Year: 2018

• Thank YOU!! Keep It Coming! It's Our Last Day!

  Thanks to all you generous folks, you know who you are, we have raised $1980!  Today is our last day to raise funds for the school!  It does take a village to raise a child…and in our case, 5 children!  So, it takes a Metropolis to raise ours!  We’re grateful for your generosity! Click here…

• Why I Run (and Why You Should Give Us Some Money)!

  Results of Last Year’s Half Marathon  Last year, I ran my first half marathon.  Relatively speaking, I was pretty slow, but I finished and didn’t walk!  My goal for last year was to run a sub 2-hr half marathon, but I clocked in at 2:22 in the Scotiabank Toronto Marathon.  It was a challenging year…

• Goodbye, Prius: Prius Total Cost of Ownership Comparison

  Goodbye, Prius! It’s been a good run! As you may have remembered, my 2006 Prius recently crossed the 1/3rd millionth kilometre. I decided that I will let another lucky guy enjoy its great fuel economy and awesome reliability.  The real reason for selling it was that I felt the car was about to require some…

• 1/3 Million Kilometers!

  We made it!  1/3 million kilometers!  This is my beloved 2006 Toyota Prius.  I bought it in 2010 when it was 4 years old with 90,000 km on it.  Since then, I’ve put more than 240,0000 km on it.  Many people wonder if it costs more to maintain a hybrid, and the simple answer is…

• Wait!!: A Chronicle of Amelia's Birth

  Good morning!  It is 10:15 am on January 24, 2018, exactly 22 hours after Amelia was born.  Both Renee and Amelia are sleeping right now (this is usually when I write these posts).  We are actually all well rested.  If there was one word that would describe this delivery, “smooth” would be the word!  We…