END OF AN ERA
We've lived in this house for 20 years this coming October 21st yet it feels as if we moved in yesterday. Especially now because I've sold it and will be/hope to be moving across country by the end of November.
This place has become too big for us and far too expensive. I know everything has gone up, but our municipal taxes, utility bills and everything, really, has gone up too much for us to handle now that we're pensioners.
Not only that but with the change in climate, the summers have become too hot around here and much too buggy! Some days it's impossible to venture outside without feeling attacked either by the intense heat accompanied by suffocating humidity, as well as by what look like new and much larger varieties of winged insects with stingers!
It's too much for my poor hubby too, who spent another week in hospital about a month ago. He had a mini stroke right in front of me so I called 911 and the paramedics took him to one of the local hospitals - the good one - so I felt lucky.
The doctors there were very thorough and diagnosed him with another subarachnoid hemorrhage - that's brain bleed - as well as moderate to severe dementia, and not as a result of the bleeding but underlying it. However, it wasn't diagnosed as Alzheimer's but he has been referred to two geriatric clinics - whichever one calls first to arrange an appointment will be the one we will talk to although we will be moving in late November--early December.
Edit: Would you believe I've just now had a call from the geriatrician - she was lovely to talk to - and was very informative. She has added an antidepressant to hubby's list of meds.
I have had to explain to hubby several times over the past month that we shall be moving across country to a better climate and healthier air to breathe.
I've made an offer on a house in Kelowna, B.C., in the Okanagan Valley. I'll post some photos from the realtor's website below the cut. I have not been there in person but took a virtual tour with the agent through the house and it looked better than in the photos!
A home inspector is checking the place tomorrow and if all goes well, it's going to be our new home.
My daughter and son-in-law have lived in the area for several years and have given it the thumbs up. They say the Okanagan is the nicest place in Canada to live at this time. I'm very much looking forward to it.
This is the front of the house.
Another view.
A huge deck at the back, runs the whole length of the house.
The kitchen is very big and has room for a table and chairs.
This is the laundry room - also huge!
I won't bore you with anymore photos for now. It will be interesting to see what the home inspector's findings are. I hope that there won't be anything major. The house was built in 1975 so it's not new by any means, but on the virtual walk through the agent pointed out that all appliances, even the central air conditioner, furnace and hot water heater were all either newish or looked to be in great condition.
I was impressed that the owners dust and clean all the pipes, etc. in the basement. We don't do that here, I'm ashamed to say! I don't know of anyone who does.