Category Archives: House and Home

Packing, packing, packing!

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You know how much stuff fits into a 1,300sq/ft townhouse? A LOT! Seriously – where did Kyle and I get all this stuff?

Needless to say, my weekend was filled with packing while Kyle was at work. It feels like there’s SO much more to do, but really, there isn’t. I think all that’s left is the kitchen stuff, our clothes and the bathroom – stuff that’s still kind of needed until the day we move! It’s hard to believe that it’s only a few days away.

I’m not sure if I’ll have internet access right away since I’m having issues getting my cable/telephone/internet services transferred over to our new house, so I don’t know how much blogging will be done in the near future. (Not that I’m much of a blogger now anyway.)

Fingers crossed that everything goes okay!

I’ll leave you with a video of my dog “talking” to me. Seriously. She’s so sassy, it’s not even funny.

How was your weekend?

Whirlwind

Posted in House and Home, Weekend Update, Work by

Oh em gee, my weekend seems like it was crazy busy, even though it probably was a snore to most of you. Probably because I have just been so exhausted lately, so everything takes that much more effort. Hell, life in general seems to be crazy busy lately.

Work has been crazy busy with municipal election stuff, and there’s a big ass spelling bee coming up in the new year that I’ve been busy with as one of the organizers.

And then there’s life – moving, packing, renting, living – whew!

We found a renter for our townhouse in an amazing THREE DAYS. Neither Kyle or I thought we would find someone that quickly, despite when everyone told us. (“No problem, you’ll rent it out easy peasy!”) I had them sign the rental agreement Saturday night so that was a lovely weight lifted off our shoulders.

Now it’s time to pack like crazy fools. Why on earth did we decide to take a quicker possession date? Oh, because we’re crazy people. And I guess the lower price tag helped too. It’s just so hard to pack when we still have to live here for a couple more weeks! It’s going to be uber stressful, for sure.

But – my weekend was pretty laid back overall. I went with my mom and step-dad to a Ukrainian bake sale and got myself a dozen cabbage rolls. YES! There was a HUGE line-up at the door when we got there at 11 a.m. (when it was suppose to start). Apparently people started lining up at 10 in the morning! And it wasn’t exactly warm this morning either (-3°C/26.6°F)! In the sun it was tolerable, but waiting in the shade? I nearly froze to death, I swear. I wish I took a picture of the craziness of the line-up.

After the back sale, I did some grocery shopping, came home, and had a nap. Kyle went to work, so I made myself some Chinese noodle soup with long won ton noodles, chicken broth, a little onion and a hard boiled egg. Delicious! What on earth on long won ton noodles?

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Seriously the best thing ever. So glad my dad brings things like this back for me from his trips to Vancouver. Like the Chinese say – “Long noodle, long life!” ;)

Luckily, Sunday was a lazy day, spent slowly packing some more things up and making a list of all the different things I have to have my address changed on. Such a pain! This time I think Kyle and I are going to have mail forwarding done through the postal service. Less hassle that way!

How is tomorrow already Monday??

How was your weekend?

House Hunting, Round 2

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Just over a year ago, Kyle and I bought our townhouse. Basically, we just needed somewhere to live, somewhere to call our own. We never truly intended to stay here for more than five years, and after learning a lot about living in a townhouse complex we’ve decided it’s time for a change.

Now, with better paying jobs and a better handle on our finances, Kyle and I are moving up! For the past few weeks we’ve been going through houses with our Realtor, talking with our mortgage broker, and we’ve now narrowed it down to two houses. Two!

Kyle likes one house more, and I like the other, but they’re both in our top two. We’re taking my mom to look at both of them again tomorrow to see which one she likes better (she doesn’t know who likes which one!)

So, House #1 has A/C and four bedrooms. However, it has a small backyard and most of the property goes up a bank that won’t ever be able to be developed. It has a small kitchen but it’s closer to the school.

House #2 doesn’t have A/C, has three bedrooms, and a really open layout. It also has a (much) bigger backyard. However, there’s only two bedrooms upstairs and the kitchen, living room, and dining room all share the same space. But, the kitchen is AMAZING with a giant island.

Neither house comes with (or at least lists) the washer and dryer. Both houses are within the same distance from the highway and are priced the same.

Now, decisions, decisions – like whether or not we want to sell our townhouse and port the mortgage, or rent out the townhouse until our term is up (which would be in a couple of years) and then sell.

The running joke between Kyle and I is that I have White Girl Problems. I really don’t know which house we’ll pick. I love them both – can I have two?