Ooooooooooo and I almost forgot...

There's a shiny new website... Arthcwtch is home, right now it's the hub of all our various activities, as it grows we'll add friends and neighbours and interesting things in ( Read more... )

Oh throughout all the ideas and moments and "things, I'd like to do" throughout 'The Plan ®' there are links between them, a natural evolution and as much at times like I feel like I'm drifting and not sure what the next new direction is there are these moments of 'epiphany' ... and I think "YES! That's it! That's what I should be doing." and ( Read more... )

This is an old post from last October - regaling our audience with the 'truth is stranger than fiction' tale of our move from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia. Whatever moving horror stories you might have - pack em away now - you can't hold a candle to our "Best Tale of the Worst Move Ever"

Frequently, often, it's me who updates these posts - but ( Read more... )

First pod loaded, 55 boxes, 1998.5 lbs, one more pod to load this afternoon, then two more, one tomorrow, and one Thursday, (hopefully) - Friday / Sat / Sunday organizing the garage - two trucks arrive Monday, two blokes showing up Tuesday to help load the furniture on the big truck... Wednesday cleaning day (and mop up any jobs not finished)... ( Read more... )

"Dear, I think we're gonna need a bigger truck"

Ok, not a bigger truck, uhaul doesn't have anything bigger than 26' ... we're gonna need a second truck.

So now we've got 3 4 pods (2000# @), 26' truck - with car trailer (7000# + the Disco), 17' 14' truck - with car trailer (5000# + the Jag), and the 23' camper.

"Houston we have a problem."We're ( Read more... )

Offer was accepted as presented - $90,000, conditional only on a structural inspection - they're actually gonna leave a few things behind we didn't ask for, but can always use - like the washer / dryer, and 2 bedroom suites that are too heavy for them to move, closing date - October 1st ( Read more... )

It was a very tight two horse race in the end...

Initially we emailed our agent that we wanted to pursue an offer on the Tidd's Lane property. The house was done - move in ready, James really like the feel of the village and the area, the gardens are nicely pretty, as a number of people pointed out - it really had all the appearances of being the ( Read more... )