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This Old House
If you have been a long-time follower of the blog you would have followed our move from Australia to Canada and our first 12 months in Toronto. Before I took a break from the blog, the last post I wrote back in November 2016 was about our living arrangements. In a nutshell, we had been living and renting a condo in downtown Toronto for our first 12 months and we needed to make a decision when our lease was up for renewal. Should we continue to rent or buy? Stay in a condo or move back into a house? Stay in Toronto or move elsewhere? The housing market at the time…
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Things to do in the fall to get ready for winter in Canada
Last week it was a big week for birthdays for friends and family back home in Australia so plenty of Facetime and phone calls. I was asked a couple of times if we had plans for the weekend and I found myself replying with my usual September to April response that we had the 12-year-old’s ice hockey game. You see last week we transitioned into two seasons in one week. Summer to Autumn and the 5th season here in Canada, “Hockey Season”. Summer is short in Canada, far too short, however, the 5th season, Ice Hockey is the longest and seems to go on and on forever. I noticed I…
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Back to the drawing board
When we moved to Toronto we thought we would give condo living in the downtown core a trial. At the end of next month, our 1-year lease is up and it’s time to make some decisions about our housing future.
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A place to call home
It feels like forever since I have done a blog post as the New Year period has all been a little bit of a blur and this hasn’t been due to an alcohol induced coma.