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The past six+ months since James and I moved here have been kind of .. well a bit of limbo. For two years we’d been so focused on getting the house ready to sell and then getting it sold and … Continue reading
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Week three
After all the work of week two, week three has been a bit slow – both getting some rest, and trying to catch up a few other things. We finally got the desperately needed rain – and thus far 5 … Continue reading
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Tagged Corberrie, gardening, Guess That Plant, Nova Scotia, outdoors, planning, The Plan®, todo lists, wish list, work
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Two weeks down, two weeks to go…
Well two weeks of James’ month long sojourn back to Australia has passed – a lot of work has gotten done, admittedly not nearly as much as I would have liked – or as fast as I’d like. But a … Continue reading
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Tagged apothecary kitchen, colours, Corberrie, doggy, gardening, kichen wizardy, Nova Scotia, outdoors, todo lists
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Getting there…
Yes! Yes it’s more about gardening….. Mostly because until the root stocks are in and the field plowed for seeding there isn’t much else on my mind or my plate these days. Thanks to G* coming over and lending a … Continue reading
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And more on gardening…
Well all the grapes are in – alas any attempt to carry water up the hill was a failure – hoping for rain tonight. I also managed to run 3 of the 6 wires necessary this year – I’ll leave … Continue reading
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Swimming uphill in mollasses…
the week and a half since James left for Australia … has been difficult. The first few days were a flurry of activity trying to cope with the “I miss him” … now it’s just “gah! I miss the help! … Continue reading
Anyone who tells you sustainable living is ‘Cheap’ – lies.. well kind of.
A very good article picking the GAPING holes in the BBC’s article on eating healthy for £1 a day. I’ve seen a lot of these articles over the years… and non of them hold water, they simply continue to perpetrate … Continue reading
Lets play another round of “Guess That Plant!”
It’s springtime here at Arthcwtch, and, as usual, whenever spring arrives, especially as this is a new home and I’m a complete neophyte when it comes to gardening – there’s lots of stuff in the couple of small beds I … Continue reading
more gardening…
6 24 10 20 10 24 10 15 32 20 50 20 15 12 12 10 20 20 Giant Allium Azure Allium Persian Blue Allium Guinevere Tulip Economy Tulip Mix Red Dynasty Tulip King Edward Tulip Woodstock Hyacinth English Wood … Continue reading
And now for something completely different…..
An opinion piece. I don’t write many opinion pieces – mostly I’ve learned – especially online – to keep my opinions to myself. However, for some reason, my inside voice is showing this week.. I thought maybe I’d continue the … Continue reading
Resilence
We met yesterday with the trainer. He seemed ok, I like him, but we didn’t really hit it off well – seemed sometimes like he wanted to spend more time talking – then listening to what I saw/know/history – but … Continue reading
Alive and well…… mostly
It’s been 7 months since my last post *gasp* What’s actually been happening? The move itself was a nightmare, an entire week of one unbelievable disaster after another, and the kindness of friends and strangers that saved our bacon. It … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, musing, Nova Scotia, The Plan®, todo lists
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The MOVE…
Frequently, often, it’s me who updates these posts – but James kept really scrupulous point notes during the disaster that was the 7+ days of actual moving, so I’ll let him tell it in point form… Mon Sept 24 – … Continue reading
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Tagged Corberrie, houses, moving, Nova Scotia, real estate, Seal Cove, work
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T-minus 9 days
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 … Continue reading
T-minus 10 days
“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 – … Continue reading
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Tagged moving, Nova Scotia, Seal Cove, todo lists, wish list, work
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More .. stuff
The house has passed it’s structural inspection, there are some relatively minor issues that will need dealing with but nothing dramatic The water test came back a bit dodgy but that’s not to be unexpected with a dug well and … Continue reading
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Tagged moving, Nova Scotia, real estate, The Plan®, todo lists, work
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T-minus 16 days
Well 16 days till we have to pack the truck and actually start the moving process. We have the utilities mostly set up, phone and power, we’ll order heating oil when we get there. James is working on getting the … Continue reading
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We have a HOME!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Potential Properties, Progress Report
Tagged dreaming, evolution, houses, Nova Scotia, planning, real estate, The Plan®, todo lists, wish list
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And the winner is….
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged dreaming, houses, making the mistakes so you don't have to, Nova Scotia, real estate, todo lists, wish list
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He’s home
Another 5 day house hunting trip, this time James went on his own… because I trust his judgment and taste, because we’ve talked about this enough and know each other well enough that we each know what the other wants, … Continue reading
The forth coming trip….
Originally when we first started out with this plan, my intention was that we would spend a week+ touring around Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick looking for a house. However, once my spread sheets of ‘possible properties’ … Continue reading
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Down time…
Taking today off, and probably tomorrow as well… It’s been an emotional week. The whole business really from the beginning has been an emotional roller coaster and now we’re on our way down the final really BIG hill. We’ll reach … Continue reading
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Another round of ‘Guess That Plant’
Actually – I managed to identify it for myself. After 4 years living here, it’s come as a fair bit of surprise that we’re lousy with highbush blueberries. I knew we had a few small low bush blueberries over along … Continue reading
May you live in interesting times…..
Well the contract we had on the house was getting more and more interesting, there were questions about whether or not they’d have the finances to close, but weren’t willing to sign a schedule of conditional on finance. Their bank … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, making the mistakes so you don't have to, real estate, Seal Cove, The Plan®, wish list, work
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*sniff*
I’ve just watched the truck haul away 1200 lbs of furniture, books, dishes, clothes and stuffed toys that are the total of my daughter’s life up till now. Fortunately I have a week to try and steel myself for that … Continue reading