Archive for December, 2008
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
About 30 cm of snow fell on Vancouver yesterday. This morning, I walked in deep snow to get to work. It looks like Quebec City. It is absolutely beautiful!
Vancouver in itself is not the most beautiful of cities. In my opinion, its main appeal comes not from the city itself, ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Talking about the weather with Zak...
Me: "With all the whining going around, it's hard to believe that 20 years ago, this kind of weather happened every winter."
Zak: "Not even that long ago! When I was a kid, we... Yeah, I guess that was 20 years ago..."
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
It snowed this weekend! We always get really excited when it snows here, because it's unusual and snow rarely sticks to the ground for more than a few hours. So we jumped on the opportunity to show our son his first snow... Well, at least, the first he would be ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
It's cold these days in Vancouver.
Ok, I know, it's winter and it's still only -7, -12 with the wind this morning. Nothing to write home about when you grew up in the East, where the temperatures dip towards -20 several times each year and a cold snap means -35, not ...
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Christmas is fast approaching and my son is getting more and more hilarious every day! We had to move all the ornaments up a few inches in the tree after he pulled on them until they came off, but he wasn't phased: he started putting his own toys in the ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Moms feel guilty all the time, especially, it seems, working mothers. I'm not immune to that, but my guilt is different than that of most working mothers.
I don't feel guilty about leaving my child on week days. My husband stays home with him and frankly, I'm convinced that he does ...
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