Nearly 2 years...

It's been nearly 2 years since my last post...I feel bad for neglecting this blog. But a lot has happened in that time. We moved to Toronto. Enjoyed it, but missed all of our amazing friends here in Edmonton. So we moved back. And we're loving it back here - in fact, we're in the process of buying a condo...just waiting for that to go through now. More on that later. But here are some highlights of our 9 months in Toronto.

Driving through Saskatchewan (not a highlight per say, but certainly made for some nice photos).

Welcome to Sheho. Heheheh!

We cruised through Manitoba and the first bit of Ontario because it was raining the whole way and there were tornado watches everywhere. Figured it was best to not stay anywhere too long. We did stop at The Forks in Winnipeg for some amazing samosas.

Mr. Buns still didn't seem to mind that he had been cooped up in a car for nearly 2 days. What a trooper!

I don't know if it was all of the rain or exhaustion from driving (we drove straight from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Marathon, Ontario - 16 hours. And quite the Marathon, it was. Hah!) but we started to play car games. Car fever, perhaps? Our favourite game: Spot Night Danger!

Half way through Ontario, and we're exhausted at this point, even Mr. Buns:

Also, my ankles swell up from constantly driving. I have car cankles! We finally make it to Toronto! Hooray! But first, we must stop in to see Emma's parents. To Hamilton, we go!

After a major job search, I find a job with Front Door Organics, an awesome organic home delivery service full of wonderful people! We'll miss that place. Hopefully, when visiting Toronto we'll have the opportunity to stop in and visit everyone again.

As we still haven't found a place to live in Toronto yet. I'm commuting from Hamilton to Etobicoke. 1-1.5 hours in the morning and 1-2 hours in the evening. Not fun.

Our friends, Kerry and Glenn, graciously let us stay in the spare bedroom of their amazing place in the Beaches (now referred to as the the Beach, for some silly reason). While staying with them we attend the Fan Expo.

Storm Troopers!

Anya from Buffy! Spock! Linda Hamilton! And Mr. Bruce Campbell!

Emma was determined to get Bruce's signature and have it permanently tattooed on her. Here's a before shot of Emma's shoulder:

And here's a shot of Bruce Campbell signing Emma's shoulder. I love that he added "Ash" below his name!

We quickly ran off to the nearest tattoo shop. We stopped in at Adrenaline Tattoo on Queen West, because they were the first shop we could find. They looked, however, more like an overpriced hipster clothing store, and the only tattoo artist available was some preening, puffed-up prick who blew literal smoke in our faces and figurative smoke up our asses by claiming that the autograph was "too small to tattoo properly". Ugh. So we called around and found an awesome place on Church Street called Passage Tattoo. When asked if the signature was too small to tattoo, Handsome Mike practically laughed at us for asking such a silly question, and proceeded to tattoo Emma's shoulder. Phew!

By October 1st we found a place on Markham Street. Which is one block from College and Bathurst and where you'll find Sneaky Dee's (and their excellent vegan nachos).

Also, our place is just south of Mirvish Village. We end up frequenting Suspect Video and Honest Ed's a lot!

While living in Toronto we got to see The Hidden Cameras, Gentleman Reg, Gossip, The Wild Beasts, and several amazing burlesque shows by Skin Tight Outta' Sight.

(More on our time in Toronto to be posted soon).