Busy week
Posted by Fiona on July 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
Mara turned three weeks old this week, surpassed her birth weight, and, we bought a house!
Hectic times, to say the least. We weren’t expecting to get a house so soon but the timing just seemed to work out this way, much to our surprise.
Ticket to Ride, plus others
Posted by Fiona on December 6, 2006 | No Comments
Back in November James held one of his SF Symposiums, where he gets his friends together to watch movies on a particular theme. This time the theme was ‘Mind/games,’ so Martha and Chris brought along a few of their favourite board games, which seemed appropriate. We played Ticket to Ride Europe and even though it was baffling the first time through, we couldn’t wait to play it again (and again). Now we play that and a bunch of other games that James and Mike have come across. It seems as soon as we show these games to others, they have the same reaction to them as we do. It’s like being kids again! (Only these games are even more fun than the ones I remember from childhood.)
Unexpected treat
Posted by Fiona on September 21, 2006 | No Comments
One of the great things about my French classes is that they are downtown. Getting there takes me about 20 minutes door-to-door on foot, but there is enough time for me to come home to my apartment for lunch time. This is such a treat! I’m used to buying lunches at work, so it’s really a novelty for me to be able to eat my own food at home. I also really like seeing my apartment during the day (I’m used to missing most daylight hours there!). A bonus is that it seems there is a musician living directly above my unit. During lunchtime, I get to hear a practice guitar session, which I really like. Not something I hear where I’m there at night!
Classic Ottawa promo
Posted by Fiona on April 28, 2006 | 1 Comment
Went with Martina to see Bernadette Peters at the National Arts Centre. After leaving the show, we ran into 3 tourists from Calgary who wanted to have their picture taken. Martina asked them what they thought about Ottawa. Their response: “Oh, it’s not too bad.”
One for the brochures, that’s for sure!
Back in Ottawa
Posted by Fiona on April 18, 2006 | 2 Comments
Drove back up to Ottawa with James yesterday (well, James is the one who did all of the driving, thankfully!).
James also checked in on my place while I was away, and left many nice surprises around the apartment. Aside from fixing a few things that I hadn’t had the time or energy to take care of before I left, he also bought me a new table (and plants to go on it!) and a new shelf! And some new lamps! This was such a nice welcome back to my apartment. He’s been busy for the past two months…
When I walked out of my apartment today, I realized how strange it is to be able to walk down the street without needing a map, guide book, or someone else to point me in the right direction. It’s been weeks since I’ve been able to walk somewhere and already know the route before starting out.
I’m so lucky to arrive back here as spring is underway. The temperature is comparable to what it’s like in many parts of New Zealand at the moment (approximately 15-19 C). Still, I’m not quite sure what to wear. Aside from being uncertain about whether I’m going to be warm or cold, I’m also a bit baffled about what to do with a whole closet of clothes to choose from. The simplicity of having just one bag of clothing for several weeks was really appealing. Hopefully I’ll go through with my plan of getting rid of a lot of the clothes and things I just don’t use – easier said than done, though.
I still have a lot of notes to write down from the last week I had in New Zealand (and the one day I spent in Singapore). I’m hoping to add this to my blog in the next week or so before the details fade away. Once I get the chance to move my photos from my camera to James’ computer I’ll start the process of organizing them as well. Probably still a while before they appear online (nearly 900 pictures to sort through!).
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