Top 10 Things About the Hammer We Will Miss

From the Home Office in Hamilton, Ontario....
these are the 'Top 10 things about the Hammer we will miss when living in Leeds':

10. Bad coffee and stale timbits at the Tim Horton's on every corner
9. Mmmmm yellow air--Morning drives to work through thick, smoggy Hamilton air
8. Delivering babies in the middle of the night and waving at the drunks on the way home
7. Kickin' some trivia ass at BP. Shaft RULES!
6. Favorite eateries--Room for Desert, Amuse Bouche
5. The Davis family gathering last Sunday, and the Sunday before that, and the Sunday before that, and the Sunday before that......
4. Laundry moochers who shall remain nameless, but it starts with S and ends with tephen
3. The delicate local ecosystem--Dead fish floaters, rabid squirrels, west nile biting mosquitos
2. Our wedding tree at Canterbury Hills
1. The NHL team....doh!

First Things First

What's with the name? We made it up. Or stole it from somewhere. We can't remember.

Odyssey n. An extended, adventurous wandering.

Idiocy n. 1. A condition of subnormal intellectual ability in the lowest measurable range. 2. Something extremely foolish or stupid.

Why would two people leave their loving families, fun friends, excellent careers, nice house, comfortable lives, familiar surroundings and the greatest country in the world to move to a city Charles Dickens referred to as the most disagreeable in England?

I direct you to the definition of Idiocy above.

But its not that simple. There were opportunities in England which were not available in The New World which we were compelled to pursue. So we did. Now we'll make every effort to see the best and worst of the lands of our ancestors while we also attempt to take the most advantage of the aforementioned opportunities.

I direct you to the definition of Odyssey above.

We hope that this blog will be a chronicle of our Idiossey and allow us stay close to those of you who will be missed by us.