Perfection...

Small things make me very happy.

About 5 minutes after we'd finished assembling the futon, Harry the dog was ready to start trying it out.

I am now able to unpack more of my office stuff...

To respond to some of the comments--I'm able to email some of you, which I've done. The short answers are:

1) I think the gelato place is open in the winter time, but we'll have to wait and see. Sadly, cream of chestnut appears to be a monthly special!

2) The Forks is a neat place, but it's only one of many very cool things in Winnipeg, in my opinion. For one thing, everyone is very warm and welcoming here. There are fabulous summer festivals, a ton of ethnic restaurants, and the entire city is very accessible...no enormous commutes or traffic jams, so far.

For those who haven't been, the Forks is a series of big buildings with food vendors, shops, and tourist stuff. It's right near the forks in the rivers, and there are water taxis, river paths, and a very cool First Nations gathering circle. There's also a world-class skate park, a prairie restoration park, and a lot of public art. You can see a few photos of it here.

3) Kristy is an amazing resource! Kristy, if you're listening? Could you drop me an email? Kristy has kindly explained the potholes, stinky smells, and other details in her comments on the last post... and I hope we'll be real "in person" friends soon.

And about Folklorama...we've now been to the Philippine, Métis, Greek and Israeli Pavillions....every single one of those was terrific!

We've also gotten a delicious farm share with Stone Lane Orchard and had our first dinner guests over last night!

So, it seems everyone is making themselves "to home" here.

(That would be Harry, Sally, and the sheep toy, sharing my bed. You can see their crates on the very edges of the photo.)

Now back to unpacking...Have a good weekend! Say hey in the comments, ok?!