There are so many thunderstorms here because of the humidity. I love thunderstorms! They are exciting. Luckily my son likes them too. No fear.
Monday, 18 July 2016
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Oh the Humidity!
It's not as bad as I was expecting. When my husband told me on Monday that it was supposed to be 43 degrees today I was was worried. I actually thought I would be ill. I'm prone to heat rash and sunscreen often makes it worse. But we survived. Thank goodness for the little $120 Air Conditioner we bought on the weekend.
We spent the morning at a "Halte-Répit" (Respite Stop). It's like a drop-in preschool. My son was o with me leaving him for an hour just so I could run a couple of errands, and he said he wanted to go again next week...lucky me! It runs 2 mornings a week from 8:45-12:00, and one afternoon. I pay $2.50/session. There is also a full day program once a month. I can use it 2 1/2 days or one full day per week. This is a privilege of becoming a member of our local community centre, which cost a measly $15 for a year for all 3 of us.
We came home for some lunch and laid on the sticky leather couch for an hour watching Kid's CBC's "Chirp", and then decided to hit up the pool for some refreshment. All the public pools are free in Montreal. I'm guessing that's the same for the rest of Quebec. It doesn't matter if it's indoors our outdoors...it's free.
I'm starting to see where those tax dollars go, and it suits me.
Some photos of the pools and water parks in our area:
We spent the morning at a "Halte-Répit" (Respite Stop). It's like a drop-in preschool. My son was o with me leaving him for an hour just so I could run a couple of errands, and he said he wanted to go again next week...lucky me! It runs 2 mornings a week from 8:45-12:00, and one afternoon. I pay $2.50/session. There is also a full day program once a month. I can use it 2 1/2 days or one full day per week. This is a privilege of becoming a member of our local community centre, which cost a measly $15 for a year for all 3 of us.
We came home for some lunch and laid on the sticky leather couch for an hour watching Kid's CBC's "Chirp", and then decided to hit up the pool for some refreshment. All the public pools are free in Montreal. I'm guessing that's the same for the rest of Quebec. It doesn't matter if it's indoors our outdoors...it's free.
I'm starting to see where those tax dollars go, and it suits me.
Some photos of the pools and water parks in our area:
All free.
Sunday, 3 July 2016
Our new place
Our new place is in the top floor of a duplex in Lachine. A duplex in Quebec can be split up and down rather than side by side as we most often see them in BC. It feels a lot like an apartment inside, but we have our own entrance in the front and back, and a nice sized shared back yard. It has two bedrooms and in-suite laundry and one of those neat ironing boards that folds into the wall.
Here is the front of the house. The top floor is ours, and the middle floor is our landlady's. The bottom is storage.
The stairs we have to climb to get to our home...scary in the winter I bet!
The eat-in kitchen with a lovely big ceramic sink.
So cool..now whee do I find an ironing board cover that will fit on this? I'm going to have to ask a favour of my aunt who can sew anything!
The enclosed veranda.
Living room
Bathroom with laundry.
This was the fastest and easiest move in ever. We had 5 bags, two bikes and 3 boxes of toys. The place was fully furnished, so we didn't have anything heavy to lug up those stairs, and here are dishes and towels and blankets already here for us. We finished by 11:30am on Friday and were having beers at noon! So easy :)
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