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Every year I make some resolutions, and sometimes they stick and sometimes they don’t. (2014: 20% success rate, 2015: 0% success rate. 2016: at best, 33%, 2017: 50% 2018: 37.5%) In line with what I[…]
I really wore the kids out today. Or at least, I wore out Destroyer. We had her swimming lesson this morning, an intensive 15 minutes, after which we went to get a coffee and she[…]
The alarm went off at 6:30 this morning, waking me to find both my daughters in my bed, refusing to get up. I chiseled them out and got them dressed, and rushed them to school[…]
This Monday I bought an electric cargo bike, because there was a $200 discount and I believe if I have this, I’ll commute by bike more often. Having an electric motor means the ascent home[…]
My wife left the house at 530 this morning to fly to Nova Scotia for a funeral, and I woke up at 4 to find a child in our bed. I had stressed for most[…]
I spent most of today exhausted, which I put down to worrying about things in general, to spending so much time in a car yesterday concentrating on driving, and not having a proper lunch today[…]
My lovely daughters came in to wake me up this morning to tell me they were letting me sleep in for my birthday, which was nice. We had a relaxed start to the day, drinking[…]
This morning it was a friend’s sixth birthday, and we were invited to Clip N Climb in Richmond, just south of Vancouver. Clip N Climb is a climbing wall franchise for kids – it’s all[…]
We drove to Cleveland Dam this morning, accompanied all the way there by the never ending sound of the Frozen II soundtrack, and then had a big walk. La Serpiente loves running on trails with[…]
We got up at 6 this morning, put the kids in the car and started driving. Thanksgiving is a good day to travek; there are other people on the road, but not that many of[…]
I was meant to have my driving test today, but the instructor was out sick, as I found out after making the trip to the driving school. So that was a litle bit annoying, but[…]