The deal is done, the papers signed at the lawyer, the only thing left to do to complete the selling of our old home and finalize the transition to our new home is to hand over the keys on Friday (okay, the realtors do that.) Anyhow, beyond the very obvious single answer that “There was […]
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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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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!) 😉
Five Things We Think We’ll Love In Our New House
Following up on yesterday’s list of things we’ll miss when we leave our current house, here’s a few things we think we’ll love in our new house… Attached Garage Yesterday, I wrote about how we stupidly wanted to make sure we had a garage when we bought this house but ended up buying a house […]
Five Things We’ll Miss About Our House
Our realtor had a photographer come to our old/current house today to take photos in preparation for our house being listed later this week and it brought home, perhaps more than any other step, that soon, the house we’ve called a home for fifteen years will likely soon no longer be ours. As excited as […]
10 Things We’ve Done To Make The Move To Our New House As Stress-free As Possible
We moved to a newer part of the same community we’ve lived in for fifteen years. In fact, our new house is only about ten blocks from our current house (and shorter as the crow flies)! Because of this, the kids won’t have to change schools (a major consideration in our decision.) Not only that […]
This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/
What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?
There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]