It's always a bit sad when the little one goes away for a while... as she's a "stepling" to me, it's a fact of life to deal with.

Her dad (Sue's ex) is a very nice fellow (who we all get along with very well... Sue and his break-up was amicable...) and he's off with her to a cottage for a week with other friends and family.

On the bright side, it does give Sue and I a little time to ourselves... a vacation of sorts from being parental... which is very nice, if a little lonely at times.

Above is a winter picture, sure, and it's VERY hot right now... but it's currently the best images of the boys I have... this will undoubtedly change considering the amount of photos we take of them...

Still, Saturday was a great day as it was truly a "Sue" day... after taking Frick and Frack for a nice walk that brushed by a favourite park of ours, we travelled to the Royal Ontario Museum where we got to do the "adult visit" thing of not rushing to the more "exciting bits" for the kid and taking our time to enjoy and absorb the exhibits... and blow a TONNE of "pixels" on some great photos... I'd share some of them, but I'll leave that to the resident photographer here which really is Sue.

After that, we strolled through the University of Toronto's downtown campus and then off to my favourite "Fish and Chips" shop in Toronto, Harbord Fish and Chips which has been around for a DONKEY'S years (and then some) because Sue, believe it or not, despite the place honestly being honestly my favourite, had yet to "sample" the food there... (It's not exactly convenient for us to get to.) The fish was excellent as always and the portions are BEYOND generous! (Neither of us finished...)

We brought the food home and enjoyed our meal, went through our images of the museum, checked the online stuff, watched an old movie on DVD (Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward)... and just been relaxed and enjoyed each other's company...

They say there's a "honeymoon phase" which we, as a couple, were supposed to have passed by now... this doesn't seem to be the case... I'm still SO in love with Sue it's kinda sickening to some people... until they find out we're whacky and kinda cynical ourselves about such things.

The most oft stated address to each other is, Y'know what? I love you! to which the other responds with, Well, that's good because I love you too... and if it was only one of us in love with the other, it would be kind of icky considering the amount of time we spend together. I think it would be considered stalking and possibly confinement.

I can't rightly say I've known anyone who's company I've enjoyed more...

On Thursday, I blogged about The Pogues... who most people know through their "Christmas song" called Fairytale of New York which is really an awful song about a terribly dysfunctional couple... a drunk and a bitter wife or girlfriend of said drunk... hey, the lyrics start with the words It was Christmas eve, babe... in the drunk tank. An old man said to me, wont see another one...

None the less, and why I'm bringing this up... in the last stanzas of the song are the lines, starting with our female singer... You took my dreams from me, When I first found you... then the male singer replies... I kept them with me, babe. I put them with my own. Can't make it all alone... I've built my dreams around you.

Well, I can sorta relate... save one fact... it never seemed to be about her dreams or my dreams... but our dreams. We took both each other's dreams... and put them with our own... and we ARE building our world with them together. (This is the benefit of having extremely similar interests and hobbies as well as a GOOD strong friendship for a basis of the relationship.)

...and no, I've never been in a drunk tank.

...I sincerely doubt Sue has either... but I can't say for 100% certain...

...moving on...

To get to my point, and I've blogged that Sue's a blessing before and why, but this weeks blessing is a personal one... it's all about My Blessing of Spending Time With My Sue.

I don't think I ever stopped smiling yesterday... and what more can anyone ask for. That, my dear readers, is a HUGE blessing.

Remember, this is a woman who, although looking into the paranormal BEFORE we got together so we can't count that, is now hoping to have a huge, old, dusty, green double-decker bus in her future... think about that! How many fellas reading this could say their significant other would support this dream, let alone ADOPT it!?!

Sue's the best. Period!

The standard last note on the old blog... PLEASE SUPPORT THE DREAM!

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