I DID IT!!!!!!

Another busy week.  Slowly, and I mean slowly, I am slogging through all my stuff.  In some ways its easier without Bill but in other ways its not.

He was so strong and could put boxes and stuff where we needed them to go.  I can't.  If I pick up something just over my actual limit, the back of my legs seize up.  I used to be able to whip stuff around no problem.  But....Spoddy being a closet hoarder, I can definitely get rid of stuff now with no problem.  So that part is going well!  My garage is divided in half...stuff for Bootle children and Big Brothers (I have BB on speed dial) and the other half is garbage.

I bought a house!!!  I had set the upper limit at 350,000.  So I have researched hundreds of townhouses for sale.  They are basically all old timers with two or three bedrooms and not much else.  A lot of them don't have personal garages, which up here in this snow is a huge disadvantage.

Anyway, one day I decided to go on realtor.ca and look around.  And I found a new build happening not too far from here.  And they are NOT townhouses but little cute houses...all in a row.  They have three plans...and I really liked plan a, two bedrooms plus den.  Also they have a garage! And best of all...almost no storage.  Nowhere to store ridiculous unnecessary junk!  And the finishes are beautiful!  Best of all they are all under my 350,000 limit!!  Why the heck would I buy an old townhouse when a new little house is the same price.  

Its a bare land strata.  Eighty bucks a month and they pay the sewer and water, all we have to pay is garbage.  And with what Kamloops charges for utilities, this will be a big bonus.  And they keep the grounds up and do the snowploughing etc...

If you feel like it you can take a look.  Google The Landing Kamloops and it pops right up.  Under the heading Homes, there is a drop down menu.  If you click on site plans or something like that, you can see the whole project.  I have put an offer in on #151.  Its still at the plywood stage and will be finished around the end of October.  So I have about a month to get my house in order and up for sale.  I did make the offer subject to the sale of my place.

The houses are 329,000 to 344,000, depending on the plan you pick.  The only add on I am adding on is air conditioning.  Its just cheaper and easier to do that now.  But the killer here is the GST!!  Even with the rebated amount it still adds up to twenty thousand dollars.    Crazy.

Yesterday I cleaned up the bedrooms, made a couple of makeshift beds in the box room, whomped up a load of potato salad, hamburgers, hot dogs with all the trimmings.  Kevin and the two kids arrived at suppertime.  They are here for the weekend.  And he has the truck!!!!  I am going to load the king size memory foam and a bunch of garbage into the back of the truck and take it to the dump.  Maybe even that awful chair I bought at the thrift store.  Time for it to go!

We are also going to take a run up to my new house.  Well I hope it will be mine.  They haven't accepted the offer yet.  I don't see why they won't though.  I offered what they are asking but we threw in a couple of rescind clauses and added on the a/c.  They might not like that part.  I may have to do some compromising.

Well the kids are watching a kid movie and eating cookies.  It isn't even nine in the morning yet.  Hopefully their dad will stay asleep for a while or I will be in trouble!  TTYL

THAT LITTLE CORNER THERE IS WHERE THE TV AND A RECLINER IS GOING

THAT IS THE LIVING ROOM.  THAT WALL IS THE ONLY PLACE THE PIANO CAN GO

PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MY MONSTROUS DINING ROOM TABLE

THAT IS LOOKING DOWN TO THE FRONT DOOR PAST A POWDER ROOM AND GARAGE ENTRANCE AND THE FOYER AND STAIRS UP

MASTER BEDROOM

ENSUITE AND ACROSS FROM THAT IS A HUGE WALK IN CLOSET

LOOKING DOWN TO THE DEN GUEST BEDROOM

DEN...TINY AND GOING TO BE PURPLE!