Wild roses

We were missing the roses that grew outside our door in our old house. But look, near the back door of our apartment - more wild roses!

Oh Christmas Tree

Our first tree in our new little apartment.

Christmas 2016!

Posters up

I picked up a couple posters last month.

And finally put them into frames near our bar area. Our new apartment is not quite done, but it's feeling more and more like home!

More of Ma's birthday

We did some more celebrating for my mom's birthday on the weekend.

We had dinner at the Thai House.

And then invited my family over to our new apartment for the first time, for some cake! It was great fun and they all liked the new place too!

Goodbye little house

Today we handed in the keys to our little house, that we rented for 7 years!

We have had many parties, gatherings, music lessons, and meetings here, and have had many people stay in our basement: our in-laws, friends, fellow artists; from Toronto to England to New Zealand!

My mom helped us clean. Our kitchen has never looked so nice!

I'll miss the little octagonal windows in our living room. I'll also miss being in a whole house and being able to make lots of noise and music. I played flute for many hours by that corner window.

Here is the big bay window in our bedroom, that I was so happy about when we first moved in. But it made the room so cold! I don't like the cold but the hubbie did.

I'll miss our little garage and the apple trees that grow alongside it. And making apple crumble with those apples. I'll miss seeing my Pa standing at the garage door, storing stuff in there while they moved out of my childhood home.

I'll miss the wild pink roses that grow on the front of the house.

But look, we are almost moved into our new apartment, that isn't new at all, but is the first place we will own! Looking back is hard sometimes, but me and my husband are excited to be looking forward as well!

Floors, done

Our adventures in flooring continues.

The carpet is out, and our new laminate floors are in!

They've made SUCH a difference!

The new place looks great, especially with our new apple green couch! Now I have to pack, move, and unpack all the rest of our stuff. Wish us luck!

Bye bye carpets

We got the keys to our new apartment this week! We can't quite move in, because I haven't packed, but more importantly, because we're putting in hardwood floors. The hubby and his buddies tackled the job of ripping out the old carpet. Here's the before picture (from when we signed did the inspection):

And here is after - all ripped up and rolled up and ready for the dump. Next week: hardwood floors!

New month - new apartment

Happy birthday Canada! It's a brand new month and I have news about a brand new apartment!

Well not new, but brand new to us. We bought a condo!

It's a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom condo on the 3rd floor, and it's only three blocks from our current house. So in our 'hood!

It will be a big switch, moving from the house that we rent to a little place. But we're ready to be homeowners. I have lots of cleaning, purging and organizing to do, plus we wanna do some renos before we move in. So we're going to take our time, and move in at the end of the summer. Big changes ahead, but after the last few weeks of hard times, I'm ready for it!