No one has asked me, but I'm going to share anyway. Here are some differences I've noticed between the US and Canada:
In the US:
1. Trident comes in big packages of like 24 sticks
2. You have to wait for your license plates to come by mail
3. When people say "thank you", the accent in the "thank".
4. IHOP, Dennys, etc...
5. Everyone goes to Walmart
6. Enlightened people recycle
7. If you use the left lane, the person behind you has a 25% chance of getting impatient for you to pull over so they can pass
8. On Friday evening, everyone and their uncles are heading into town to party...
9. When you get your hair highlighted at the salon, you get the foil put in, then sit under a hair dryer for 30 min...
10. Baseball, football, basketball...

In Canada:
1. Trident comes in little packages of like, 12 sticks.
2. You get your license plates handed to you when you register your car.
3. When people say "thank you", the accent is on the "you" (and it goes up like a question).
4. No IHOP, Dennys, etc... sniff
5. Everyone goes to Canadian Tire
6. Everyone recycles... even fast food joints have recycling bins along with the trash bins.
7. If you use the left lane, the person behind you has a 75% chance of getting impatient for you to pull over so they can pass
8. On Friday evening, everyone and their uncles are heading to cottage country for the weekend...
9. When you get your hair highlighted at the salon, they don't put you under the hair dryer at all (yaaaayyy)
10. Hockey, hockey, hockey...

Toronto skyline from the west.

This is Happy, and he holds our balcony door open.

I love basil and mint, as do the earwigs, who have a chowfest each night at the expense of my lovely herbs. I know, it's time I learned to share...

The view from our new balcony. It feels like we're in the tree tops!

Pete playing on his Ultimate Frisbee team.

Pife ramblings

We have moved!!! I am so happy to be in a larger and brighter apartment with a bigger balcony and a better fridge. ;P Pete managed to sweet-talk the super into getting us a new fridge even though the old one still works. Since our apartment is on the 4th floor, we have more privacy and don't need curtains, meaning we can just let the sunlight stream in!!! I love it here and I can't wait until it's presentable enough to have company. We have lots of board games, a grill, a lovely balcony, plenty of room to hang out or just play games. Oh, and did I mention our apartment has a pool? So who's planning to visit?

Even though it's a pain that my citizenship papers are so slow in coming, I am enjoying just being here, setting up house and trying out new recipes. I never really had the time or motivation to do that before.

I like this picture because it shows how irresistible little kittens are, and how much little girls love little kittens.

So ready to start living without 10 boxes, 1/2 desk on its side, no table space, and piles of cds on the floor, and that's just the living room! Have been living out of boxes for so long, I'm afraid I have gotten used to living with a mess. Is it possible to be a tidy person after this?

Recognize this guy? Pete has me hooked... Good thing we're almost out of new episodes to watch.

New haircut

No, really, I'm fine. I'm just concentrating on taking a pic without looking at the screen. What do you think?

Pictures from Canada Day weekend