My internet was out one morning last week so I made a run to town to find some free wifi. I worked in my car for a bit in a…
Read MoreAnnual movie fest
Jeff is usually out of town for a week or so around this time of year. It’s my time of year to fend for myself, live the single life, party…
Read MoreTropical Storm Gabrielle
I’ll start this post and add updates, if there are any, for Tropical Storm Gabrielle. My brother Brian just contacted me to let me know he wanted a storm update…
Read MoreTropical Storm Gabrielle, trench, wasps, power, Jesse, and more
There is the possibility of a tropical storm visiting this Friday and I haven’t even told you about it yet! Excuses? I have many. Basically, there has been a lot…
Read MoreIf you don’t know what you want, how will you know when you get it?
I decided to start putting together some sort of bucket/wish list. I got the idea from this blog post where the blogger mentions if you publish your bucket list, people tend…
Read MoreiPhone photo dump
Dumping some miscellaneous photos off my phone:
Read MoreDid you ever wish…?
Me: Did you ever wish your name was Rusty? Jeff: Nope. Not even once.
Read MoreWhat is the price of butter where you are?
Sheesh, I think my family should have stayed in the dairy industry. Butter is now $5.19 – $5.29 here. Time to buy a cow and a churn.
Read MoreOur annual summer trip home
We had our annual trip home to Ontario this month. The highlight of the trip was my cousin Paul’s wedding. Paul and his bride Lisa know how to throw a…
Read MoreLife on the outside…
I can’t believe we’ve been living here for 6 years and this is the first night I’ve sat outside on the deck. It helps that we have a nice front…
Read MoreTed – I loved it!
I watched Ted last night – the movie with Mark Wahlberg and the teddy bear. I love it! And I’m a huge sap, because I cried in a few parts! It’s…
Read MoreBeeeeutiful highlight of my day
Beeeeeeautiful only for the lack of another descriptor for holy hell fire that hurts! I took the garbage out to Jeff’s truck early this morning so he could drop it…
Read MoreFirst week at my new job
When was the last time you heard me say, “I LOVE MY JOB”? Because I really LOVE THIS JOB. It feels like Christmas every day. I think the last time…
Read MoreI’m starting a new job tomorrow as a Happiness Engineer at Automattic
I’ve accepted a new job offer. Starting tomorrow I will be a Happiness Engineer at Automattic 🙂 Isn’t that the best job title in the world? Every day I’ll be…
Read MoreMaine, New Hampshire, NASCAR, sunburn, and shopping – Part 3
Day 4 – Portsmouth, New Hampshire, through Maine, to Saint John, New Brunswick On Monday we drove through Maine the scenic, slow route to the Calais / St. Stephen border…
Read MoreMaine, New Hampshire, NASCAR, sunburn, and shopping – Part 2
Day 3 – NASCAR at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway We stayed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Saturday and Sunday night, just about an hour from the race track. After…
Read MoreMaine, New Hampshire, NASCAR, sunburn, and shopping – Part 1
Day 1 – Drive to Freeport, Maine We dropped Monty off at the board kennel on Friday and head out for Maine! We debated which way we should go, so…
Read MoreOur lives will never be the same…
Isn’t she beautiful? We almost bought the next model up from our neighbourhood home improvement store, Central, but I’m glad we decided to drive out to the Stihl/Husqvarna dealer! Not only…
Read MoreThe Schuyler’s visit
Jeff’s parents were just visiting over the last couple of weeks. We played Grandma Stock’s rummy game for the last 3 nights in a row, but never quite made it…
Read MoreMontreal WordCamp 2013
I travelled to Montreal last weekend for a 5 day trip to attend WordCamp Montreal and to help out at an advanced WordPress troubleshooting session for women bloggers. I had…
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