You replied to a comment instead of the OP, so your answer looks a little funny from being out of context, that's all.
My spouse and I were broke grad students with a baby on the way. We needed a car. Someone in our tiny town was selling a 1992 Accord for $1000 (this was in the early 2010s). We bought it and put in another $1000 to get it to run.
The only problem? It was a stick shift. I didn't know how to drive standard; at the time, my spouse didn't drive at all. I tried to learn, but I was so nauseated from my pregnancy that I nearly puked every time the car lurched... which was often. I never did get the hang of it. Eventually we bought a newer automatic car and traded the Accord in for a whopping $250.
These days we could weather a $2000 mistake without too many problems, but back then... yeah, that one hurt.
I use a mix of the two depending on the word.
Hello, may I introduce you to Canadian English?
They'd be a bit young for that, I think. It is a great museum though.
Pulled pork:
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced, on the bottom layer
- A piece of pork (shoulder is probably best but I've also done tenderloin), trimmed
- 1/2 cup BBQ sauce poured over the meat
Cook about 3-4h on high or 6-8ish on low. Remove pork, shred with a fork, return to slow cooker & stir everything up together before serving.
This is cool! Thanks for sharing; I've registered.
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Friends in Gravenhurst get the occasional bear in their yard, so maybe read up on the wildlife!
Oh wow, you're totally right. Someone needs to go back to grade ten civics!
That's great, thank you! We lived in the city in our single/DINK days so a number of these weren't even on my radar. I had no idea you can water taxi to QC now! That might be a fun one.
I get that, though it does have some cool features (the Science Center is fantastic). But that trip was to see particular people rather than the city itself. We'll miss them, but we also don't feel super safe crossing the border right now.
I lived in Ottawa for four years, actually, and my husband for over a decade -- but I haven't been back since 2013 and our kids have never visited. I'm actually really looking forward to revisiting some of my old stomping ground with them!
We haven't really filled out our itinerary yet, so I don't mind suggestions on things to do with the kids in particular (all elementary school age). So far we're thinking touring the Hill & Peace Tower, the Museum of Nature, whatever the Museum of Civilization is called these days, and maybe one of the river/canal boat tours.
Our family was supposed to go to Baltimore this summer but instead we're going to Ottawa :)
Every April, poets around the world set themselves a challenge: to write one poem a day for all thirty days of the month. I've participated three or four times now, and though I don't usually manage to do all thirty, I've found it a really fruitful practice & have published a number of pieces that started as NaPoWriMo drafts.
For anyone interested, here are some helpful resources:
- https://www.napowrimo.net/ (daily writing prompts)
- https://writers.com/napowrimo-prompts-for-national-poetry-month#prompts (daily prompts; info and tips if you scroll up)
- https://www.everypoet.org/pffa/forumdisplay.php?105-NaPoWriMo-2025 (poetry forum: lots of camaraderie and encouragement. Site is not very mobile-friendly.)
I'd love to hear if anyone else has participated before -- and if you haven't, why not make this the year you give it a go?
You'd be losing a lot of extra product to the trimming that way -- or you'd maybe have to use individual molds for each bar. With a rectangular shape, you can pour the soap into slabs and then cut everything exactly to size with very little wastage.
I found a video showing the process (you can skip to about 3:30): https://youtu.be/TvIBzCIwpLM
Maybe look for coverage of a topic or event from a few major US media sites/papers, and then at the same event from somewhere outside the US.
Etc.
These are really beautiful! I can see that they take a lot of craftsmanship. How did you start doing this kind of sculpture?
My father has T2 and ozempic has been amazing for him. He's insulin-dependent, but his endocrinologist has told him that soon he'll probably be able to drop the shots before meals and just do the 1x/day long-acting shot. It's pretty amazing!
"The U.S. Travel Association says Canada is the top source of international visitors to the United States and just a 10 per cent reduction in Canadian travel could result in $2.1 billion US in lost spending – New York is one of the most visited states."
I ran across this post on the CBC that names a few apps to help people find Canadian products: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/buying-canadian-shopping-apps-barcode-scanners-1.7463039
- Shop Canadian
- Buy Beaver
- O SCANada
- Maple Scan
I'm curious if anyone has tried any of these and how useful (or not!) you've found them.
"With so much interest in buying small Canadian companies, I figured I would share her products as an alternative. Your support would change her life. All products have a maple leaf!"
The response was immediate and enormous, she says, with order requests through her website increasing by almost 4,000 per cent, according to Williams.
Banks will also be prohibited from charging NSF fees more than once within a period of two business days and in cases where the overdraft is less than $10.
To avoid bank account holders accidentally incurring an NSF charge, banks will also have to send an alert giving account holders at least three-hours' notice that a payment exceeds their bank balance. If the account holder deposits money to cover the payment within that period, banks cannot charge the fee.
This is my most ambitious project to date, the Faith CAL by Helen Shrimpton (with a few modifications).
What big or small blankets are you working on?