THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY

June 18/10

Grand Forks is a nice town and for years we’ve thought that it would be a great place to live. We’ve been monitoring the houses for sale in the area for the past couple of years and decided to spend some time doing drive by’s [without firearms] and doing some actual viewings. We drove past a dozen or more homes, and officially viewed 7 with a real estate agent.

WOULD YOU BUY THIS? [not one that we viewed]

The last one that we viewed on Saturday was almost a perfect match to our preferences (privacy, RV parking, newer construction, large yard, garage, large kitchen) so we made an offer and it was accepted within 1 day. The sellers wanted to close the deal at the end of June to avoid paying the HST on their real estate commission so we agreed to a possession date of July 1. Do you realize how soon that is?

PICS OF THE HOUSE

GUESS WHO’S GOING TO BE A HAPPY CHEF?

We’ve been busy the past few days making arrangements for utilities and services at the house, changing our address and arranging for the Big Steel Box to be delivered to our new place. That is all set to be done on July 2 so here we go again, playing Tetris in reverse. Now we’ll find out how well we packed everything.

We also need to get the motorcycle and the other things from our small storage locker, so we’ll be driving up to Kamloops next week to pick them up. We plan to rent a U-Haul trailer for the job and will get it done in a busy 2 days.

We are excited about buying a house and settling down for the next 4 months. We’re not giving up the RV lifestyle completely; we plan to be traditional snowbirds that spend the winter down south and the summer in the “motherland.”

Once we move into the house, the name of the blog won’t be applicable anymore so I may start a new one. Blogging has been a great way for us to keep all of our friends and relatives informed and, hopefully, entertained by our adventures.