Seven Things – no, Eight – I Love about Our New House
It was time to move. I’m glad we did. … More Seven Things – no, Eight – I Love about Our New House
It was time to move. I’m glad we did. … More Seven Things – no, Eight – I Love about Our New House
One of the many attractive features of moving back to town was the opportunity to bike everywhere: to the farmer’s market, to the grocery store, to the library. This city has a wonderful mixed-use trail network plus a lot of bike lanes, and, for the most part, drivers, used to hordes of university students on … More Biking
It’s easy to forget to take care of ourselves when life is busy. … More A Day to Spoil Myself
It’s been six weeks of renovations, cleaning, packing, moving things, unpacking, and there’s another week to go. … More The Moving Diaries: The Last Week
I find myself looking forward to gardening again. … More The Moving Diaries: Gardening
We’ve met with the painter, the gas-fireplace installer, the landscaper, the general contractor… … More The Moving Diaries: Contractors, contractors, and more contractors.
We took possession of the new house on April 29th. It was mid-afternoon before the lawyer’s office called to say everything was done; we immediately drove over to take another look at the house, inside and out. It’s an opportunity that doesn’t come very often in a life, wandering around the new living space, thinking … More The Moving Diaries: Phase 2: Juggling Two Houses
This was the weekend of the attic … More The Moving Diaries: Clearing the Attic
I started on the bedroom this week, sorting out the two drawers full of toiletries, travel miscellany, jewellery, make-up, and OTC remedies. This generated a lot of garbage – more than I would have liked, but there is nothing else to do with dried-up eye makeup or solidified hand cream. The expired OTC drugs are … More The Moving Diaries: April 20th
I packed the first boxes this week. … More The Moving Diaries, April 15th