Archive for May, 2008

We’re going!

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

We have finally been able to purchase a ticket home from Quebec, which means our little family will really be able to go East for two weeks. It will be wonderful and I am really looking forward to my family meeting my little tornado of a baby. However, he has ...

A little known truth about sesame seeds

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Yesterday we were gone pretty much all day. When we came back home, the first thing we did was take the dog for a walk. When he did his business, I noticed something weird-looking in his poop (by the way, this post is not for the faint of heart)... I ...

Poor dog…

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Yesterday we were playing outside in our building's courtyard. Our dog was with us, on leash, but we let it slip for a minute and he ran after the neighbor's cat. We heard some hissing. We called the dog back, and when he finally obliged we noticed a big bleeding ...

Half way there

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I really want to go back to Quebec before the end of my year of mat leave. With Zak now officially replacing me at home in August, our income will drop enormously and we will have to change a lot of things in the way we live. That also means ...

Free to good home (take two)

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Does anyone out there need a cat? I'm not one to run away from my responsibility. When we bought our cat, we knew that we would have to take care of him for years to come and we accepted that. But we didn't know how much of a mess we were ...

Free to good home

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Today we posted an ad to try and get rid of our TV. We are actually hoping to sell it, but we have limited confidence in its selling potential in this era of flat screens. If it doesn't sell, it will most likely end up at the thrift store. And ...

Stay-at-Home Dad

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

After months of real hard thinking, Zak has finally given his bosses his notice yesterday: when I go back to work, he will take my place and stay at home with our son. Making this decision has been a real roller-coaster ride. I have no choice but to go back to ...