Husband M and I were in McDonald's restaurant one morning. I mentioned to one of the employees that is was a Professional Development Day at the schools that day. We laughed that it meant a peaceful morning as the place is usually very busy with school kids during the week. She started telling us of the hour and a half bus rides (each way?) she endured as a child going to school. It seems she grew up in Northern Ontario. As a result she really appreciated Professional Days off school but maybe not so much her mother as there were 4 kids in the family. It must have been tiring for the kids, those long bus rides.
I asked if she would consider retiring up north one day, back to where she grew up, you know. She said she had 6 properties out east in Newfoundland and that is where she would retire. She said her dad had bought the properties thinking of his 4 kids and I thought, what a good father! She really appreciated her dad too. Apparently the 4 kids will share in these properties.
Of course Newfoundland gets a LOT of snow, but it is peaceful and the summers must be wonderful.
I asked if she would consider retiring up north one day, back to where she grew up, you know. She said she had 6 properties out east in Newfoundland and that is where she would retire. She said her dad had bought the properties thinking of his 4 kids and I thought, what a good father! She really appreciated her dad too. Apparently the 4 kids will share in these properties.
Of course Newfoundland gets a LOT of snow, but it is peaceful and the summers must be wonderful.
