O, Canada!

by Anthea, posted February 27, 2010

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I am currently sitting on Air Canada, en route from Vancouver back home to Montreal, reflecting upon the incredible five days we have just had. A complete whirlwind of activities, line-ups, security checks and national pride, Jeremy and my time at the 2010 Olympics was truly an experience of a lifetime. And this flight is pretty sweet too… Ah, the joys of traveling without my 16 month old, Jasper (he stayed home in Montreal with his grandparents)! Miss the kid like crazy but it sure is nice to actually watch the movie for a change!

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Winter Blues

by Anthea, posted February 11, 2010

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We are now well in to the second week of February and it is right about now that winter really seems to feel endless. With the Christmas rush long gone, and the post-New Year’s glow so last month, February really seems to be the time when everyone has had it with winter. Enough with the snowstorms, the minus-20 (without windchill) unbearable cold, the days where the sun doesn’t really appear till 8 AM, only to vanish again so quickly at 4:30, and wrestling my wiggling son in and out of his puffy, one-piece snowsuit 3 times a day! Enough already! It’s depressing, and I’ve had it!

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