And so, a new adventure begins...

So for some reason I never really got around to starting a blog.  Now that my beloved life-organizer (love you honey!) and I are in a new country, I figured that it would be about the right time to start sharing our experiences in this new and frightening world called "America."

For those of you who are not aware, my wife and I recently moved from Calgary, Canada to Denver, USA in the year 2012 AD.  Although the reasons behind such a move were somewhat diverse, they revolved mainly around a few simple thoughts:

• My wife hates being cold.  Seeing as her body temperature generally ranges between "sub-zero" and "glacial" the chilly winter weather in Calgary tended to cause untold suffering and misery (and I am not specifying for whom).  Denver winters are somewhat milder, and summers are blistering hot, at least from my perspective.  The days that I describe as "OMGMYHAIRISONFIRE" my wife tends to refer to as "adequate." 
• My wife enjoys her free time.  She has many creative hobbies which tended to directly conflict with the time she spent in the office working.  She is currently focusing primarily on jewelry design, although past dalliances included cake decorating, dress making, stained glass er... fabricating, and interior decorating.
• I was offered an interesting new opportunity.  Obviously we needed a method to finance a move to a new city, and the fates were kind enough to grant me a job offer at a communications company headquartered in Denver.

Hence, our new story begins in a new city and new country.  I freely admit that the culture in Denver isn't a huge change from Calgary, but there are enough differences to make it interesting.  Both cities are in close proximity to the Rocky Mountains, have four distinct seasons, and are essentially economic hubs which attract a zombie-like hoard of job seekers from elsewhere in the country.  They tend to differ primarily in cultural diversity (I really miss having a Chinatown), daily temperature, and business diversity (Calgary is 99% dependent on the oil/gas industry, while Denver tends to have more tech/communications companies).

In any case, I hope to add some pictures and document some of our adventures in this blog so that we can share our experiences with our family and friends.

Henceforth, the world shall shudder as I unleash the horror that is my mind upon it.