scotland in a few years. We stopped in a small town called Pictou. This is where the first Scottish settlers landed in "New Scotland" and this is a replica of the boat they came on.
We kept driving along the coast of Nova Scotia. We saw a sign for waterfalls and since Jeff and I do love a good waterfall, we followed it. Worse lie ever. There were no waterfalls...it was just the name of the road; a road with no waterfalls. And because we are stubborn, we drove longer and further than any reasonable person would because we were determined to not let the road beat us. Twenty minutes into the drive, this is what stopped us:
It was really deep. Stupid road to nowhere. At least we weren't the only tourists to make this mistake. It was gold when we saw a giant RV going down this road as well. I have no idea where they were going to find a place to turn around.
Finally, we got to the good stuff. We arrived at the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This is a beautiful park. The Cabot trail is a gorgeous drive. Here are some highlights of that drive.
As stated before, Jeff and I love waterfalls. Along the drive in this National Park, there were quite a few to see. They were usually around 2 km hikes return to see them. We had a lot to see before it got dark, so Jeff and I would power walk these trails to get there, see the falls, and get back to the RAV so that we could make it to our campsite before dark.
Damn, we're cute. Besides waterfalls, we also love Lord of the Rings. Do you remember that scene where Gollum is playing in the creek, trying to catch a fish and he is singing? This is my imitation of Gollum:
Along the drive, we hit a second waterfall :Beulach Ban Falls.
We also stopped at this rock point with a nice view of the ocean.
I made Jeff climb down and go to that rock out there.
This might be on of my fave pics from the honeymoon. Yay for Jeff ,Yay for the Ocean and Yay for our camera's zoom power!!!
We finally arrived at our campsite. We still had some daylight hours left, so we went to one last waterfall: Mary Anne's falls.
Day four had a lot of things going on. Sorry the post is so long. This was one of our busiest days on the trip. One of these days I will get to day 5...
When I'm walking by the water, splish splash me and you takin' a bath. When I'm walking by the water, come up through my toes, to my ankles, to my head, to my soul, and I'm blown away... -DMB
On day four, we left my Aunt Shelley's cabin and continued our tour of Nova Scotia. In the last few years I have become more and more interested in my Scottish heritage and am really looking forward to visiting Scotland in a few years. We stopped in a small town called Pictou. This is where the first Scottish settlers landed in "New Scotland" and this is a replica of the boat they came on.
We kept driving along the coast of Nova Scotia. We saw a sign for waterfalls and since Jeff and I do love a good waterfall, we followed it. Worse lie ever. There were no waterfalls...it was just the name of the road; a road with no waterfalls. And because we are stubborn, we drove longer and further than any reasonable person would because we were determined to not let the road beat us. Twenty minutes into the drive, this is what stopped us:
It was really deep. Stupid road to nowhere. At least we weren't the only tourists to make this mistake. It was gold when we saw a giant RV going down this road as well. I have no idea where they were going to find a place to turn around.
Finally, we got to the good stuff. We arrived at the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This is a beautiful park. The Cabot trail is a gorgeous drive. Here are some highlights of that drive.
As stated before, Jeff and I love waterfalls. Along the drive in this National Park, there were quite a few to see. They were usually around 2 km hikes return to see them. We had a lot to see before it got dark, so Jeff and I would power walk these trails to get there, see the falls, and get back to the RAV so that we could make it to our campsite before dark.
Damn, we're cute. Besides waterfalls, we also love Lord of the Rings. Do you remember that scene where Gollum is playing in the creek, trying to catch a fish and he is singing? This is my imitation of Gollum:
Along the drive, we hit a second waterfall :Beulach Ban Falls.
We also stopped at this rock point with a nice view of the ocean.
I made Jeff climb down and go to that rock out there.
This might be on of my fave pics from the honeymoon. Yay for Jeff ,Yay for the Ocean and Yay for our camera's zoom power!!!
We finally arrived at our campsite. We still had some daylight hours left, so we went to one last waterfall: Mary Anne's falls.
Day four had a lot of things going on. Sorry the post is so long. This was one of our busiest days on the trip. One of these days I will get to day 5...
When I'm walking by the water, splish splash me and you takin' a bath. When I'm walking by the water, come up through my toes, to my ankles, to my head, to my soul, and I'm blown away... -DMB
Labels: 2006, honeymoon, jeff, rachel
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Only in Saskatchewan...
Well, I am back in Montreal after a fabulous 20 day break in SK. I had a great time visiting all my friends and family. But, as how most holidays go, I didn't get a lot of relaxing time as I was running from one date to another. It was worth it though...I love my friends.
My family had a crazy visitor while I was there and I also managed to scare him away. We had a prairie chicken or pheasant living in our yard. For awhile all we would see were his prints, but, one day we saw a chicken walking around our yard. Really...where else are you going to find a chicken living in your yard. My sister named him Pecker (don't ask). The next day, I saw him in our backyard so I went out to take a picture. As I am about to take it, he flies away. He flies to the next street over, Preston Ave, and I never saw him again. I feel bad for scaring him away from his home full of good food. I hope that Pecker is okay and enjoying his time on Preston. Kelsey and I miss him.
Besides that, not too much occurred over the holidays. I had a good time in North Battleford visiting Jeff's family. I think all I did was eat and spend money over the holidays.
So good times had by me...until I arrived home to my apartment and found a dead mouse in a trap in the kitchen. I hate mice. Soon you will have an entire post dedicated to the mouse saga. I had hoped that it would be over by now, but sadly, it is not.
I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2007!
"A bird in hand is much better than, Any number free to wander. Fly away...stay" -DMB
My family had a crazy visitor while I was there and I also managed to scare him away. We had a prairie chicken or pheasant living in our yard. For awhile all we would see were his prints, but, one day we saw a chicken walking around our yard. Really...where else are you going to find a chicken living in your yard. My sister named him Pecker (don't ask). The next day, I saw him in our backyard so I went out to take a picture. As I am about to take it, he flies away. He flies to the next street over, Preston Ave, and I never saw him again. I feel bad for scaring him away from his home full of good food. I hope that Pecker is okay and enjoying his time on Preston. Kelsey and I miss him.
Besides that, not too much occurred over the holidays. I had a good time in North Battleford visiting Jeff's family. I think all I did was eat and spend money over the holidays.
So good times had by me...until I arrived home to my apartment and found a dead mouse in a trap in the kitchen. I hate mice. Soon you will have an entire post dedicated to the mouse saga. I had hoped that it would be over by now, but sadly, it is not.
I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2007!
"A bird in hand is much better than, Any number free to wander. Fly away...stay" -DMB
Labels: 2006
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
The honeymoon...part III
Ya, that's right. I am going to actually continue on with our honeymoon adventure. By the time I am done school this year, I promise to be caught up in all the good things that I did in the last year.
On day three, Jeff and I went to PEI. Good times in PEI. The only things I knew about it prior to going were potatoes and Anne of Green Gables. When I left, the only thing I knew about PEI were potatoes and Anne of Green Gables.
This is Jeff and I and the confederation bridge. That wind was crazy and we had to drive 13 km in it across a body of water. I hate bridges.
We went to Prince Edward Island National Park. Yay for working for Parks and getting free access to all things National Park -y. The red rocks were very nice. It is a really pretty park and I would have liked to have had more time to do more hiking and stuff.
We spent a good amount of time at Anne of Green Gables place. The Japanese love the place. It was all right, and I am glad that we got in free otherwise I don't think it would have been worth it.
Afterwards, we went to Charlottetown, the home of the Confederation. This is their claim to fame; where the idea of Canada was first discussed amongst the leaders of the time. They love confederation in Charlottetown.
We went to Fort Amherst, which really wasn't a fort, but just a field where a fort once stood. Jeff hated it. I thought it was awesome because he hated it so much.
Afterwards we went for supper in a small town and I had the best fries ever. Overall, PEI is pretty nice. Living there would suck though, it costs a 40$ toll to go back across to the mainland. Good times.
Here is what the bridge looked like on our way back. I hate bridges.
Yay for PEI! Maybe you will get to hear about day four sometime before Christmas.
Could I have been...A parking lot attendant? Could I have been...A millionaire in Bel Air? Could I have been...Lost somewhere at Red Rocks? - DMB
On day three, Jeff and I went to PEI. Good times in PEI. The only things I knew about it prior to going were potatoes and Anne of Green Gables. When I left, the only thing I knew about PEI were potatoes and Anne of Green Gables.
This is Jeff and I and the confederation bridge. That wind was crazy and we had to drive 13 km in it across a body of water. I hate bridges.
We went to Prince Edward Island National Park. Yay for working for Parks and getting free access to all things National Park -y. The red rocks were very nice. It is a really pretty park and I would have liked to have had more time to do more hiking and stuff.We spent a good amount of time at Anne of Green Gables place. The Japanese love the place. It was all right, and I am glad that we got in free otherwise I don't think it would have been worth it.
Afterwards, we went to Charlottetown, the home of the Confederation. This is their claim to fame; where the idea of Canada was first discussed amongst the leaders of the time. They love confederation in Charlottetown.We went to Fort Amherst, which really wasn't a fort, but just a field where a fort once stood. Jeff hated it. I thought it was awesome because he hated it so much.Afterwards we went for supper in a small town and I had the best fries ever. Overall, PEI is pretty nice. Living there would suck though, it costs a 40$ toll to go back across to the mainland. Good times.
Here is what the bridge looked like on our way back. I hate bridges.
Yay for PEI! Maybe you will get to hear about day four sometime before Christmas.
Could I have been...A parking lot attendant? Could I have been...A millionaire in Bel Air? Could I have been...Lost somewhere at Red Rocks? - DMB
Labels: 2006, honeymoon, jeff, rachel
Friday, December 01, 2006
T'is the season...
So yesterday, November 30th, was +17 degrees here in Montreal. Today, December 1st, it is -1 and freezing rain. Welcome December...
I love Christmas. It is the happiest time of year. I love the commercials that start on Halloween. I love the decorations in the streets. I love the lights. Hell, I don't even mind the commercialism because I like buying presents for people. When I was younger, I would bring out the Christmas albums in September. I love Christmas music.
So, when the chance came to go to the Santa Claus parade, I was all over it. What a perfect way to start the holiday season.
Believe it or not, us going to the parade was uneventful. No getting hit by cars, no getting punched in the stomach by a drunk girl; just a nice morning with friends.
We found an excellent place to stand, right in front of the Super Sex strip club.
The parade itself was all right. I was expecting more awesome floats, but there weren't that many. Here are some of the highlights:
These were "plushies who rap", they vamped up some excellent Christmas carols.
The Eatons float had it's own personal body guard.
This may have been the highlight of the parade for me. "My name is Astar. I can put my arm back on, but you can't. So, play safe".
The prize for the best display goes to Gold van. I like to think that she is a soccer mom who accidentally pulled into the parade and now just has to go with it for the next two hours. Seriously, there isn't a logo or a decoration on it at all. Gold.
And last, but not least. The big guy himself.
It was a cute way to start the season. Afterwards, we went to China Town and enjoyed Dim Sum. I have only had it one time before, and funny enough, it was in this very restaurant when I was 15 years old during my exchange to Quebec. The family brought me to Montreal and we ate at that very restaurant.
Hope you all enjoy the season as much as I do!
The wise men came, three made their way to shower him with love while he lay in the hay - DMB
I love Christmas. It is the happiest time of year. I love the commercials that start on Halloween. I love the decorations in the streets. I love the lights. Hell, I don't even mind the commercialism because I like buying presents for people. When I was younger, I would bring out the Christmas albums in September. I love Christmas music.
So, when the chance came to go to the Santa Claus parade, I was all over it. What a perfect way to start the holiday season.
Believe it or not, us going to the parade was uneventful. No getting hit by cars, no getting punched in the stomach by a drunk girl; just a nice morning with friends.
We found an excellent place to stand, right in front of the Super Sex strip club.
The parade itself was all right. I was expecting more awesome floats, but there weren't that many. Here are some of the highlights:
These were "plushies who rap", they vamped up some excellent Christmas carols.
The Eatons float had it's own personal body guard.
This may have been the highlight of the parade for me. "My name is Astar. I can put my arm back on, but you can't. So, play safe".
The prize for the best display goes to Gold van. I like to think that she is a soccer mom who accidentally pulled into the parade and now just has to go with it for the next two hours. Seriously, there isn't a logo or a decoration on it at all. Gold.
And last, but not least. The big guy himself.
It was a cute way to start the season. Afterwards, we went to China Town and enjoyed Dim Sum. I have only had it one time before, and funny enough, it was in this very restaurant when I was 15 years old during my exchange to Quebec. The family brought me to Montreal and we ate at that very restaurant.
Hope you all enjoy the season as much as I do!
The wise men came, three made their way to shower him with love while he lay in the hay - DMB
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Just in case you weren't 100% sure...
I am a woman. Ya, that is right. And I have proof!
In my program, we had to do a three week rotation in the cytogenetics lab at the Montreal Children's Hosptial. Cytogenetics describes the field that analyzes chromosomes and looks to see if people have normal "karyotypes" or 46 normal chromosomes. As part of our rotation, they took are blood and offered to analyze our chromosomes.
A free chromosome analysis to prove that I am normal?!!! How could I pass up a chance like this. And, as many of you know me, I constantly worry about things beyond my control and I have started to become concerned with the fact that, maybe when I want to have kids, I will have a chromosomal abnormality that will make this more difficult. Yes, this is actually something that consummed my thoughts from time to time.
So, I was karyotyped and everything (for the most part) was fine. I do say for the most part because there was one cell that we analyzed that appeared to be missing a chromosome, but this is not really possible, considering I am alive (it was more of a computer glitch than a real missing chromosome).
Here are my chromosomes.
Aren't they cute? That is me on that paper. That is half of my father and half of my mother on there. CRAZY!
So, if you can't tell from this post, I really like my program. It is totally up my ally. I am really liking all the classes that I am taking and I next week I actually get to start sitting in on sessions with patients. I am excited, and nervous, but I am sure that it will be fine.
In my program, we had to do a three week rotation in the cytogenetics lab at the Montreal Children's Hosptial. Cytogenetics describes the field that analyzes chromosomes and looks to see if people have normal "karyotypes" or 46 normal chromosomes. As part of our rotation, they took are blood and offered to analyze our chromosomes.
A free chromosome analysis to prove that I am normal?!!! How could I pass up a chance like this. And, as many of you know me, I constantly worry about things beyond my control and I have started to become concerned with the fact that, maybe when I want to have kids, I will have a chromosomal abnormality that will make this more difficult. Yes, this is actually something that consummed my thoughts from time to time.
So, I was karyotyped and everything (for the most part) was fine. I do say for the most part because there was one cell that we analyzed that appeared to be missing a chromosome, but this is not really possible, considering I am alive (it was more of a computer glitch than a real missing chromosome).
Here are my chromosomes.
Aren't they cute? That is me on that paper. That is half of my father and half of my mother on there. CRAZY!
So, if you can't tell from this post, I really like my program. It is totally up my ally. I am really liking all the classes that I am taking and I next week I actually get to start sitting in on sessions with patients. I am excited, and nervous, but I am sure that it will be fine.
Mother, father please explain to me,how this rare world has come to be - DMBSaturday, November 18, 2006
Just a quick update...
Thanks to all my friends who have shown concern for me since last weekend's incident. I just wanted to let you all know that I am doing fine. I barely showed a bruise afterwards. This pisses me off. I bruise rather easily; I can bruise if I bump a table with my leg. But when I get bumped by a car, I barely have anything to show for it. How is that fair?
I am not really complaining...better that I am in one piece than not so much. But still...
"You come crash into me"- DMB
I am not really complaining...better that I am in one piece than not so much. But still...
"You come crash into me"- DMB
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Fun with married friends...
I am not so great at this blogging thing. I have a list of things I want to blog about but haven't gotten around to. This will be one such example.
Thanksgiving greeted Jeff and I with a visit from Chris and Kaeleigh. They live in Toronto and have been there for two years. When we were both in Saskatoon, I got to see Chris fairly regularly. With him being in Toronto, twice a year is about all I get.
Having friends visit is a great excuse to get out of the house ( you all know how much Jeff loves that). We walked along the length of St Catherines Street, one of the shopping streets of Montreal. We really didn't do any shopping because the boys were antsy. We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant on St Denis, which wasn't too bad. We then walked back to St Catherines and went to this huge pub in the Queer village for a few drinks. Being old and married, we didn't stay out very late and we went home.
The next day we got up and made a real breakfast. Jeff and I have been spoiled in the past by friends who are way more domestic than us so we think that we must compete. After breakfast, we head to St Joseph's Oratoire. It is this giant church three minutes up the road from our apartement.
After we spent some time here, we went to the Veiux Port, aka Old Montreal. We walked through some of the streets and along the water.
Later we tried one of my favourite things about Montreal. We went to a BYOW (bring your own wine) restaurant in Petite Italie. What a great concept. Yay for being able to buy a bottle of wine for half the price that you would have to pay in a restaurant. They don't even charge your corkage. We went to La Fornarina and despite the fact that I made reservations, we had to wait a half an hour. This was the only bad part of the place so I would go again.
Sunday we decided to have an even lazier day. I wanted to try out the new crockpot that we got as a wedding present, so I thought that there would be no better way to do that than making a chicken for thanksgiving. What a fabulous invention. I throw the chicken in the machine and we went on to visit Mont Royal.
We went home and continued on the adventure of making dinner. For those of you who know me, you know that I am not a domestic queen. Stupid chores and cooking. Here is what Rachel cooking looks like.
And the final product...
Overall, I had a great weekend. It was fun to spend time with another newly wed couple and great to see Chris and Kae. They are a good kind of people.
So why would you care to get out of this place? You and me and all our friends, such a happy human race. Eat, drink and be merry cause tomorrow we die. - DMB
Thanksgiving greeted Jeff and I with a visit from Chris and Kaeleigh. They live in Toronto and have been there for two years. When we were both in Saskatoon, I got to see Chris fairly regularly. With him being in Toronto, twice a year is about all I get.
Having friends visit is a great excuse to get out of the house ( you all know how much Jeff loves that). We walked along the length of St Catherines Street, one of the shopping streets of Montreal. We really didn't do any shopping because the boys were antsy. We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant on St Denis, which wasn't too bad. We then walked back to St Catherines and went to this huge pub in the Queer village for a few drinks. Being old and married, we didn't stay out very late and we went home.
The next day we got up and made a real breakfast. Jeff and I have been spoiled in the past by friends who are way more domestic than us so we think that we must compete. After breakfast, we head to St Joseph's Oratoire. It is this giant church three minutes up the road from our apartement.
After we spent some time here, we went to the Veiux Port, aka Old Montreal. We walked through some of the streets and along the water.
Later we tried one of my favourite things about Montreal. We went to a BYOW (bring your own wine) restaurant in Petite Italie. What a great concept. Yay for being able to buy a bottle of wine for half the price that you would have to pay in a restaurant. They don't even charge your corkage. We went to La Fornarina and despite the fact that I made reservations, we had to wait a half an hour. This was the only bad part of the place so I would go again.
Sunday we decided to have an even lazier day. I wanted to try out the new crockpot that we got as a wedding present, so I thought that there would be no better way to do that than making a chicken for thanksgiving. What a fabulous invention. I throw the chicken in the machine and we went on to visit Mont Royal.
We went home and continued on the adventure of making dinner. For those of you who know me, you know that I am not a domestic queen. Stupid chores and cooking. Here is what Rachel cooking looks like.
And the final product...
Overall, I had a great weekend. It was fun to spend time with another newly wed couple and great to see Chris and Kae. They are a good kind of people.
So why would you care to get out of this place? You and me and all our friends, such a happy human race. Eat, drink and be merry cause tomorrow we die. - DMB
Saturday, November 11, 2006
I hate Corollas...
I started this blog to tell my friends about all the crazy good times that I was going to have in Montreal. It appears, though, that I often have just crazy times.
Today I was hit by a car.
Before you worry, I am okay. I am going to be sporting a wicked bruise on my hip in the next couple of days. I was crossing a street, on a green light (although the walking dude was not currently lit), when all of a sudden I hear slamming on the breaks and pain. I am shocked. A car has hit me. I am pretty lucky since only the mirror clipped me and I think the tire crazed my leg. 1 second later, both Jeff and I would have been full out hit. Awesome.
When I have adrenaline in my system, I am not logical. I think worse case scenario right away. I thought my spine was going to be hurt. All rationality disappears with that hormone going through my veins. I am going to give it tonight and if I am hurting more tomorrow, I will go to a clinic, but I think I am going to be fine. Yay for large birthing hips that can take a hit for me so I can keep on going.
The man felt really bad. We took his name and number in case we needed it and he wants me to call him back when I know that for sure I am ok. It was an accident and I have a feeling he will pay a lot more attention in the future.
My hip hurts. When the bruises come out, if they look cool, I will post them for you.
Oh my God, wait and see, what will soon become of me? Frozen heart, screaming wheels. Does that screaming come from me? - DMB
Today I was hit by a car.
Before you worry, I am okay. I am going to be sporting a wicked bruise on my hip in the next couple of days. I was crossing a street, on a green light (although the walking dude was not currently lit), when all of a sudden I hear slamming on the breaks and pain. I am shocked. A car has hit me. I am pretty lucky since only the mirror clipped me and I think the tire crazed my leg. 1 second later, both Jeff and I would have been full out hit. Awesome.
When I have adrenaline in my system, I am not logical. I think worse case scenario right away. I thought my spine was going to be hurt. All rationality disappears with that hormone going through my veins. I am going to give it tonight and if I am hurting more tomorrow, I will go to a clinic, but I think I am going to be fine. Yay for large birthing hips that can take a hit for me so I can keep on going.
The man felt really bad. We took his name and number in case we needed it and he wants me to call him back when I know that for sure I am ok. It was an accident and I have a feeling he will pay a lot more attention in the future.
My hip hurts. When the bruises come out, if they look cool, I will post them for you.
Oh my God, wait and see, what will soon become of me? Frozen heart, screaming wheels. Does that screaming come from me? - DMB
Labels: 2006, Montreal, rachel
Saturday, October 28, 2006
ONoir? OYes....
So, many of you may have read Jeff's blog post. There is a restaurant here in Montreal called ONoir where you dine in the dark. You are served by people who are 50-90% visually impaired. You are suppose to feel what it is like to eat as a visually impaired person and you are suppose to concentrate more on your other senses.
I will explain the process a bit. You walk into the lobby where there are lockers. You put your stuff in there so that you don't lose it and you also have to put in anything that glows or emits light. You then look at the menu and decide what you want. There are ~ 3 options for appetizer, meal and dessert. You can either get just the meal for 30$ or all three for 37$. You can chose one of the options or "the surprise". You just have to tell them if you have any food allergies so that you don't get too big of a surprise. Once you order your meal, you line up one behind the other, much like the locomotion, and walk through two sets of curtains into the dining room. It is pitch black and you are guided to your table by your server. There is very little light, but there are two red exit signs so that you know where to go in case of an emergency.
The set up isn't ideal for a large group. We went in a group of six and we ended up setting in a straight line. I don't know if this is the case for all large groups because some ass opened up their cell phone and I saw some large round tables briefly. I ordered the surprise for the appetizer, chicken as the main course and a surprise for dessert (because you really can't go wrong with any form of sugar). The appetizer was a seafood dish - which I guess to be tuna but it turned out to be salmon. My chicken was amazing! It had cheese on it which I wasn't expecting and it was the best surprise in my mouth ever. The dessert was a fruit mousse. I thought it was raspberry but one of the girls I was with thought it was strawberry.
Here is what I learned at the restaurant.
1. I am not very good at determining what something tastes like. Salmon vs. Tuna??? Those don't taste the same to me when I can see them...or do they??? I don't know anymore.
2. Being blind is hard. I never knew the size of the bite I was putting into my mouth. I am thankful that no one else knew either. I chewed with my mouth open a lot (well, much more than usual). I could never tell what type of food was on the end of my fork so it was always a surprise of what was going into my mouth. Or nothing at all...50% of the time there would be nothing on the end of my fork. I would also run my fingers over my plate to make sure that I ate everything on my plate.
3. People are stupid. I knew this all ready, but what is the point of going to a restaurant to eat in the dark if you have to open your cell phone 3 times to look at stuff.
4. Static is fun. I could rub my cloth napkin on my jeans and then I could make it the napkin spark. Yay for a fun light show.
So that was my experience. It was fun to do once or twice, but I will not be a regular. It is hard to have a conversation except for with the people right beside you. All in all, a good time.
"I Remember the words of the misguided fool, Do unto others as you'd have them do. Not an eye for an eye is the golden rule, just leaves a room full of blind men" - DMB
I will explain the process a bit. You walk into the lobby where there are lockers. You put your stuff in there so that you don't lose it and you also have to put in anything that glows or emits light. You then look at the menu and decide what you want. There are ~ 3 options for appetizer, meal and dessert. You can either get just the meal for 30$ or all three for 37$. You can chose one of the options or "the surprise". You just have to tell them if you have any food allergies so that you don't get too big of a surprise. Once you order your meal, you line up one behind the other, much like the locomotion, and walk through two sets of curtains into the dining room. It is pitch black and you are guided to your table by your server. There is very little light, but there are two red exit signs so that you know where to go in case of an emergency.
The set up isn't ideal for a large group. We went in a group of six and we ended up setting in a straight line. I don't know if this is the case for all large groups because some ass opened up their cell phone and I saw some large round tables briefly. I ordered the surprise for the appetizer, chicken as the main course and a surprise for dessert (because you really can't go wrong with any form of sugar). The appetizer was a seafood dish - which I guess to be tuna but it turned out to be salmon. My chicken was amazing! It had cheese on it which I wasn't expecting and it was the best surprise in my mouth ever. The dessert was a fruit mousse. I thought it was raspberry but one of the girls I was with thought it was strawberry.
Here is what I learned at the restaurant.
1. I am not very good at determining what something tastes like. Salmon vs. Tuna??? Those don't taste the same to me when I can see them...or do they??? I don't know anymore.
2. Being blind is hard. I never knew the size of the bite I was putting into my mouth. I am thankful that no one else knew either. I chewed with my mouth open a lot (well, much more than usual). I could never tell what type of food was on the end of my fork so it was always a surprise of what was going into my mouth. Or nothing at all...50% of the time there would be nothing on the end of my fork. I would also run my fingers over my plate to make sure that I ate everything on my plate.
3. People are stupid. I knew this all ready, but what is the point of going to a restaurant to eat in the dark if you have to open your cell phone 3 times to look at stuff.
4. Static is fun. I could rub my cloth napkin on my jeans and then I could make it the napkin spark. Yay for a fun light show.
So that was my experience. It was fun to do once or twice, but I will not be a regular. It is hard to have a conversation except for with the people right beside you. All in all, a good time.
"I Remember the words of the misguided fool, Do unto others as you'd have them do. Not an eye for an eye is the golden rule, just leaves a room full of blind men" - DMB
Labels: 2006, GC girls, Montreal, rachel
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Giving thanks to sarcasm...
Ah, thanksgiving. A chance to devour turkey (or, in our case, chicken) and have an extra day off from school/work. It is also a time to give thanks and today I want to give that thanks. The following is the back story.
I had a massage appointment today at 10:30. I have problems with my neck and shoulder muscles, so I am really looking forward to this appointment. I left my house an hour prior to the appointment. Now, getting to the Sports Medicine Clinic from my house can take me any where from half an hour to a full hour, it just depends on the connections that I make or miss. Today was starting off to be a good day. I got the metro as soon as I got there and my connection pulled up as soon as my previous train stopped. At my stop, I get out to transfer to the bus. I arrive two minutes before it is suppose to and I am quite proud of myself. Yay for being able to commute!
But then, we wait and we wait and soon there are thirty people at this bus stop waiting for a bus that will never arrive. I am getting nervous because I don't want to miss the appointment because they still charge you and my previous appointment was cancelled and I really needed a good back beating. In the mean time, I am sharing sarcastic remarks with the couple next to me. We bonded over sarcasm. They decide to catch a cab and their destination is the building beside the Sports Med building. They take me along for the ride.
Ah, sweet Brad and random girl at the bus stop. It is because of you that I am sitting here feeling looser (looser muscles :P) than I have felt in months. Thank you for taking me along and not even taking my money because you had once been students too.
I would also like to thank sarcasm, for whom without, I would not have bonded with strangers at a bus stop.
Three cheers for friendly strangers who share my sense of humour!!!
"Sometimes I walk there, yes, God knows, Sometimes, I take a bus there" - DMB
I had a massage appointment today at 10:30. I have problems with my neck and shoulder muscles, so I am really looking forward to this appointment. I left my house an hour prior to the appointment. Now, getting to the Sports Medicine Clinic from my house can take me any where from half an hour to a full hour, it just depends on the connections that I make or miss. Today was starting off to be a good day. I got the metro as soon as I got there and my connection pulled up as soon as my previous train stopped. At my stop, I get out to transfer to the bus. I arrive two minutes before it is suppose to and I am quite proud of myself. Yay for being able to commute!
But then, we wait and we wait and soon there are thirty people at this bus stop waiting for a bus that will never arrive. I am getting nervous because I don't want to miss the appointment because they still charge you and my previous appointment was cancelled and I really needed a good back beating. In the mean time, I am sharing sarcastic remarks with the couple next to me. We bonded over sarcasm. They decide to catch a cab and their destination is the building beside the Sports Med building. They take me along for the ride.
Ah, sweet Brad and random girl at the bus stop. It is because of you that I am sitting here feeling looser (looser muscles :P) than I have felt in months. Thank you for taking me along and not even taking my money because you had once been students too.
I would also like to thank sarcasm, for whom without, I would not have bonded with strangers at a bus stop.
Three cheers for friendly strangers who share my sense of humour!!!
"Sometimes I walk there, yes, God knows, Sometimes, I take a bus there" - DMB
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Stompin' to my beat...
So, I don't know how many of you know this, but in the first couple of years that Jeff and I were dating, we spent a lot of time in the Campus Cove. By a lot of time, I don't mean hours every day, but we were in there a couple of times a week. For those of you who don't know the U of S, this is the arcade/billiard hall on campus.
What, you may ask, were we doing in the Campus Cove? Well, DDR of course. That's right: Dance Dance Revolution!! Jeff and I spent many a good time on this dancing machine (he loved it so much that he bought one for at home!).
You may ask why I would chose to blog about this now. Well I saw this fantastic video toady and feel like I should share it. The song this guy is dancing to was my favourite one to DDR to. And this guy kicks my ass. I only did it really well once or twice and this guy rules me. I would recommend watching it as it is not very long. Enjoy!
"Hani, Hani, come and dance with me" - DMB
What, you may ask, were we doing in the Campus Cove? Well, DDR of course. That's right: Dance Dance Revolution!! Jeff and I spent many a good time on this dancing machine (he loved it so much that he bought one for at home!).
You may ask why I would chose to blog about this now. Well I saw this fantastic video toady and feel like I should share it. The song this guy is dancing to was my favourite one to DDR to. And this guy kicks my ass. I only did it really well once or twice and this guy rules me. I would recommend watching it as it is not very long. Enjoy!
"Hani, Hani, come and dance with me" - DMB
Labels: 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thanks Heather, for the waste of time...
There are about a dozen things I could blog about. I could finish our honeymoon. I could tell you about school. I could tell you about Ottawa. But right now, I am going to give you a random list post. Thanks to my friend Heather, who was tagged to do this on her blog, I am doing this on my own accord. I am listing my favourite 20 TV characters.
Why, you ask, would I do this? Because I was doing homework, and I decided to make a list. I watch quite a bit of TV, so I have a lot of love for a lot of characters. So here you go. My list of favourite characters, in no particular order. Some are from way-back and there may be some that I have forgotten.
1. Sydney Bristow, Alias
2. Michael Vaugn, Alias
3. Jack Bristow, Alias
4. Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars
5. Keith Mars, Veronica Mars
6. Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. Pacey Whitter, Dawson's Creek
8. Joey Potter, Dawson's Creek
9. George, Dead Like Me
10. Mason, Dead Like Me
11. Greg, CSI
12. Grisam, CSI
13. Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
14. Miranda Hobbes, Sex and the City
15. Gregory House, House
16. JD, Scrubs
17. Dr Cox, Scrubs
18. Brandon Walsh, Beverly Hills, 90210
19. Jim Halpert, The Office
20. Joey Jeremiah, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High
Some honorable mentions that I would feel bad leaving out:
21. Rudolph, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
22. Jessica Fletcher, Murder, She Wrote
23. Randy Taylor, Home improvement
24. Dude in glasses who put out the fire, Are you afraid of the dark?
There you go. A giant waste of time and done for no reason, other than the fact that I felt like it.
"Rest high above the clouds; no restriction. Television we bounce 'round the world. And while I spend these hours, five senses reeling, I laugh about the weatherman's satellite eyes" - DMB
Why, you ask, would I do this? Because I was doing homework, and I decided to make a list. I watch quite a bit of TV, so I have a lot of love for a lot of characters. So here you go. My list of favourite characters, in no particular order. Some are from way-back and there may be some that I have forgotten.
1. Sydney Bristow, Alias
2. Michael Vaugn, Alias
3. Jack Bristow, Alias
4. Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars
5. Keith Mars, Veronica Mars
6. Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. Pacey Whitter, Dawson's Creek
8. Joey Potter, Dawson's Creek
9. George, Dead Like Me
10. Mason, Dead Like Me
11. Greg, CSI
12. Grisam, CSI
13. Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
14. Miranda Hobbes, Sex and the City
15. Gregory House, House
16. JD, Scrubs
17. Dr Cox, Scrubs
18. Brandon Walsh, Beverly Hills, 90210
19. Jim Halpert, The Office
20. Joey Jeremiah, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High
Some honorable mentions that I would feel bad leaving out:
21. Rudolph, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
22. Jessica Fletcher, Murder, She Wrote
23. Randy Taylor, Home improvement
24. Dude in glasses who put out the fire, Are you afraid of the dark?
There you go. A giant waste of time and done for no reason, other than the fact that I felt like it.
"Rest high above the clouds; no restriction. Television we bounce 'round the world. And while I spend these hours, five senses reeling, I laugh about the weatherman's satellite eyes" - DMB
Labels: 2006
Saturday, September 23, 2006
A home to call our own...
Finally. Jeff and I finally received our furniture from Leon's and Ikea so now I feel like I can have people over and show people our home.
I am going to be completely honest about the whole situation. When we first walked up to our apartment building, I was disappointed. We had seen pictures but it is amazing to me how pictures can not only add ten pounds to a persons frame, but how it can also increase the attractiveness of buildings. Strange. So we walk up the building and I think "menh". But we get to our second floor apartment and I am pleasently surprised. It is quite big for a two bedroom apt. The ceilings are high, the wood floors are nice and there appears to only be minor things wrong with it. I will go through our house room by room. Not all of them are complete, some pictures and stuff still need to be hung, but so far things are coming along.
Jeff was scared that the living room was going to be too short to use the projector, but in reality it is too long. The picture is the size of the entire back wall. We just received the couches yesterday, so it is nice to finally have a place to sit, instead of lying on the floor. Just so that you know, the couch is so far away from the wall because the projector computer is back there.
Ah, the kitchen. It is really nice and big. We have room for a kitchen table, which is always nice, you know, for eating. The cupboards don't close. They are permanently open. Now some of you may laugh and ask why I, Rachel - the girl who can't close cupboard doors-cares about open cupboards. It is because if I am going to leave it open, I won't do it half-assed. It will be all the way open. Half open is just annoying. That fire escape door at the far end has seven locks to undo if I want to escape. It makes me feel better that people can't break in, but I am concerned that I won't be able to get out. I must also say that I am not the biggest fan of a gas ovens. I keep thinking that there is going to be a gas leak and I am going to die.
Our bedroom. It is so nice to finally have a bed to sleep in. We actually managed to buy matching furniture, but we didn't do this on purpose. We bought the dresser used. We needed a bedside table but after three weeks of looking for a decent used one, we finally just went out and bought the matching one. We then went out to buy our bed at Leon's. They promised that we would have it delivered by September 15th. On September 15th I called Leon's and they said that they weren't going to have it until October 7th. They weren't going to compensate for the lies and the lack of warning of a later delivery date, so to punish them, we went to Ikea to buy the matching bed and cancel our Leon's order. SCREW YOU LEON'S ( I am still bitter). Eventually I will have a little vanity station in a corner so that I can get ready in the mornings.
If you have been reading Jeff's blog you may have read about the giant bubble of water that formed in our bathroom. Well, the following pictures are what happened after they tried to remedy the problem. I am grumpy and I want this fixed... The bathroom is small but ok. The door never stays closed and the drain goes so slow that by the time I am done a shower I am
standing mid-calf in my own filthy water.
This is also the only room that I let Jeff tin foil the windows. You can also see our caretaker's quick fix of the bubble that was growing out of our ceiling.
Here is the office. Not much to it. There is nothing personal about this room; no pictures, no trinkets, just a lot of cords. Menh.
This is our hallway. Our place actually has a lot of storage space. There are five closets total so it is quite handy.
All in all, I like our place. We could have done a lot worse and I am trying to live with little nuisances. I hope you all come visit despite them.
"And my Heaven is a nice house in the sky, got central heating,and I'm alright" - DMB
I am going to be completely honest about the whole situation. When we first walked up to our apartment building, I was disappointed. We had seen pictures but it is amazing to me how pictures can not only add ten pounds to a persons frame, but how it can also increase the attractiveness of buildings. Strange. So we walk up the building and I think "menh". But we get to our second floor apartment and I am pleasently surprised. It is quite big for a two bedroom apt. The ceilings are high, the wood floors are nice and there appears to only be minor things wrong with it. I will go through our house room by room. Not all of them are complete, some pictures and stuff still need to be hung, but so far things are coming along.
I will start with our living room. It is nice and big, with a door leading to the balcony. We don't use the balcony for fear of death...but we could use it if we wanted to.
Jeff was scared that the living room was going to be too short to use the projector, but in reality it is too long. The picture is the size of the entire back wall. We just received the couches yesterday, so it is nice to finally have a place to sit, instead of lying on the floor. Just so that you know, the couch is so far away from the wall because the projector computer is back there.
Ah, the kitchen. It is really nice and big. We have room for a kitchen table, which is always nice, you know, for eating. The cupboards don't close. They are permanently open. Now some of you may laugh and ask why I, Rachel - the girl who can't close cupboard doors-cares about open cupboards. It is because if I am going to leave it open, I won't do it half-assed. It will be all the way open. Half open is just annoying. That fire escape door at the far end has seven locks to undo if I want to escape. It makes me feel better that people can't break in, but I am concerned that I won't be able to get out. I must also say that I am not the biggest fan of a gas ovens. I keep thinking that there is going to be a gas leak and I am going to die.
Our bedroom. It is so nice to finally have a bed to sleep in. We actually managed to buy matching furniture, but we didn't do this on purpose. We bought the dresser used. We needed a bedside table but after three weeks of looking for a decent used one, we finally just went out and bought the matching one. We then went out to buy our bed at Leon's. They promised that we would have it delivered by September 15th. On September 15th I called Leon's and they said that they weren't going to have it until October 7th. They weren't going to compensate for the lies and the lack of warning of a later delivery date, so to punish them, we went to Ikea to buy the matching bed and cancel our Leon's order. SCREW YOU LEON'S ( I am still bitter). Eventually I will have a little vanity station in a corner so that I can get ready in the mornings.
If you have been reading Jeff's blog you may have read about the giant bubble of water that formed in our bathroom. Well, the following pictures are what happened after they tried to remedy the problem. I am grumpy and I want this fixed... The bathroom is small but ok. The door never stays closed and the drain goes so slow that by the time I am done a shower I am
standing mid-calf in my own filthy water.
This is also the only room that I let Jeff tin foil the windows. You can also see our caretaker's quick fix of the bubble that was growing out of our ceiling.
Here is the office. Not much to it. There is nothing personal about this room; no pictures, no trinkets, just a lot of cords. Menh.
This is our hallway. Our place actually has a lot of storage space. There are five closets total so it is quite handy.
All in all, I like our place. We could have done a lot worse and I am trying to live with little nuisances. I hope you all come visit despite them."And my Heaven is a nice house in the sky, got central heating,and I'm alright" - DMB
Labels: 2006, jeff, Montreal, rachel
Friday, September 22, 2006
My husband, the spoiler...
So as many of you may have read on Jeff's blog, I received some exciting news this week. It is even more exciting than Jeff let on. It looks like the Saskatchewan health region and the Saskatoon Health District are going to give me a bursary. Yay!
The exact words of the email were as follows:
... your total bursary will likely be in the range of $6,500 per year for two years.
I am very excited. Even just being in the range of 6500$ a year makes me happy. All I have to do is sign a contract saying that, if there is a job available, I will work in Saskatchewan for three years. This was our plan any ways and I am very excited that this has worked out. I hope that after the government has paid my tuition that they will want to have me work, otherwise I got free money.
It would have been nice to be the one to tell you, but apparently Jeff is even more excited that I am not driving him further in debt. Yay Saskatchewan!
"Look at me in my fancy car and my bank account" - DMB
The exact words of the email were as follows:
... your total bursary will likely be in the range of $6,500 per year for two years.
I am very excited. Even just being in the range of 6500$ a year makes me happy. All I have to do is sign a contract saying that, if there is a job available, I will work in Saskatchewan for three years. This was our plan any ways and I am very excited that this has worked out. I hope that after the government has paid my tuition that they will want to have me work, otherwise I got free money.
It would have been nice to be the one to tell you, but apparently Jeff is even more excited that I am not driving him further in debt. Yay Saskatchewan!
"Look at me in my fancy car and my bank account" - DMB
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Code Orange...
Here is a link to the story:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/09/13/shots-dawson.html
It is really sad and the city has been in chaos since the shootings started.
I work in the Montréal's Children's Hospital. This is 0.8 km away from the school where the shootings took place.
So at 12:30, my friend Karine and I go across to the shopping mall and by the time we exit at 12:55, it is crazy outside. I didn't know what was going on and based on the police presence, just figured that there was a big accident. We go into the hospital and we find out about the shooting.
All of a sudden, over the loud speaker " Code Orange, level 2. All staff, patients and families must not leave the hospital until further notice". Apparently code orange means that there is an external disaster. At this time it was believed that there were three gun man and two were still on the loose and they could be anywhere. The hospital was very tense because it occurred just down the street and a lot of the staff have kids that go to the school . Cell phones were not working because there was just too many calls trying to get through.
Finally, around 4, they lifted the "Code Orange" and we could leave the hospital. You would think that the day couldn't get more ridiculous than that. I mean, it is my second week in school and I am all ready being locked down in a hospital. Oh, but wait....there is more.
The metro's are still shut down when I am leaving so after some time of trying to figure out what to do, Karine and I find a bus and get on it. Because the metro line that I would normally take is shut down so that the police can search the tunnels, the bus is packed. So I am standing, much like a sardine would stand in a can, when all of a sudden I hear an "air noise", much like an aerosol can. Then there is a smell....then there is the eye burning...and the throat hurting...and the coughing....and the panic.
My best guess is that someone released pepper spray on the very crowded, stressed-out bus. This was the scariest thing to happen to me all day. The shootings had put me on edge, and then an unknown substance is sprayed on the bus. People started screaming at the driver to stop the bus. I got out and decided that walking home would be the best thing I could do.
So, craziness in Montréal. Just another reason for Jeff not to like it :(
Rach
"Oh, people killing people, kings to conquer kings. Always in the seeker, taking the light away from me"- DMB
Labels: 2006, GC girls, Montreal, rachel
Thursday, September 07, 2006
The honeymoon, part II....
Day 2 - St John, NB to Tidnish, NS
We spent the morning touring around St John. We went to a market, and a National Historic Site.
I am a moose:
I even got Jeff to play:
We spent the morning touring around St John. We went to a market, and a National Historic Site.
I am a moose:
I even got Jeff to play:
This was taken at the National Historic Site. We were given a great tour of the place but I still managed to find the time to be inapporpriate.
We arrived in Tidnish, which is this small area just inside Nova Scotia. My father's Aunt Shelley lives there in the summer and since I haven't seen her since I was 2 weeks old, we decided to pay her a visit. Her nephew and his wife, Ian and Marj lived next door. Everyone was so nice, helpful and hospitable. We spent the next two nights there. The first night we had an amazing lobster dinner. Aunt Shelley's sister was also there and she was the funniest person over 90 that I have ever met. Jeff said that he would have married her (not joking, he said that).
Look at Jeff loving Lil (the woman beside him).
A sunset at Tidnish
Ah, good times.
Rach
"Long Before these crowded streets, here stood my dreaming tree. Below it I would sit, for hours at a time. Now progress takes away from what forever took to find." - DMB
Look at Jeff loving Lil (the woman beside him).
Ah, good times.
Rach
"Long Before these crowded streets, here stood my dreaming tree. Below it I would sit, for hours at a time. Now progress takes away from what forever took to find." - DMB
Labels: 2006, honeymoon, jeff, rachel
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
The honeymoon part I...
I figure that I should start posting the adventures of the honeymoon. In brief, it was 4000 km of driving and a lot of good times. If you want to see an abbreviated (and biased) version, go read Jeff's blog.
I just also mention (to those of you who don't know) that has been a hobby of mine for well over ten years to take ridiculous photos of me with statues or anything that looks like it has been placed in my path for a golden picture opportunity. Now and again I could coerce Jeff into posing as well.
Day 1 - Montreal to St John, NB
This was a long driving day. We drove for about nine hours and really only made one stop during the day. We stopped at Grand-Falls, NB. We looked at their waterfalls and took a boat trip of the gorge.
Rachel biking at the gorge:
I just also mention (to those of you who don't know) that has been a hobby of mine for well over ten years to take ridiculous photos of me with statues or anything that looks like it has been placed in my path for a golden picture opportunity. Now and again I could coerce Jeff into posing as well.
Day 1 - Montreal to St John, NB
This was a long driving day. We drove for about nine hours and really only made one stop during the day. We stopped at Grand-Falls, NB. We looked at their waterfalls and took a boat trip of the gorge.
Rachel biking at the gorge:
Pics of the gorge:
One of our favourite things to do was to put the camera on timer and rush into the photo. We have a clever camera so we can set it to take 10 pictures after the timer goes off so we have at least one good one together. All the photos you will see with the two of us are thanks to the timer.
We spent the night in St John, NB. Before bed, though, we had to have some fun at their "fort".
Over all, the first day was good. We saw a moose, which I refused to pull over and photograph because I didn't want to be responsible for starting a wildlife jam.
To be continued...
Rach
I drink you up, for every drop of you is sacred. Every drop I drink you up - DMB
Labels: 2006, honeymoon, jeff, rachel
Saturday, September 02, 2006
U of S for the win...
We have returned from our honeymoon and over time I will delight you with how are 11 day trip went. You will laugh, you will cry, you will get tired of seeing Rachel pose with every random statue. But that is later.
Yesterday was a hectic day, one I feel I must share. We are trying to get settled into our new place. We have yet to get the parking spot we were promised (starting yesterday) so we have to move our car every week day because every street has different rules. "No parking Monday, Thursday" and on the other side of the street "No parking Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday". Good times.
We went and bought furniture. What a hassle for stuff that is "ok". We went to Leon's to buy some stuff, found out that we wouldn't get our bed, couch and loveseat for two weeks and said "no thanks". We then went to Sears...nothing. We went to the Brick where we were going to buy stuff until it was 300$ more. We had gone to Ikea and ix-nayed all that stuff. So back to Leons where we bought what we had originally intended. Way to waste 2.5 hours.
Speaking of Ikea...that place makes me claustrophobic. People are everywhere, kids are everywhere...I start going crazy, getting frantic and try to get around everyone maniacally. I am not going there again unless I have a purpose.
After the furniture incident, we get on the metro and head to McGill. It is orientation week and I wasn't invited! Well, I may have been, but I didn't read the memo. There are drunk 18-21 years olds all over the place. They look so little and cute. We actually had a really successful time at McGill. After 45 minutes of waiting, I got a student card. I also got a metro card so that I can get cheap metro. We also walked to the gym.
Now you may have been wondering why the title is what it is. Jeff said it while at the gym, and here is why. They have a nice gym...but U of S's is nicer. I have to pay 50$ a year to access the gym and U of S is free. I had to pay 25$ for a locker in S'toon but 50$ for a basket ( you know, the kind in high school) at McGill. Jeff is grumpy because he must pay more to use the squash courts AND pay to get there. Hence, U of S for the win.
Despite yesterday, I am looking forward to our life in Montreal. I hope to be settled within the month and have a good routine. Jeff is looking forward to going home, but I don't take it personally...this is not in his comfort zone.
Rach
"If along the way you are growing weary, you can rest with me until a brighter day"- DMB
Yesterday was a hectic day, one I feel I must share. We are trying to get settled into our new place. We have yet to get the parking spot we were promised (starting yesterday) so we have to move our car every week day because every street has different rules. "No parking Monday, Thursday" and on the other side of the street "No parking Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday". Good times.
We went and bought furniture. What a hassle for stuff that is "ok". We went to Leon's to buy some stuff, found out that we wouldn't get our bed, couch and loveseat for two weeks and said "no thanks". We then went to Sears...nothing. We went to the Brick where we were going to buy stuff until it was 300$ more. We had gone to Ikea and ix-nayed all that stuff. So back to Leons where we bought what we had originally intended. Way to waste 2.5 hours.
Speaking of Ikea...that place makes me claustrophobic. People are everywhere, kids are everywhere...I start going crazy, getting frantic and try to get around everyone maniacally. I am not going there again unless I have a purpose.
After the furniture incident, we get on the metro and head to McGill. It is orientation week and I wasn't invited! Well, I may have been, but I didn't read the memo. There are drunk 18-21 years olds all over the place. They look so little and cute. We actually had a really successful time at McGill. After 45 minutes of waiting, I got a student card. I also got a metro card so that I can get cheap metro. We also walked to the gym.
Now you may have been wondering why the title is what it is. Jeff said it while at the gym, and here is why. They have a nice gym...but U of S's is nicer. I have to pay 50$ a year to access the gym and U of S is free. I had to pay 25$ for a locker in S'toon but 50$ for a basket ( you know, the kind in high school) at McGill. Jeff is grumpy because he must pay more to use the squash courts AND pay to get there. Hence, U of S for the win.
Despite yesterday, I am looking forward to our life in Montreal. I hope to be settled within the month and have a good routine. Jeff is looking forward to going home, but I don't take it personally...this is not in his comfort zone.
Rach
"If along the way you are growing weary, you can rest with me until a brighter day"- DMB
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Ahh, to be rich...
I will probably post more later in regards to all the (clean) fun that we had on our honeymoon. I am here to tell you all about what it is like to pretend that you have money.
We are staying at the Prince George Halifax Hotel. We are living large with the "Romance Package". We have a fairly normal sized room with a king sized bed, but it is all the extras that I am loving.
We get our continental breakfast served to our room. You get to tell them when you want it and up it comes. I love it and it's not even a shitty continental breakfast, it is full of tasty pastries.
We got a free bottle of wine. Good times. We also received a 25.00$ voucher for one of their restaurants. We were going to use it tonight (Sunday) but all the nice restaurants in Halifax are closed on Sunday's. In fact, most shops and stores are also closed on Sunday's. It is really, really annoying.
We get Aveda products in the bathroom. Needless to say, I hid the products from the first day so that we could get new ones on the second day. Yay free stuff.
We get Valet parking. This is gold. I call down to the front concierge when I want to have my car brought around. This has a downfall though; we must tip every time. But it is valet!
I have very few complaints about the hotel. I am not impressed that we had to pay 10.00$ for 24 hours worth of internet when the lesser business-class rooms get it for free. Makes me a bit grumpy...but free Valet!
I will be back to tell you more of our fabulous honeymoon, and I will include (clean) pictures.
Rach
"Oh look at me in my fancy car and my bank account Oh, how I wish I could take it all down into my grave, God knows I'd save and save." - DMB
We are staying at the Prince George Halifax Hotel. We are living large with the "Romance Package". We have a fairly normal sized room with a king sized bed, but it is all the extras that I am loving.
We get our continental breakfast served to our room. You get to tell them when you want it and up it comes. I love it and it's not even a shitty continental breakfast, it is full of tasty pastries.
We got a free bottle of wine. Good times. We also received a 25.00$ voucher for one of their restaurants. We were going to use it tonight (Sunday) but all the nice restaurants in Halifax are closed on Sunday's. In fact, most shops and stores are also closed on Sunday's. It is really, really annoying.
We get Aveda products in the bathroom. Needless to say, I hid the products from the first day so that we could get new ones on the second day. Yay free stuff.
We get Valet parking. This is gold. I call down to the front concierge when I want to have my car brought around. This has a downfall though; we must tip every time. But it is valet!
I have very few complaints about the hotel. I am not impressed that we had to pay 10.00$ for 24 hours worth of internet when the lesser business-class rooms get it for free. Makes me a bit grumpy...but free Valet!
I will be back to tell you more of our fabulous honeymoon, and I will include (clean) pictures.
Rach
"Oh look at me in my fancy car and my bank account Oh, how I wish I could take it all down into my grave, God knows I'd save and save." - DMB
Friday, August 18, 2006
Oh Ontario...
Have you missed me yet? We are on day three of four of travelling across four provinces and we have experienced so much so far.
What can I tell you that you can't all ready find out from Jeff's blog? I will do my best to entertain.
- Manitoba is kind of boring
- Ontario is so much prettier than I ever expected. Take a look at Lake Superior:
- Ontario is also very big. Who knew?
This sounds really ignorant...but I wasn't expecting so much forest and so many lakes. I know, this sounds like something someone would say in regards to Saskatchewan. There are so many lakes that it seems that they ran out of good names and just started to randomly assigning words for the bodies of water. Some of my favourites are Baby Lake, Mom Lake and Dog Tooth Lake. The body of water depicted here is Batchawana Bay.
But so far, the best thing I have seen so far lasted only two seconds but is burned in my memory forever. A 45 year old female Harley rider, bikini top on, an unbuttoned men's white dress shirt flapping in the wind behind her and short, short cut-offs. But the best thing about her was mom belly flapping in the wind as well. I am not joking. She thought she was hot, and she may have been attractive had her stomach not been flapping in the winds generated by her going 100 km/hr down the Trans Canada Highway. Ride on mom, ride on.
"I shall miss this thing when it all rolls by" – DMB
What can I tell you that you can't all ready find out from Jeff's blog? I will do my best to entertain.
- Manitoba is kind of boring
- Ontario is so much prettier than I ever expected. Take a look at Lake Superior:
- Ontario is also very big. Who knew?
This sounds really ignorant...but I wasn't expecting so much forest and so many lakes. I know, this sounds like something someone would say in regards to Saskatchewan. There are so many lakes that it seems that they ran out of good names and just started to randomly assigning words for the bodies of water. Some of my favourites are Baby Lake, Mom Lake and Dog Tooth Lake. The body of water depicted here is Batchawana Bay.But so far, the best thing I have seen so far lasted only two seconds but is burned in my memory forever. A 45 year old female Harley rider, bikini top on, an unbuttoned men's white dress shirt flapping in the wind behind her and short, short cut-offs. But the best thing about her was mom belly flapping in the wind as well. I am not joking. She thought she was hot, and she may have been attractive had her stomach not been flapping in the winds generated by her going 100 km/hr down the Trans Canada Highway. Ride on mom, ride on.
"I shall miss this thing when it all rolls by" – DMB
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Change is inevitable...
Well, it didn't take long for me to become unsatisfied (and by me, I mean my husband). We are moving my blog! (I know that this is a pain in the ass, but apparently it needs to be done).
If you want to read more of our crazy antics, you can find me now at:
http://rachel.vanneste.ca
Ya, that's right. It is my name and only my name, none of this blogspot stuff.
Please, keep reading my rants... don't let my change of address scare you away. I am just getting to the good stuff. Montreal is but a week and a half away!
"Making plans to change the world, while the world is changing us" - DMB
If you want to read more of our crazy antics, you can find me now at:
http://rachel.vanneste.ca
Ya, that's right. It is my name and only my name, none of this blogspot stuff.
Please, keep reading my rants... don't let my change of address scare you away. I am just getting to the good stuff. Montreal is but a week and a half away!
"Making plans to change the world, while the world is changing us" - DMB
Labels: 2006
Friday, August 04, 2006
A year of new experiences…
So a lot of new things have happened to me this year. I have gotten married for the first time, I have graduated university for the first time and as mentioned previously, I have been on a farm for the first time. What else, you ask, have I done for the first time this year? I have tried two new sports this year: Curling and Belgian Bowling. Now I am sure that most of you have heard, if not played, curling…but Belgian Bowling? It is a sport that is commonly played in the town of Langenburg and the surrounding area. It is much like lawn bowling and curling in that you are throwing a heavy object across the playing area in order to have it land as close as possible to a pin. You knock the other team out of the way and you try to score more points than them. The throwing rock for Belgian Bowling is not flat but rather has a slant so that it goes around the pin and back towards it. Here are some examples of my excellent form in both sports. Note how my skills are much the same in both.
"If you hold on to what you think is your thing, you may find your missing all the rest" - DMB
"If you hold on to what you think is your thing, you may find your missing all the rest" - DMB
Friday, July 28, 2006
Google and I are fighting...
I have been a loyal Google fan. I use their gmail, their gtalk and their search engine. I have also loved their mapping site (http://www.maps.google.com/) … until recently. I was going up to Meeting Lake Regional Park to visit the in-laws. In previous years, Google maps haven’t been able to supply a map for this park due to its location but I was pleasantly surprised when this year, there it was: a map to Meeting Lake. I excitedly print it off:
So I get off work on Saturday at 4:15 and start the 2.5 hour drive to the lake. I am following the directions…until the directions run out…and I am no where near Meeting Lake. Where am I you ask? I am in small town no-where, aka Marcelin. It maybe hard to tell by the above picture, but I was trying to get to the blue area northwest from the red dot. Not even the blue lake straight up from the red dot but 40 km to the west of it. I am confused…how could Google let me down?! I pull over a couple and ask them if they know how to get to Meeting. They don’t but they show me a provincial map…and I am way off mark. I must have looked very pathetic, standing there, on a gravel road staring at the map. They were a very a nice couple and let me keep their map in order to find my way to the cabin. I quote “We know where we are going…you need this more than we do!” Thank you nice couple!
So I start on my adventure; an adventure that is 2 hours of quality driving on some the back gravel roads of Saskatchewan. Sometimes I would be concerned about where exactly I was but then out of no where there would be a church…only a church…and I knew that at least I was still in Saskatchewan, the land of the random country church. For two hours, my poor Golf was no match for the giant ruts that were left in the road by huge trucks. Only when there was a body of water beside me would the ruts throw me around on the road…towards the body of water. It was if the back country roads of SK were testing the city girl. If it was a test, I think I passed with flying colours…or at least an 80%. I did finally make it to Meeting Lake at 9:30 and in the end it only took 4.5 hours to get there. A 2.5 hour trip was extended by 2 hours. Here is the trip that I ended up taking:
Thank you Google maps, thank you.
"Lost for you, I'm so lost for you" - DMB
So I get off work on Saturday at 4:15 and start the 2.5 hour drive to the lake. I am following the directions…until the directions run out…and I am no where near Meeting Lake. Where am I you ask? I am in small town no-where, aka Marcelin. It maybe hard to tell by the above picture, but I was trying to get to the blue area northwest from the red dot. Not even the blue lake straight up from the red dot but 40 km to the west of it. I am confused…how could Google let me down?! I pull over a couple and ask them if they know how to get to Meeting. They don’t but they show me a provincial map…and I am way off mark. I must have looked very pathetic, standing there, on a gravel road staring at the map. They were a very a nice couple and let me keep their map in order to find my way to the cabin. I quote “We know where we are going…you need this more than we do!” Thank you nice couple!
So I start on my adventure; an adventure that is 2 hours of quality driving on some the back gravel roads of Saskatchewan. Sometimes I would be concerned about where exactly I was but then out of no where there would be a church…only a church…and I knew that at least I was still in Saskatchewan, the land of the random country church. For two hours, my poor Golf was no match for the giant ruts that were left in the road by huge trucks. Only when there was a body of water beside me would the ruts throw me around on the road…towards the body of water. It was if the back country roads of SK were testing the city girl. If it was a test, I think I passed with flying colours…or at least an 80%. I did finally make it to Meeting Lake at 9:30 and in the end it only took 4.5 hours to get there. A 2.5 hour trip was extended by 2 hours. Here is the trip that I ended up taking:
Thank you Google maps, thank you.
"Lost for you, I'm so lost for you" - DMB
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Farm-tastic..
I have lived my whole life in Saskatchewan and my family has lived here for almost 100 years and yet, I had never been on a real farm. Unheard of, I know. How can you live in Saskatchewan and never have been to a farm. This all changed though. Now that I am a Vanneste, I had the opportunity to visit the Vanneste farm; the very one that my father-in-law grew up on. This was an exciting and confusing time for me. I will document the experience in picture form...
Since I am now a Vanneste, I am taking part ownership of the farm. It has my name on it.
Here is a beautiful wild tiger lily. If this doesn't scream Saskatchewan, I really don't know what does. Well, I guess someone actually screaming "Saskatchewan" might scream Saskatchewan more, but I digress...
Here is confusion picture #2. This is more of a nerd confusion though. Here I am amidst a field of Brassica. But what type of Brassica, I have no idea. Is it canola? Is it mustard? How is a city girl suppose to know???
Jeff tried for three days to get a picture of this bird. He knew he would be less of a man if he was unable to capture its soul with his camera. Congrats to my husband, the manly man.
I will end this with three women walking into the sunset. So serene, so perfect. We are the people of this land!!!
All in all, I had a good time on the farm. Man, they feed you a lot on a farm! I was like a cattle that they were trying to fatten up...and I loved it. Three cheers for Langenburg!!!
Rach
" What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me" - DMB
Since I am now a Vanneste, I am taking part ownership of the farm. It has my name on it.
Here is a beautiful wild tiger lily. If this doesn't scream Saskatchewan, I really don't know what does. Well, I guess someone actually screaming "Saskatchewan" might scream Saskatchewan more, but I digress...
Here is confusion picture #2. This is more of a nerd confusion though. Here I am amidst a field of Brassica. But what type of Brassica, I have no idea. Is it canola? Is it mustard? How is a city girl suppose to know???
Jeff tried for three days to get a picture of this bird. He knew he would be less of a man if he was unable to capture its soul with his camera. Congrats to my husband, the manly man.
I will end this with three women walking into the sunset. So serene, so perfect. We are the people of this land!!!
All in all, I had a good time on the farm. Man, they feed you a lot on a farm! I was like a cattle that they were trying to fatten up...and I loved it. Three cheers for Langenburg!!!
Rach
" What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me" - DMB
Monday, July 10, 2006
Just call me wifey...
Ya, that's right. As most of you are aware, I am now a Mrs. If you weren't aware....well...hey, I am married! The wedding day went really well. I am a super planner so I had managed to plan for myself to have a good time at my own party. I managed to dance it up and visit a lot of people. There were a lot of people who came a long way who I wish I could have visited with more (sorry Marla and Charles).
So here are some of the highlights of the wedding. As a note, getting wedding pictures taken isn't the most fun of the day but boy did we try to make it thrilling!
Here is my bridal party unable to lift their legs without falling apart. We are so coordinated.
If these aren't the faces of love, I don't know what is.
This is a special moment. This is when my husband thanked my parents for having sex. No, I am not joking. My dad's response? "It was my pleasure"...nice.
And this is me trying to be America's Next Top Model. Is it just me or is one of the beautiful ladies in front of me going to have to go back to the loft, pack their belongings and go home. I think I have just been eliminated (thank God though, modeling is SO hard!).
And here is a shout out to all the mosquito's that decided to join in the festivities.
Here's to the one that bit my back during pictures.
And here's to the one who decided to eat my face. If you look carefully, you can see that I have about a dozen in my veil. So nice.
So, in a nut shell, that was my wedding day. If you want to see more pictures, good and bad, go to http://wedding.bunnyhug.net . Thanks to all of you who came to support, love, drink and dance with us. We had a great time!
Rach
“Hey, my love, you came to me like wine comes to the mouth grown tired of water all the time You quench my heart. And love, you quench my mind.” DMB
So here are some of the highlights of the wedding. As a note, getting wedding pictures taken isn't the most fun of the day but boy did we try to make it thrilling!
Here is my bridal party unable to lift their legs without falling apart. We are so coordinated.
If these aren't the faces of love, I don't know what is.
This is a special moment. This is when my husband thanked my parents for having sex. No, I am not joking. My dad's response? "It was my pleasure"...nice.
And this is me trying to be America's Next Top Model. Is it just me or is one of the beautiful ladies in front of me going to have to go back to the loft, pack their belongings and go home. I think I have just been eliminated (thank God though, modeling is SO hard!).
And here is a shout out to all the mosquito's that decided to join in the festivities.
Here's to the one that bit my back during pictures.
And here's to the one who decided to eat my face. If you look carefully, you can see that I have about a dozen in my veil. So nice.
So, in a nut shell, that was my wedding day. If you want to see more pictures, good and bad, go to http://wedding.bunnyhug.net . Thanks to all of you who came to support, love, drink and dance with us. We had a great time!
Rach
“Hey, my love, you came to me like wine comes to the mouth grown tired of water all the time You quench my heart. And love, you quench my mind.” DMB
Saturday, July 08, 2006
It's about time...
Well, I've done it. I have finally joined the masses and have created a blog. I had said that if I got into McGill, I would create a blog in order to keep my friends and family updated on what was new with my life and, also, in order to share the awesomeness which will be Montreal. I won't be posting everyday, but instead whenever anything interesting occurs in my life. I think that there will be many of interesting occurrences so I hope you enjoy. I think it will be fun to document the life of an Anglophone (Jeff) who looks like he should be Francophone; there are sure to be shenanigans!
So without further ado, I present to you my blog. I hope that my sarcasm will be adequately translated in this medium. If you know me, just assume that everything I write is with a sharp tongue....ah...sweet sarcasm.
Rach
“See you and me have a better time than most can dream of, better than the best, so we can pull on through, whatever tears at us, whatever holds us down, and if nothing can be done, we'll make the best of what's around.” -DMB
So without further ado, I present to you my blog. I hope that my sarcasm will be adequately translated in this medium. If you know me, just assume that everything I write is with a sharp tongue....ah...sweet sarcasm.
Rach
“See you and me have a better time than most can dream of, better than the best, so we can pull on through, whatever tears at us, whatever holds us down, and if nothing can be done, we'll make the best of what's around.” -DMB
Labels: 2006
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