2007/01/29
Craig's List, Chinese New Year, New Baby
ailThe little house on the prairie will be on the market as of February 19. I have had several inquiries already. Everyone wants to know how much I will be asking. I have been advised by my realtor not to set an asking price until the week before Feb. 19. But until then I continue to clean up, bag and box and get rid of junk. It is quite exciting to think that I really am moving to Vancouver.
I have been looking at some websites about apartment rentals in Vancouver. Here is one of the best. http://vancouver.craigslist.org/apa/ Some of them even have pictures. I was surprised to see how many are offered as furnished. Some are pretty expensive, too. But, hey, I can dream, can't I?
I have been busy. I subbed at the Island today. I have a job at another school tomorrow and on Wed. afternoon. And on Friday I'm performing a wedding. Two Chinese students enrolled at the University of Manitoba are getting married. I thought February 2 was an unusual choice of wedding day, so I asked them why they picked it. They said that the Chinese New Year is on Feb. 10 and it is luckier to get married just before the new year, not after. Gung Hei Fat Choy! is the appropriate greeting in the new year so I've been told.
Today I ran into my friend's daughter and her family. They had just returned from a trip to see the other daughter in England who just had a baby. Little Olivia. I've seen a picture and she is so sweet.
Last Friday the high temperature was -2 and it felt positively balmy. The next morning when I got up the temperature was -25! Such extremes. And it has been quite cold ever since. Every time I brush the snow off the car and scrape the ice off the windshield or freeze my hands I keep muttering, "Last winter in Winnipeg!" It's the only way to keep sane.
Well, it's late and I work tomorrow. Then I have supper with my friend D. and then HIP HOP DANCE CLASS, YAY.
So snuggle up and try to keep warm, all my friends here on the prairies. Cause, baby it's coooooold outside.
Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.
Charles Kingsley
Craig's List, Chinese New Year, New Baby
0 comments
I have been looking at some websites about apartment rentals in Vancouver. Here is one of the best. http://vancouver.craigslist.org/apa/ Some of them even have pictures. I was surprised to see how many are offered as furnished. Some are pretty expensive, too. But, hey, I can dream, can't I?
I have been busy. I subbed at the Island today. I have a job at another school tomorrow and on Wed. afternoon. And on Friday I'm performing a wedding. Two Chinese students enrolled at the University of Manitoba are getting married. I thought February 2 was an unusual choice of wedding day, so I asked them why they picked it. They said that the Chinese New Year is on Feb. 10 and it is luckier to get married just before the new year, not after. Gung Hei Fat Choy! is the appropriate greeting in the new year so I've been told.
Today I ran into my friend's daughter and her family. They had just returned from a trip to see the other daughter in England who just had a baby. Little Olivia. I've seen a picture and she is so sweet.
Last Friday the high temperature was -2 and it felt positively balmy. The next morning when I got up the temperature was -25! Such extremes. And it has been quite cold ever since. Every time I brush the snow off the car and scrape the ice off the windshield or freeze my hands I keep muttering, "Last winter in Winnipeg!" It's the only way to keep sane.
Well, it's late and I work tomorrow. Then I have supper with my friend D. and then HIP HOP DANCE CLASS, YAY.
So snuggle up and try to keep warm, all my friends here on the prairies. Cause, baby it's coooooold outside.
Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.
Charles Kingsley
Craig's List, Chinese New Year, New Baby
Comments:
Post a Comment
