Thursday, February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine's Day!
Wishing everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day. This year Hubs and I both work morning shift today, which means we both have the night off!! I'm soo excited to actually spend Valentine's Day with him for once on actual Valentine's Day.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Goodbye Penny
Today is a sad day in Canadian history, the distribution of our penny ends.
It costs $0.016 cents to make a penny and when a penny is only worth $0.01 it doesn't make much cents to continue making them.
According to the Mint, the penny remain legal tender and can still be used for purchases or exchanged at financial institutions.
If you are paying cash at a retailer now the final amount will be rounded:
If something costs $1.01 or $1.02 the price will go down to $1.
$1.03 or $1.04 the price will go up to $1.05
History of the Penny:
* Canada's first penny was struck by the British Royal Mint in London in 1858.
* There have been five distinct designs of Canadian pennies:
1) 1858-1910 - maple leaves on a vine
2) 1911-1920 - maple leaves on a vine with the word 'Canada'
3) 1920-1936 - two maple leaves
4) 1967 - Centennial design featuring a rock dove
5) 1937-2012 - maple twig design by G.E. Kruger-Gray.
* From 1982 to 1996, the shape of the penny was changed from perfectly round to 12-sided.
* Until 1996, pennies were made mostly of copper. Since 1997, pennies have been made of copper- plated zinc or copper-plated steel.
* Each penny weighs 2.35 grams, roughly the same as a small hummingbird.
* Since 1908, 35 billion pennies have been minted. Stacked up, they would be 52,600 km high or almost as high as 100,000 CN Towers. Side by side, the pennies would circle the Earth 16 times. That number of pennies would weigh almost twice as much as the ill-fated Titanic.
* Most valuable penny is the 1936 'dot', which is supposed to be worth more than $400,000. There are only three known specimens.
* The last Canadian penny was made on May 4, 2012.
Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/Canada+penny+heads+into+retirement/7913978/story.html#ixzz2JxRuUJ8r
It costs $0.016 cents to make a penny and when a penny is only worth $0.01 it doesn't make much cents to continue making them.
According to the Mint, the penny remain legal tender and can still be used for purchases or exchanged at financial institutions.
If you are paying cash at a retailer now the final amount will be rounded:
If something costs $1.01 or $1.02 the price will go down to $1.
$1.03 or $1.04 the price will go up to $1.05
History of the Penny:
* Canada's first penny was struck by the British Royal Mint in London in 1858.
* There have been five distinct designs of Canadian pennies:
1) 1858-1910 - maple leaves on a vine
2) 1911-1920 - maple leaves on a vine with the word 'Canada'
3) 1920-1936 - two maple leaves
4) 1967 - Centennial design featuring a rock dove
5) 1937-2012 - maple twig design by G.E. Kruger-Gray.
* From 1982 to 1996, the shape of the penny was changed from perfectly round to 12-sided.
* Until 1996, pennies were made mostly of copper. Since 1997, pennies have been made of copper- plated zinc or copper-plated steel.
* Each penny weighs 2.35 grams, roughly the same as a small hummingbird.
* Since 1908, 35 billion pennies have been minted. Stacked up, they would be 52,600 km high or almost as high as 100,000 CN Towers. Side by side, the pennies would circle the Earth 16 times. That number of pennies would weigh almost twice as much as the ill-fated Titanic.
* Most valuable penny is the 1936 'dot', which is supposed to be worth more than $400,000. There are only three known specimens.
* The last Canadian penny was made on May 4, 2012.
Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/Canada+penny+heads+into+retirement/7913978/story.html#ixzz2JxRuUJ8r
It's February
It's February! January has come and gone so fast. I've been super busy with work and school I don't feel like I get a chance to blog as much right now.
Valentine's Day is coming up pretty quick (10 days to be exact). Hubs and I might go for dinner since we both actually have that night off!
We booked another trip to Mexico! This time my family is coming with us. I can't wait for the sun, sand and water for 2 weeks. We are trying a new resort so I hope all goes well lol (you know our track record with trying new resorts isn't so good).
So many babies are going to be born in the next few months. Between people I know in person and in the blogger world its pretty crazy!
Valentine's Day is coming up pretty quick (10 days to be exact). Hubs and I might go for dinner since we both actually have that night off!
We booked another trip to Mexico! This time my family is coming with us. I can't wait for the sun, sand and water for 2 weeks. We are trying a new resort so I hope all goes well lol (you know our track record with trying new resorts isn't so good).
So many babies are going to be born in the next few months. Between people I know in person and in the blogger world its pretty crazy!
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Bleh
Thought I would pop on and say a quick hi. Nothing too new or exciting happening right now in my life. Sometimes thats a good thing as no news is good news! The weather has been pretty crappy. Rainy and grey skies for the most part. Can't wait too see some sunshine and warmer days again (although I do count my blessings that we've only had frost 3 times so far this winter).
We're still looking at doing a family vacation in the spring. Just waiting on the deals to start happening (hopefully). Would love to spend another 2 weeks in the fun and sun!
School is going great. I'm back on track again (I fell behind by 3 days thanks to Christmas). I wrote my first exam the other day and got 100% on my theory part and 95% on my written portion. So I'm pretty thrilled with my results.
Also there must really be something in the water these days. A coworker became a grandma again to a beautiful little girl. Another coworker is pregnant and her sister is a due a month after her. 6 wonderful ladies who's blogs I follow are all expecting, and one oh Hub's friends is expecting. It's definitly going to be the year of babies!
We also just updated a bunch of lights in our home. We had a horrible old brass and glass chandelier in our dining room and replaced it with a more modern looking light. We also replaced the lights in our entrance way and hallway and just have 1 left to replace in our spare room. It's amazing how such a little change can have such a big impact. The rest of our home is pretty much reno'd and this little bit helps even more.
We're still looking at doing a family vacation in the spring. Just waiting on the deals to start happening (hopefully). Would love to spend another 2 weeks in the fun and sun!
School is going great. I'm back on track again (I fell behind by 3 days thanks to Christmas). I wrote my first exam the other day and got 100% on my theory part and 95% on my written portion. So I'm pretty thrilled with my results.
Also there must really be something in the water these days. A coworker became a grandma again to a beautiful little girl. Another coworker is pregnant and her sister is a due a month after her. 6 wonderful ladies who's blogs I follow are all expecting, and one oh Hub's friends is expecting. It's definitly going to be the year of babies!
We also just updated a bunch of lights in our home. We had a horrible old brass and glass chandelier in our dining room and replaced it with a more modern looking light. We also replaced the lights in our entrance way and hallway and just have 1 left to replace in our spare room. It's amazing how such a little change can have such a big impact. The rest of our home is pretty much reno'd and this little bit helps even more.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
2 weeks into 2013!
Holy moly, we are already 2 weeks into 2013 and already I'm off to a horrible start with my blogging. I have so many updates to give including Cuba, our Christmas, more about our home, etc thatI don't know where to start.
Right now school is keeping me a little preoccupied and busy (I have an exam coming up pretty quick) but I promise to be back to posting pretty quick.
One awesome update I do have is my mom's latest MRI showed her tumor shrunk and she can return back to work! I'm so happy and excited. She's pretty much in "remission" and will go back for follow up check ups from here on out.
Right now school is keeping me a little preoccupied and busy (I have an exam coming up pretty quick) but I promise to be back to posting pretty quick.
One awesome update I do have is my mom's latest MRI showed her tumor shrunk and she can return back to work! I'm so happy and excited. She's pretty much in "remission" and will go back for follow up check ups from here on out.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
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