Showing all posts tagged "Family"
A little hiking on Canadian Thanksgiving
Today (10-Oct-22) is Thanksgiving in Canada. Since Syd was off school and I was off work, we decided to go hit the trails at Rattlesnake Point conservation area (no, there are no rattlesnakes around here; it's just the name of the place).
The lea...
Posted on October 10th, 2022
Moving a queen-sized box springs up a narrow stairwell DIY style
Our belongings finally arrived to our house, so we have been unboxing and settling in. Of course, one of the first things we wanted to set up (after several weeks of sleeping on air mattresses) was our bed. We were able to get the mattress up the ...
Posted on September 3rd, 2022
Guess what arrived today
Four weeks ago, we watched the PODS truck drive away with nearly all of our earthly belongings. We "moved in" to our little rental house on Aug. 15. Our PODS arrived in the bonded warehouse in Mississauga, Ontario (near Toronto) on Aug. 23. Today-...
Posted on August 30th, 2022
A little Sunday stroll in nature
Enjoyed a little nature walk today before it got too hot (and by "hot" I mean about 85 degrees F, so, really, "warm" is a better word to use here).
Posted on August 28th, 2022
Sleeping on air mattresses but not going hungry!
Quick update...
The PODS containing 99.9% of our earthly belongings are in Mississauga, ON, in a PODS warehouse. We cleared them with customs last week, but "given the current logistics crisis," they could not schedule them to be brought to our ho...
Posted on August 27th, 2022
The old cinder block and tread board bookshelf
In a day or two (hopefully!!), the PODS containing nearly all of our belongings will arrive at our home in Burlington, Ontario. We're praying that everything inside each of the 16 ft. containers will still be intact when we open the doors.
In one ...
Posted on August 21st, 2022
And away we go!
Well, today (Aug 1) was a strange day. It began at 5:30am with a flurry of activity to get the remaining items into the PODS (e.g., mattresses, box springs, and the like) because it was possible that the PODS truck could arrive at 7:00am to grab ...
Posted on July 31st, 2022