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By hayley and mick
September 29th 2008

Southern Ontario - Kitchener and Niagara Falls

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Niagara Falls

The following day we picked up another rider off craigslist and drove back to Kitchner (near Toronto) to visit with other good friends from Jasper Luke & Megan who will shortly be moving back to Melbourne in Australia. It was great to see them again and we went out for dinner at an awesome all you can eat sushi and japanese restaurant! We stuffed ourselves and it was all delicous. As Megan had the next day off she and Hayley hung out for the day and started the preparations for a dinner party that evening. And Mick went to work with [View Full Entry]

By swillett
September 9th 2008

Cruise Ship Assignment!

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Norwegian Majesty
This will be my home for the next 4 months!

Well, I FINALLY got my ship assignment! I'll be sailing on the Norwegian Majesty. Home port is Philly, until November when it changes to Charleston. I fly out this Friday morning and then am put up in a hotel for the night to get a bus to meet the ship Saturday morning. Here are the ports I'll be sailing between now and January: - Philidelphia, PA - St. George's, Bermuda - St. John, New Brunswick - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Bar Harbour, Maine - Boston, Massachusetts - Nassau, Bahamas - Oranjestad, Aruba - Willemstad, Curacao - St. Thomas, British Virgin Islands [View Full Entry]

By mcgrathsmarchmadness
March 30th 2008

Day30 - March 29th, 2008

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Hey - what is this a mirror? Who is that dog over there???? My twin?

Well here we are - full-circle!! After 14,000+ kms and a month of travelling around North America, we are back home here in Kitchener, ON. We are grateful for 1) safety as we travelled all those miles! Thank You, Lord!; 2) for beautiful sunshine every day when we were on the road travelling, except this past Thursday morning (when it rained for a couple of hours). Thank You, Lord! and 3) for all the special people, places and attractions we were able to visit. It has been an awesome experience! Thank You, Lord! And what can we say about our blogger? [View Full Entry]

By swillett
February 28th 2008

Update

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It's been a little while since I've posted. Things are going well with my jobs. Yes, I am still working 5 of them. I did stop working youth drop in, but replaced that job with another dance teaching position at Impact Movement Studios Inc. in downtown Kitchener (www.impactmovement.ca). I am the chair dance teacher. Yes, that's right. I teach sexy dance routines on a chair to adults. It's a riot. The ladies are always a hoot, and it's fun, flirty fitness. My other 2 dance jobs are still going well, as well. As is Kumon Learning Centre. The job at Summit [View Full Entry]

By mcgrathsmarchmadness
February 19th 2008

Just an update on me - the blogger!!

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Me and my new "doo"!
Even with my trim, I am still my lovable self! Right?

Well hello there.... I wasn't going to do any blogging again until my masters started on their trip! But I could resist showing off my new doo! Hair-doo that is! They took me for my bath and clip today and I thought I better show it off, so those of you we meet along the way will recognize me. In my last picture I was sure lookin' like the "shaggy dawg"!! Anyway - now I am all trimmed and clipped and ready for the road! So let's get this show on the road, eh??? Not sure what it will be like [View Full Entry]

By mcgrathsmarchmadness
February 7th 2008

Hey - I'm going, too!

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Co-pilot-navigator extraordinaire!!
Yup, its me - Benji! Ain't I the cutest!

Hi there: I am Benji and I am going on this trip, too! Someone has even suggested that I do the blogging, as my masters aren't very experienced at this whole "blogging" thing! So you may end up getting this trip from "the back seat" perspective, cause that's where I get to hang out! Actually it isn't so bad - I do get the whole back seat to myself and have water and food on demand·! Cool, eh? And I have a bird's eye view out either window! And sometimes my masters even put the window down and boy do I [View Full Entry]

By mcgrathsmarchmadness
February 5th 2008

Welcome to our Travel blog

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McGrath's March Madness
Our route - hope you can read it.

Hello there: Not being bloggers and not being this daring in a road trip before, we trust that our blog will be of interest as we travel across Canada and then down into the USA. Lord willing, we should have a map posted on our blog which will show you our route. Thanks for joining us, and we will see you again on March 1st, Lord willing. [View Full Entry]

By mcgrathsmarchmadness
February 5th 2008

Confirmation Test Message

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Hello Subscribers: This is just a test to enusre that the system is working properly. Actual first blog will be March 1st. Thanks for signing up. Eric & Sharon [View Full Entry]

By Renee and Shawn
January 7th 2008

The week before our trip

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Hello everyone! It is the week before our trip and we are getting pretty excited! We leave on January 11 at 9pm from Toronto and our first stop is London England. Destination- Sydney, Australia! We will be updating our travel blog on a weekly basis. Look forward to photos of our time in England! Well we better get back to our packing! We'll be writing again soon! [View Full Entry]

By swillett
December 23rd 2007

A Magical Christmas Wish

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Sthephany and I
This photo was taken at last year's School Christmas Concert.

I've shared this story with a few friends and family, and decided that it may be worth it to share with all. Just over a week ago, I received this e-mail: Greetings, I am a teacher this year at EBH. Today, I was subbing for the 4th grade class, and they wrote Dear Santa letters. One of the girls, Sthephany, asked only for a letter from you for Christmas to make her happy. I thought you would like to know that. If you wanted to e-mail me a letter or something, I could print it out and get it to her [View Full Entry]

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