This is the hard part ...

[Gypsyangel 11]

My sister, her husband and their daughter visited us from Toronto for the weekend. We had such a great time together, but they just left, on their nine hour drive, to go back home. This is the hardest part about moving here. I was so happy to see them on Friday, and now my heart is heavy.

It sure was nice having some Canadians around. I could override Hubby on the paper plates (my sister's look of horror when he suggested them = priceless), beautiful gathering of shoes left at the door (not just mine), talking Celsius and kms to people who understand me, marvelling at all the weirdness of seeing TD Banks here, the excited novelty of going to the ocean for the day. Plus, they're all vegetarians (as am I), so lots of yummy vegetarian cooking.

We had so many things planned and didn't do half of them. I guess they'll just have to come back!

[K and T 0]

Wife and I drove up to Toronto to see her parents on Friday and came back yesterday. She was also into all the Celsius and Kilometer talk with her parents and brother. I totally get the paper plates thing.. wife is always amazed at the number of plastic bags the cashiers put the groceries in at the grocery store. I always tell her "it's free and we dont have to pay 5 cents a bag here", but she goes all enviromentalist on me after that . She was also amazed at the number of TD Banks here in North NJ.. she thought it was a Canadian only bank.

She wanted to shop at Dollarama and Chinatown on Spadina St, but we didnt get time.

[hikergirl 277]

I hope you are feeling better! I'm sure any time you miss talking about the weather (in Celcius) and kilometers and such you can pop on here for some moral support. It sounds like you had a wonderful visit and I hope they come back soon.

I can relate to the TD Bank thing because I took a Disney Cruise and saw a RBC in the Cayman Islands.

[Gypsyangel 11]

Wife and I drove up to Toronto to see her parents on Friday and came back yesterday. She was also into all the Celsius and Kilometer talk with her parents and brother. I totally get the paper plates thing.. wife is always amazed at the number of plastic bags the cashiers put the groceries in at the grocery store. I always tell her "it's free and we dont have to pay 5 cents a bag here", but she goes all enviromentalist on me after that . She was also amazed at the number of TD Banks here in North NJ.. she thought it was a Canadian only bank.

She wanted to shop at Dollarama and Chinatown on Spadina St, but we didnt get time.

LOL! The plastic bags at the grocery store! It's like they get rewarded for how many bags they use. It's crazy. I bring my own bags, but it's like a race ... if I don't get my bags out fast they've got half my order in the plastic bags, and then when I give them back the plastic bags, they crumple them up and put them in the garbage. They haven't even been used! Arghh. I tried to impress my hubby and his daughter by telling them about the 5 cents a bag, but they looked at me like I was crazy to be impressed by this.

I'm always going all environmentalist on my Hubby, but he just ignores me and uses another paper plate. We have a dishwasher!

I miss Chinatown / Spadina. Used to work in that area at one point ...

Thanks for sharing ... alas, I am not alone.