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Since inquiring minds want to know, the map below (hopefully) shows the general area of our new place (if we know you, we’ll happily give you the actual address in some other medium, but I’m not going to broadcast it on the inter-tubes right now). <br /><a style=”color: #0000ff; text-align: left; font-size: small” mce_href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=43.460364,-80.43256&spn=0.010825,0.020084&z=16&source=embed” xhref=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=43.460364,-80.43256&spn=0.010825,0.020084&z=16&source=embed”>View [ READ MORE ]
Cressa and I went to look at two houses tonight. I was kind of thinking that I’d end up writing a series of blog posts about our house hunting experience, but that idea is down the tubes, since – conditional on the usual things like the house not being deemed structurally unsound – we’re not [ READ MORE ]
That was pretty much our weekend. Friday at lunch and Saturday morning we talked to a couple places about getting a mortgage. It looks like we’ve done a pretty good job of paying our bills on time, so we’re pre-approved for what we think we’d like to spend on a house (with a bit of [ READ MORE ]
A couple people asked and since I started the story, it’s probably only good form to finish it. Plus, now when the 29th Century Blog Archeologists find this, they won’t be left hanging. I got our cracked windshield replaced at Apple Auto Glass last Tuesday, and everything went as smoothly as I’d hoped. I showed [ READ MORE ]
Go to a place that specializes in replacing windshields. I picked Apple Autoglass, but there’s also Speedy and probably others. I haven’t even gotten the windshield replaced yet, so I’m sort of trusting that they’ve got that covered, but based on the five minutes I spent in their store today (compared to the hours I [ READ MORE ]
I finally got through all of the pictures from the honeymoon and you can see them all in my Picasa Web Album. Day 6 was our second big tour day and we went on the “Conveniently Late Cruise” that started at 11:00am. We could have slept in, except we’d somehow gotten into the habit of [ READ MORE ]
More pictures are up. Day 5 (Sunday) was our first day with absolutely nothing planned. I did a tour of the grounds and snapped a lot of pictures of the local flora and fauna, we finally got around to drinking our complimentary honeymoon champagne, and we tried out “Morgan’s Pier”, the resort’s seafood restaurant, where [ READ MORE ]
President’s Choice has had some commercials on TV advertising their reusable grocery bags that are now in stores that carry the brand. They’re only 99 cents each, so on our last trip to Zehrs, we bought 5 because hey, 99 cents! On the downside, we don’t have a supply of free, small garbage bags ideal [ READ MORE ]
Pictures from day 3 and day 4 of our honeymoon are up. Day 3 in St. Lucia (Friday) was our first big “tour” day. We signed up for a shopping tour in the morning and a cruise in the evening. The shopping tour was mostly a way for us to get to see the capital [ READ MORE ]
We’re back from St. Lucia! It took a Herculean effort on our parts, but we actually went an entire week without checking email or browsing the web (except one short 10-minute stint where we had to find addresses for some post cards). Google Reader informs me that I have too many unread items for it [ READ MORE ]