• Chillin' out at YVR, waiting for the Canada Line to bring the rest of the family. Travelling w/o car seats is nice … but complicated. #
  • Melting away in Pearson. The more often I come here, the less I like it. Utterly kid unfriendly. And filthy. #
  • .@keeperofmaps *No* kid areas. Pay-wall wifi. At the moment, filthy carpets and washrooms. This is an unpleasant 2hr hold-over #
  • Didn't they recently renovate here? How could you not put ANY kid areas in Canada's busiest airport? #
  • Arrived in Halifax. Kids were pretty wired but I think they're down now. Now … adjustment time. #
  • This is our 21 month old's 4th set of transcontinental flights + Aidan declared "I'm getting tired of airplanes". #
  • Quinlan work when the sun came up, 5:30ish Atlantic, 1:30 Pacific. Fortunately Gwen got him back down – it could have been ugly. #
  • Back from hospital, visiting my mother. Resemblence to my 91 yr old g-mother, who has been afflected w/ Alzheimer's past 10 yrs is striking #
  • And sad #
  • Congrats @Seanfunk @SlvrLambStudios and family: First geocache pub'd + now found by someone else! Your transition to the darkside continues! #
  • Things I hate about travelling x-country w/ an ~2 yr old: the 2 hrs+ of crying and screaming it takes to get him to go to sleep on Day 2 #
  • Officially in go-to-sleep-now-damnit hell #
  • Having only lived in East Coast boreal forests + PNW temperate rainforest the fact so little of Earth is treed boggles http://bit.ly/c7VGRo #
  • Back from spending a good portion of the day at the hospital. She's comfortable, but I think the pain meds have been causing her to zone out #
  • Back from the hospital again, brought the boys this time. They cheered her up, I think, but the drugs make it hard to tell. #cancersucks #
  • RT @polarisdotca: Minister told kids Mars wld be "as big as Moon" Emailed him Mars hoax. Replied "Wasn't rlly Mars. Talking abt God." Huh? #
  • My mother passed this morning, age 60. Instead of flowers, donations to the Ovarian Cancer Society appreciated http://www.ovariancanada.org #
  • Thank you all for your thoughtful words; they mean much to us. I am so touched that my Twitter pals are such a warm and caring bunch. #
  • The funeral for my mother will be 11am Monday the 26th at St. Pat's Church on Brunswick St, Hfx. Visitations at Cruikshank's Sunday 2-4, 6-8 #
  • Been digging through old piles of photos to prepare for the funeral home. Many photos I've never seen before — a mother I never knew. #
  • It's been bittersweet but not so sad. Happy for a life well lived. #
  • I discovered this stunning photo of my mother, taken when she was 17. I'd never seen it before! http://twitpic.com/27pv60 #
  • Friends, do your children (or future children) a favour. Keep dates, names, and context with your photos. "Who's in that pic? I dunno…" #
  • Scanning photos: almost as fun as waiting for code to compile. #KnowingIsHalfTheBattle #WhatsTheOtherHalf #
  • Phil Plait (aka @BadAstronomer ) gets his own Discovery show! http://bit.ly/amDeMY #
  • Absolutely amazing photos of the CF-18 crash as it happened in Alberta http://bit.ly/coPr8f #
  • Yay for kids. Aidan was up at 5 am today, back to bed for a bit, "up" at 6. That's 2am Vancouver time, yo #
  • Return tickets bought — we're back in Vancouver on August 1st #
  • So, uh, iPhone 4 in Canada in 1 week. Any news from any of the carriers about details? #CanadianTelcosHaveTheWorstCustomerServiceEvah #
  • Walkint the formerly sandy now rocky beach at Lawerencetown http://twitpic.com/28daet #
  • Sigh. "Viewing" at the funeral home today. Sounds like 4 hours of hell on earth. #
  • Wow, just caught a Google Maps #epicfail It labelled the Bedford Basin (part of Halifax Harbour) as "Porters Lake". Uh, no. #
  • Back from the funeral home. Ugh. Laundry and bulletins to do before knocking off tonight. #
  • And Gwen's grandmother was taken from the funeral home directly to the hospital. #FunTimes #
  • I think @LeftCoastMama spiked my drink. I have the urge to yell "Arrrr" and "Yo-ho-ho". Maybe that's just the rum talking. Arrr. #