Welcome Friends and Family,
After several years of prodding I have decided to go ahead and start my blog.
A special welcome to all of my wife's family up north in the GTA.
Most people immediately think Canada=Cold.
For me Canada has become a "warm" place, full of a new caring family and great friends for me and my son.
For those of you that may be visiting my blog and are not family, or not (yet) a friend I will attempt to briefly catch you up to speed.
The story goes like this:
Man splits up with wife 1.0. Man and Son move out.
Man and Son lead a lonely batchelor's life for a couple of years.
Internet invented!
Man realizes that there is not one single solitary soul interested in dating him in his small country the USA pop. approx. 303,824,646 !
Man harnesses power of internet dating site and while actually searching to meet someone from as far as away as Canandaigua N.Y. (about 40 minutes away); mistakenly types in Canada which is about 40 "metric minutes" or 4 and a half hours away.
It is love at first sight as man falls in love with pic on wife's profile.
Man finds out much later the pic was actually wife's younger cousin, but decides not to hold it against her.
approx. two months of phone calls, emails and IM's lay the foundation of this new relationship.
Man decides to make journey up north to physically meet wife 2.0.
Man disappointed to find out that Hertz no longer rents teams of sled dogs for the journey and instead decides to make journey in his trusty Hyundai.
1st date Dinner and Mamma Mia! in downtown Toronto.
Long distance dating and weekend rendevous for the next year and a half.
Wife 2.0 introduces man to her lovely daughters and extended family.
Obligatory Disney trip with kids solidifies bonding process between both sets of kids.
Man attends family lunch at Chinese Buffet and asks Wife 2.0's father for her hand in marriage.
Wife 2.0's father quickly and wholeheartedly agrees so as not to lose his place in waiting line for buffet.
Man "surprises" Wife 2.0 with the exact engagement ring she has emailed to him with a pic and link to the online jeweler of her choice.
Man scores major family points by popping the question using a series of random quotations about love gleaned from the mini hallmark card display at the Nicholby's rest stop on the 401 West.
Oldest step-daughter responds with the traditonal Filipino expression:NOOOOOOOOOOOO and swan dives on to the couch next to her Mom in tears.
Man reassured that this is actually the Filipino way of expressing Joy over what has transpired.
Older step-daughter and Man eventually come to understanding and agree to let this outburst be forgotten.
Wife 2.0 offered job in states.
Wife 2.0 moves to Syracuse, expecting daughters to follow at end of school year.
Man and Wife 2.0 married, officially becoming the NAFTA Brady Bunch.
Man, Wife, Son live together in Liverpool, still anxiously awaiting the reunification of Wife 2.0 and daughters.
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