Well, this week we had to put up with them cleaning up the mess in our hallway from the sprinklers going off as a result of the fire last week.  It’s been kind of unpleasant, but is way better than having mouldy carpet and wallboard.  We also found out this week that our three months [...]

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I cannot believe it is already 2013, this year just seemed to zip right by.  And now I’m feeling the pressure of our impending move to Sydney (Australia, not Nova Scotia sorry).  And to add to all of that, it has been weeks and weeks and weeks since our last trip to Costco.  Okay, probably [...]

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Why does it always want to rain on the days that I go to Costco?  No matter how lovely it is the rest of the week, it will start raining Saturday morning right as we start walking to the Zipcar.  And then magically, it will stop raining after we get home.  I’m almost used to [...]

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Happy Christmas Eve, everyone!  I hope you all have a nice holiday season.  Don’t forget that Costco is closing early today and will NOT BE OPEN on Christmas day. However, normal hours will resume on Monday in North America.  Costco UK and some locations in Canada (Atlantic Provinces and Sudbury) will also be closed on [...]

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It was like walking into December this weekend at Costco.  There was so much Christmas stuff I honestly felt like I had mistakenly slept through at least two months.  There were trees, lights, decorations of all sorts, cards, wrapping paper, toys and a huge nutcracker that was taller than me.  Of course, none of the [...]

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