Finally got to see a matinee of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” the other day so have now seen all three trilogies comprising nine total films within the main Star Wars universe. Like many kids of the 1980’s, Star Wars was a pretty major part of my childhood. The first “Star Wars” movie (later […]
There are very few songs that can make the hair on my arms stand on end. This song, a reworking of an older song I loved growing up. But instead of focusing on men dying doing manly things as in the original, the update is about women dying in service of larger social issues. Incredibly […]
It’s crazy how people make probably the single biggest financial decision of their lives based on 2-3 viewings of a property and a house inspection that lasts a few hours. I mean, some people might test drive a car more than that! Hell, some people might look at a laptop or other electronic device they’re […]
As so many sites/apps do at this time of year, one of my blog plug-ins also provided a “Year in Review” report for my blog traffic. Now, I should back up and repeat my standard line that I tend to think of this blog as my “acreage in the country” – far away from the […]
I was lamenting that our new dishwasher didn’t seem as big as the dishwasher at our old house and barely had room for a row of big plates and a row of small plates on the bottom rack. My mother-in-law casually reached in the dishwasher and took the utensil tray (which was along the front […]
Friday turned into an even more emotional housing-news related day then we expected. In addition to being the possession day of our old house for the new owners, we heard that the condo complex where we lived for a couple years during our time in Calgary was engulfed in flames displacing numerous residents only a […]
I’ve made reference in past posts to some of the upgrades and renovations we’ve done at our house over the past 15 years (and when I say “we”, I’m seriously indebted to Shea’s parents and my parents who helped many of these projects happen saving us *thousands* in labour costs if we’d had to hire […]
Possession day for our old house is Friday so Shea and I spent a few hours tonight making sure we had completely cleared it out of all our stuff, did a final bit of cleaning, and having a few tears as we locked the door for the final time. I’m usually pretty sentimental about stuff […]
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 […]
