An update in photos

Posted on August 17, 2015

Some quick updates, mostly in photos: Artists on Eighth A few days ago I jumped in on an annual celebration of 4 great authors who are celebrated on the 8th…

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Our drive across Canada

Posted on August 4, 2015

Back tracking a couple weeks to make sure I share some photos of our relocation trip across Canada in July. I thought I would have been able to blog every…

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My new way to do Saturdays

Posted on August 2, 2015

The farmer’s market starts at 11 and it seems like half the town comes out to scoop up the freshest, nicest produce I’ve ever seen. The midnight sun helps grow…

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View from above

Posted on July 29, 2015

Up above the town, there is the “Midnight Dome” outlook that you can drive up to (or hike if you’re ridiculously fit) and look off in all directions. Look at how…

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Our New House

Posted on July 29, 2015

Written a few days ago, but waiting for internet access to post… A huge bonus, and really what was the key to making this move happen, is this government staff…

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Internet installed!

Posted on July 29, 2015

I’ve been so stressed, almost sick, over the fear the internet here would be so slow I’d lose my job. I’ve found two places with free wifi in town, and…

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Settling into Dawson City

Posted on July 24, 2015

It took 10 days to drive the 8294 km from our house in Lochaber, Nova Scotia here to our new home in Dawson City, Yukon. I’ll update you with all the…

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The case of the pantry doors

Posted on July 12, 2015

We had left our kitchen incomplete for a few years, but there is nothing like a sudden move to prioritize every house repair and project. The previous owners had a…

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Moving day!

Posted on July 11, 2015

All of our stuff is gone! Thursday On Thursday a packing crew arrived to pack the rest of our belongings into big moving boxes, wrapping all our breakables, and making…

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Blue beauty’s gone

Posted on July 7, 2015

I gave my dear old car a zippy, good drive for our last drive together, rocking out to Flo Rida, Adele, and Carly Simon. At just 134,000 km, she’s retiring…

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Dawson City is kinda far

Posted on June 30, 2015

Jeff was working on plotting out our drive to our new home today (we leave in 13 days!) We only have about 9-10 days to do it in, so visiting,…

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Moving sale

Posted on June 29, 2015

It was a lot of work in advance, but I’m glad we had the moving sale this weekend! My Dad’s cousin JJ and her partner Wayne happened to be driving…

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Moving chaos

Posted on June 25, 2015

Moving 8,000 kms in a month isn’t for the weak. We’ve working flat out, day jobs, cleaning, packing, putting stuff aside for a yard sale on Saturday, throwing things out,…

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Big News! We’re moving!

Posted on June 23, 2015

I know I’ve been suspiciously silent on this blog for a few weeks. That is because we’ve been up to something, something secret. And now we’re ready to share! We’re…

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Cabela’s Opening in Moncton, NB

Posted on May 30, 2015

On Thursday, Jeff, our friend Chrissy, and I, all took the day off work to travel to Moncton, New Brunswick for Cabela’s opening of their first store in Atlantic Canada….

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Tomato update

Posted on May 27, 2015

My tomatoes had a rough week without my undivided attention (and watering) but Jeff kept them alive! With the immediate risk of frost over, we repotted the tomato plants outside…

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Barcelona, Spain meetup

Posted on May 24, 2015

I just returned from a week long meetup in Barcelona, Spain with my team from work. We all work remotely, so we get together once in awhile to spend time together to work…

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