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Monthly Archives December 2019

Some Thoughts On Buying And Selling Houses in December

Shea and I made the offer on our new house on October 5 and took possession on November 22. For a variety of reasons, we were in a fortunate position where we didn’t have to make the purchase conditional on the sale of our old house and, in fact, we were fully prepared to float […]

Posted 10 December 2019 § Canada § Family § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Christmas Eve will find me/Where the love light gleams/I’ll be home for Christmas/If only in my dreams”

I can’t believe I’ve never posted this song before – one of the most absolutely beautiful, heart-wrenching Christmas songs of all-time. And so appropriate these days too. We’re extremely excited for our first Christmas in our new house of course. But it also comes with mixed emotions knowing that a decision we made only two […]

Posted 09 December 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

10 Random Thoughts About Our Move

No matter how organized you are, there will be things you need to put your hands on that you can’t find.  (I have a box that I kept separate that has all my essentials – screwdriver, box cutter, tape measure, packing tape, scissors, jumbo sharpie marker, etc. etc. but when I need some regular Scotch […]

Posted 08 December 2019 § Humour § List § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Coming Together Nicely

Moving day is done, lots of unpacking still to do but the new house is starting to come together! (Hard to believe those two black couches are ones we bought from The Brick over fifteen years ago when we lived in Calgary.  They’re still in great shape to this day!)

Posted 07 December 2019 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Ultimate Moving Checklist Might Not Be A Pre-Made List

There are a zillion different moving guides online with all sorts of tips, tricks and reminders. But honestly, for our move, I found that using an online To Do manager with different lists for things like “Timeline”, “To Buy”, “To Pack”, “To Fix – Old House”, “To Fix – New House”, “Contact Info”, etc. (but […]

Posted 06 December 2019 § Family § FridayFunLink § List § Photo § Sasha § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Home Inspection (December 2004)

As part of the process of selling our house, we dug through a box of old files we’ve kept over the years – manuals for appliances, receipts for things we’ve bought for the house, and the original home inspection report we got for our house in 2004. One of the things that stood out having […]

Posted 05 December 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

American vs. Canadian Snacks Taste Test

 

Posted 04 December 2019 § Canada § Humour § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Home For Sale – Calgary Version” (And A List of Places I’ve Lived)

Here’s a pic of me with our realtor’s sign when we sold the condo we owned in Calgary in October 2004 and with the pending move (basically two nights left in our current home!), it’s got me thinking back on other places I’ve laid my head… 0-5 (?) – my parents live in a rental […]

Posted 03 December 2019 § Family § Jobs § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “It seems such a waste of time/If that’s what it’s all about/Mama if that’s movin’ up/Then I’m movin’ out”

“Moving Out (Anthony’s Song)” – Billy Joel

Posted 02 December 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five Home Selling Tips Your Agent Doesn’t Know

We’ve got our house listed, have already had a handful of showing and I find myself watching videos like this in the small hours of the night (not bad advice but not sure it’s highly top secret knowledge either!) 😉

Posted 01 December 2019 § Humour § List § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,