Every year I like to take some time towards the end of December to look back over the year and everything that has happened. I also like to make some predictions for the year ahead and see how accurate my predictions from last year were. So here is my review of 2017: January: I spent Christmas 2016 in Toronto with my family and returned to Vancouver just in time to ring in the new year. January was spent packing up my place, packing Colin’s house, trips to IKEA and shoveling snow. February: In February, we went with Colin’s mom and… Read More
Life & Home
Home Sweet Home
After all of our house buying crazy, we finally did it. We bought a home. Okay, a condo. But in Vancouver, that’s as close as we’re ever going to get to a house. It was a lot of work to get here! There was so much paperwork, meetings, emails, signatures and endless to-do lists. But finally FINALLY we are finished and fully settled in. Last night, Colin and I popped the bubbly our realtor had given us on the day we got the keys. We decided to save it until everything on our Moving To Do list was crossed off…. Read More
Becoming a Homeowner, Pt 4
Note: This part was written on September 1st. Currently, it’s the last in the series on becoming a homeowner. While this one was written on Sept 1, I do my best to catch you up on everything that happened (SO MUCH) since part three. And yes, it’s as lengthy and rambly as usual. Part 4: In which I, the incessant rambler and over-thinker, finally become a homeowner. That’s right: I AM A HOMEOWNER! How insane is that? Even more insane, it’s not the townhouse we first fell in love with. Let me catch you up, because so much has happened… Read More
Becoming a Homeowner, Pt 3
Note: This post was written on August 26. If you’re following along in the series on becoming a homeowner, this post was written after our meeting with the mortgage professional and after some refinement on our down payment number (not as huge as we once thought it would be but still a good number). It’s the third part in a long and rambly home buying journey. You’ve been warned. So you know how window shopping is actually the worst because you see all the pretty things you can’t buy? Yeah, that’s what open houses are like when you’re not quite… Read More
Becoming a Homeowner, Pt 2
Note: This part of the series on home ownership was written in mid-August. Again, if long and rambly posts on home buying/life updates are not your deal, feel free to skim or skip! So this has been one fairly eventful week. It all culminates in an update on the homeowner front, but there are some other life details thrown in there, because buying a home isn’t supposed to be straightforward, is it? At the start of this week, I was thinking it would be business as usual in our disgustingly hot apartment in New West. I figured it would be… Read More
Becoming a Homeowner, Pt 1
Note: This was written in early/mid August (I can’t remember exactly when) and is part of a lengthy, rambly series on our journey to buy a house. Feel free to skip or skim if you’re not interested in homes! Here is part 2, part 3 and part 4. The first step to becoming a homeowner is deciding you want to become a homeowner. Sounds obvious, right? Like, does this even count as a step? It sounds like it’s more of a pre-step. But no, it is a bonafide step. At least, it was for us. Home ownership was never something… Read More
Welcome Home, Ellie!
For those not following my daily Instagram posts or Snapchat stories…WE GOT A DOG!!!! Please meet our sweet girl, Ellie! Who is Ellie? Ellie is a four year old chihuahua mix who loves napping on the couch and giving lots of kisses. She’s 12.4 lbs (we just had her weighed at the vet) and has the most adorable little snaggle tooth. Ellie is still a bit nervous with all of the new surroundings but she’s already the sweetest thing and absolutely has my heart. Case in point: on her third night with us, she finally worked up the courage to come… Read More
Welcome to Our Home in New West!
It has been exactly one week since Colin and I moved into our new place in New West! *** And I’d have to say, I think we’re doing very well for our first week together. We had the place all unpacked by Day 2. And in this first week we’ve managed to get rid of all of the empty boxes, go on multiple trips to IKEA and Walmart, grocery shop, clean, hang pictures and not kill each other 🙂 Our first night here was exhausting. We spent all day moving from my house, moving from Colin’s house, unpacking the essentials… Read More
2016: A Year In Review
I think it’s safe to say that 2016 really wasn’t anyone’s year; I mainly blame Trump. But even though it wasn’t a stellar year, I still love to look back to recount the highs and lows and see what’s coming up for 2017. *** I usually start my annual round ups by looking back at the previous year’s and seeing how well my predictions played out. Except, this year I took an accidental blogging hiatus from September 2015 until April 2016. Whoops! So I didn’t actually write a round-up for 2015. But I think I can safely say that my… Read More
On Love and Loss
On Friday May 8th 2015, I took a nervous skytrain ride out to Surrey after work. My boyfriend of about three weeks picked me up from the station and drove me to his house where I met his parents for the first time. I remember a few details from that dinner. I can vividly recall kicking myself for not bringing anything, even though Colin told me not to. I remember meeting his pets for the first time and deciding that two cute dogs and a sunbathing cat were a pretty good perk of this relationship. I remember stepping out onto… Read More
