Atlantic Canada wasn't forecast to get the snowpocalypse that was supposed to hit the eastern US (I have the impression it wasn't as bad down there as expected either, at least not universally) but we were still supposed to get blizzard conditions that would make driving dangerous, so there were mass closures. My university sent out a text ( Read more... )

I've been neglecting ALL my online spaces in the past few weeks (there's a fanfic chapter that's proved it ain't gonna write itself) but at least I'm moved in to the new house, and have gotten a lot of the basic stuff organized ( Read more... )

Estate that inspired Jane Austen is on the market. For seven million pounds, and worth every penny.

Which reminds me-- Ray Bradbury's dated, charming home has recently sold, and I hope it went to a huge fan who won't change a thing. Because, for all the questionable wallpaper and awkward kitchen layout, it feels remarkably homey, and it would be ( Read more... )

You know how you can go for years without thinking about something or someone, and then you see them once and they're everywhere? I'm not sure that's exactly what's happened to me, but it is a fact that Vin Diesel rarely crosses my mind-- and then I saw Guardians of the Galaxy, and on Friday night I went to look at a house and the owner looked just ( Read more... )

The house thing continues apace--by which I mean so slowly it's almost moving sideways. On Friday I met with a mortgage broker and yesterday I contacted a realtor who's worked with a couple of my coworkers recently (and is an old friend of one of them.)

And last night I had one of those crap, can I really do this? moments, but I've had those ( Read more... )

( Small financial discussion--in which I am aware I'm very lucky )

House-related: I've been hoping this one would come back on the market. It's the same layout as House #3 in my previous house-related post, only with an addition built on the back to make the kitchen larger, a basement instead of a crawlspace, and two doors on the front downstairs bedroom. No idea how old the roof or windows are, but I'll look out ( Read more... )

I've changed out all the links in the previous entry about houses--I think the problem was that I forgot what the first site I used will let non-logged-in users see. The current links were found on a different site that gives less information but doesn't require a login, and the pictures are all the same!

Edited again: Links should work now.For the past two years or so, I've been trying to talk myself into getting out of the renting game and into a house of my own. For quite a number of yeas I was convinced I'd never be able to afford it, and then I didn't have a down payment, and then I didn't really want to divert money from my retirement fund ( Read more... )