in memorium...

of yosuke

ottawa

mj & i got to ottawa yesterday for xmas. there's SO much snow here, reminds me of niigata. my uncle has a cabin about an hour's drive from here which you have to snow-shoe the last 2 km's in because it's not accessible by road. i'm hoping to go up there either today or tomorrow for a bit and take some photos. if i do, i'll post some.

"boyfriend"

so it's been two weeks now since we've moved into "boyfriend" and it's great. ryan, michael, sarah and i are so happy with the place. ryan & i work in the same block and so we walk to work together every morning. everything in the house came together nicely and it looks like it's been lived in (by us) for years. we are sooo lucky to have such a large space in such a central location.
marijke came home from europe on monday so we're finally living in the same city again. it's been 10 years so it'll be fun i think.
work's still going well and everyone i work with are great.
xmas plans include heading to ottawa for a few days and then to guelph for a few days.
supposedly it's supposed to be our coldest winter in 50 years, and we're definitely feeling the effects. there was a blizzard all morning and ryan spent the entire day outside shoveling and then making an igloo! (pics below).
last night we had a dinner & xmas party. it was all kind of a blur but lots of fun.
that's it for now.

piccies - the last 2 days

inside the igloo


crawling in the door


sarah & ryan


me the sis


the snow-dump today


ryan buiding the igloo


our living room last night


pre-xmas dinner (sarah, michael & ryan in front, grace, mj & jackson, jessica)



my room



preparing

guelph again

the speed river is starting to freeze

my house!!!

new housemates sarah, ryan & michael

michael shoveling our front

our street

our neighb

work xmas party

sheldon, patricia, jason, mark & me

marc, me & sheldon

jason & patricia

...there were over 1000 people there as Transat now owns Jonview.