J:
Finally the time has come. I have one more day at work to get through and then it is time to pack those bags and fly to my family. What a long three months these have been!
The last few weeks have been very emotional. Of course I have been a bit lonely, and there have [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 26, 2008
it is accomplished
November 25, 2008
we’re on the move
Tuesday 25 November 2008
It was quite surreal, standing in Steven’s house yesterday, with a clipboard in my hand, talking to a mover….”Yes that’s going to go, now that’s staying here, that’s to go….” Now where have I done that before?
This all happened in a whirlwind the weekend just gone. I was in the ‘depths of despair’ [...]
November 20, 2008
20 november 2008
So ends the first visit of my parents to us in Canada. There is so much to say about this, that I can say none of it. This whole process, so far, has been so surreal, intense, and impossible to articulate, but I do have to note on the public noticeboard, that I managed to [...]
November 18, 2008
Blogging Chilly
It is a bit parky outside today to say the least. There was a fluttering of snow last night; the car windscreen wipers had collected a little drift when I went out this morning with my laptop to try to connect. It is a clear sunny day, which is why it is so cold, and [...]
November 11, 2008
chilly blogging
If I go outside the cottage, I get a very weak signal and can connect to the internet, probably temporarily! Anyway, I will be able to pick up email and update the blog every so often – which is a relief – I felt like I had lost a limb without the internet!
It really is cold [...]
November 9, 2008
november rain
J:
See what I did?
So you may or not be wondering what I am up to. I’ll let you know after this short public service announcement:
You probably know that Roland and Chris, Rebecca’s parents, are now in Canada visiting. Rebecca, the kids, and my in-laws have rented a cottage in Niagara-on-the-Lake, which is a pretty little [...]
November 4, 2008
another first
Some attention to a different family for a change – my George. George gave his first comment at the meeting on Sunday. We were sitting in front of a family who have a boy a couple of months older than George, and who ‘comments’ regularly at the meetings – it’s quite hilarious to watch and [...]
