Update!

Did you know that there's a backlog of 850 000 people trying to immigrate into Canada?
They say the wait could be as long as five years.

That's a lot of people and a long, long time to wait. Makes you feel lucky to be here!

There's a flood of Canadian tourists busing to the States (Boston, notably) to take advantage of the rising loonie. It is recommended to travel during the weekday and remember: goods acquired during same-day trips are exempt from personal tax or something like that.

AND if you are planning that trip to the States but are worrying over that passport, only flights over to America require one. Travels by land or sea are still passport-free. Thank goodness. Though if you are like me, you carry your passport around everywhere anyways so that doesn't really apply.

Also, King Tut's face has for the first time been revealed to the public. He's now on public display in Luxor, in the Valley of the Kings, if you ever want to see it for yourself. I don't know about you but I would love to go back. So if you require a travelling buddy that you would love to also pay for, give me a call!

Anyways I was catching up on the Hamilton news and it feels good to be back in the loop again, if only by a little bit.

If you are also in Hamilton and are free for the next few weekends, this Saturday in front of the Copps Coliseum from 10 am-2 pm and 5 pm-7 pm the radio station Y108 will be handing out tickets to the Hamilton Music Awards for every 5 non-perishable food item donated to the food bank, for a maximum of 6 tickets per person (30 foods). The Hamilton Music Awards, held Nov 18 (next Sunday), will be hosted by two people from "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" and sounds like an overall good time! So free tickets that are otherwise $30 for something we should all be doing anyways sounds like a good deal to me!

Alright, back to the laundry.