![]() He seemed to enjoy the 45 minute walk with me the first day back at school, then day two? Oh, the whining. Though they can walk quite far for their ages, the 6km round trip to Linny's school is too much for either of them. tThen there's the kids' happiness to think about. For all of us to take transit on an outing now costs about $12, which really adds up if you're doing it most days of the week. The bakfiets also makes getting groceries a lot easier-carrying bags of groceries while walking even a few blocks is a special kind of hell.įor a family, it's also a lot cheaper than driving or taking transit. Getting out of the house, into the sun (vitamin D!) is beneficial just for a change of scenery. Biking keeps my body weight mostly off my hip joint, unlike walking, so it means a lot less pain, which has a huge impact on my mood. I don't need to tell you about exercise & endorphins & all that-just the regular physical activity is obviously good for us. This whole experience has really driven home how much cycling keeps me happy. Thrilled to bike (not walk) this load home ![]() Which means we're back to riding most places again. It's still chilly today, but we haven't had a proper dump of snow in over a week & the ice is finally melting on most sidewalks & side streets in our area. Lesson learned for next year-I'm still hoping to find some near the end of the season for future use.Īaaaaaaanyway, the winter seems to be fading a bit. But I didn't realize they'd be necessary until it was too late & they became a scarce commodity. If I'd looked into the long term forecast in the beginning of December & imagined how what has turned out to be the longest cold snap in my lifetime would impact me, I'd have bought studded winter tires back then. The iciness of the roads & the lack of control & respect from drivers kept even us off our bikes for most of December. #VikingBiking doesn't work that well here in Vancouver's wet winters. We had to seriously cut back on biking once the fluffy, somewhat dry snow transformed into packed lumpy ice alternating with slush everywhere. I am an all weather, all year round cyclist, partly because I like the challenge, but also because even when it's cold or wet, it's more convenient that transit & not painful like walking (on my arthritic hip) can be for me. We also tried to take advantage of the actual proper Canadian winter that descended on Vancouver for the last five weeks & counting. We did a lot of sleeping in & eating sugary stuff. Hello there & happy new year! Hope your holidays were fantastic, or at least not too stressful. Went to walk across frozen Trout Lake, along with most of Vancouver Can't wait to try it-stay tuned for a review in future. I'm really into the idea as a way to create that baby book I'd neglected, but this tool is a great opportunity to build your business brand or create profit opportunities from content you already have by making a digital or print book. You have total control by converting blog pages into your own print-ready layouts with BookWright’s help. ![]() ![]() Sounds too good to be true, right? Seriously, though, it isn't. Blurb offers a new feature that helps bloggers to take content from their site & easily slot it into a template to create a real, actual book you can hold in your hands. This new feature accepts just about any blog building tool, including Blogger, Wordpress, & Squarespace, pulling text & images directly into the tool. So I was pretty excited to hear about one of Blurb's latest book creation tools. I have put a lot of effort into this digital space, but sometimes I'd just like it to be more tangible. Though I've had the best intentions, I've been rather haphazard with printing photos & creating scrapbooks as the kids have grown from newborns to little people that they are now. I've been writing here at Spokesmama, formerly The Sprog for about seven years now. ![]() This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. ![]()
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