Chris and I have (sadly) joked about the seeming number of items you hear about that start with "Of all the developed countries in the world, the U.S. is the only one that..."

Well, if this sad little sidebar doesn't speak volumes, I'm not sure what does (thanks aidenraine).

We've had a couple serious talks about where to make our "permanent" home (permanent in quotes because, well, nothing's ever really permanent). Back in Canada has been the plan from the start, and still is, but we still like to revisit the issue and consider alternatives, both mundane and wacky. I know in my heart that I want to be in Canada. I'm sure there are many European countries I'd enjoy, but I do have roots in Canada and there's a big difference between living down here in the (English-speaking, cheap-flights-home-offering, conveniences-I'm-used-to-available) United States for a while. I guess I never wanted to feel like I was dragging him back to "my" city, but the clincher lately is that he's made it very clear that Toronto is the city of all places he's been to (and that's a lot) that he could see making a real home base.

So.. yay :)

Definitely itching to stay put for a while... both in terms of ideally staying in our current place for the rest of the time that we're here, and buying a place in Toronto in a few years that's our long-term home. I love moving, doing something new, renovating... but it's just not very efficient, darnit.

We have visions of buying an old Victorian in the city (maybe a little west, but definitely east of High Park). Something with three apartments, which they all seem to be anyway. Renting out two of them for income and then gradually renovating and taking the whole place over ourselves, muhahaha!

EDIT: I realized it's not every day that an article gives me goosebumps, so I did something I hadn't actually done before and submitted it to digg. If you have an account, digg it?