Alas, I have not found the time recently to post anything here. Here is an update for you: We have just purchased a new house (new to us, not new in general), and will be moving on July 16 (which also happens to be my birthday–how about that?). We managed to sell our current house [...]
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Moving
Posted in Family, Home on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Furnace
Posted in Home, Technology on October 3, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Summer is officially over: last night we officially and momentously turned on the furnace. This morning the thermometer read a chilly six degrees (that’s celcius). Although the forecast shows some warmer days this week, it’s amazing how quickly we go from using the air conditioner to using the furnace in this city–about a two-week gap.
Enjoying [...]
Bat-Mitzvah
Posted in Family, Home on June 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
One of my cousins had her bat-mitzvah on Sunday at a brand new sanctuary in the new Hillel building at the University of Toronto. It’s a beautiful building, and the sanctuary is on the third floor, with windows on all sides that have faint images in them that look like shadows–a unique and very neat [...]
Neighbours
Posted in Friends, Home, Media on June 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Walking the dog on a regular basis gets me out into the neighbourhood, and lately I have noticed that I’ve been spending time stopping and chatting with the neighbours. We talk about neighbourly things: my lawn, your garden, the area, the weather, dogs, cars, work and life in general. There is something oddly satisfying about [...]
Family Housewarming
Posted in Family, Friends, Home on June 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
We had my side of the family over last weekend for the first of three planned housewarmings. It was a good time; a little funny to actually be hosting a family event at our own place, but nice at the same time. The house was a hit, which was satisfying considering the amount of work [...]
Parties
Posted in Friends, Home on May 31, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend we had three pre-wedding parties: a Jack & Jill on Friday, I had a stag on Saturday, and Merita had a lunch on Sunday. Each was unique, both in terms of who attended and what took place, but all a good time.
My dad and I did some work on the front porch yesterday, [...]
Cutting the Grass
Posted in Family, Food, Friends, Home on May 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished cutting our grass for the first time. A friend of mine, who is moving from a house back to an apartment, gave me his lawn mower as a house-warming gift, so all I had to do was pick up some gas, and wait for a dry day. This afternoon seemed [...]
Furniture
Posted in Home, Shopping on April 11, 2004 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday we decided on and purchased a new bedroom set and coffee/end tables. After looking at probably a dozen furniture stores, we revisited one we had seen early on that seemed to have more of a selection that appealed to us, especially compared to the completely aweful furniture that seems to fill the majority of [...]
Settling In
Posted in Home, Learning, Uncategorized on April 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been almost two weeks since we moved into the new place, and things are feeling much more comfortable and settled in. All the furniture we brought with us from the old place is arranged, and we have added several new things: a couple of black leather chairs in the living room, a couple of [...]
Moving In
Posted in Home on March 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Moving day was long and exhausting, but went smoothly. All of our things are now in the new place, thanks to our friends and family who helped out.
As the house was being filled with our furniture and other items, it was amazing to see it begin to transform from a house into a home. Although [...]
