Helen's Blog (85)

I cook my first ever roast dinner without any help! It turned out pretty well, I think.

Perfect weather for a walk in the park. Have I mentioned that I love this city?

A girl's night out to take advantage of the last night of Dine Around Freddy. I love this city!

There are benefits to moving house, and one of them is that you discover possessions you'd forgotten about! I found this DVD, unwatched and even unwrapped. My evening was decided.

I have a habit of killing plants, but when a colleague left the company, she bought me a new one and put her faith in me. I think I'm doing ok!

My meals get spruced up after a trip to the dietitian. First stop: breakfast. Bran flakes with raisins, raspberries and sliced almonds, toast with Nutella, and a glass of OJ.

An Easter feast arrives in the mail from Ben's lovely parents.

A farewell meal for our boss and CEO, who is leaving the company at the end of the week. A great team!

Learning about processing sap into maple syrup at Dumfries Maples.

We get stuck in to one of Ben's birthday presents. 27 discs of those crazy Heffernans/Spooners!

A belated birthday supper at Sam Snead's.

Do BodyCombat. It seems that it's good for your back and shoulder muscles.

After a full day of hiding inside the torn fabric underneath the base of the sofa bed, Rosie and Miley begin to see that the new house isn't so bad after all.

It's Ben's birthday! Modeling a football shirt / soccer jersey of his favourite player, sent to him across the ocean by his lovely parents.

We move around some of the mountains of boxes, and remarkably find a living room shaping up.

A black day. It's moving day, and we have lots of help from many wonderful friends, but we're sad to leave. We didn't feel like celebrating, so this is a mark of respect in remembrance of our first real home in Canada. Also, I was so busy that I forgot to take a…

We slowly start moving into our new place!

I had two good photo opportunities on this day and forgot to take a photo at each of them. So, instead, I made Ben let me take a photo of him serenading us on our last weekend in the house.

Finally getting somewhere with the packing. Which is a good thing, considering that we move on Sunday... And no, I didn't consider making a fort out of the boxes. Ahem.

I went to a great FDUG (Fredericton Developer User Group) event and meant to take a photo there. However, I was obviously so wrapped up in the interesting speakers that I forgot... So, what's the next best thing to take a photo of in Canada? Snow, of…