Kevin's Ramblings…

I was up a tad earlier than I might like today, before 3am. Typically, this time of year I have to drag myself out of bed before I start work. Perhaps it is my subconscious knowing all the work I still need to do. I’ve made a great dent in the unpacking though. The number of boxes remaining is less than half of what I started with.

Telus is scheduled to install today, arrival between 8-9. Seeing as it is the first appointment of the day, I’d guess they’ll be here at 8am. They are typically pretty good.

My office is setup and ready to go. We were moving the desk in on Saturday and my original plan of bringing it to the 4th floor seemed a daunting one. I then thought that in the summer, with south facing windows, the bedrooms there were going to get warm. The basement is now home to my office. It will be cooler in the summer and it is carpeted which will be nice in the winter. Also, if I get bored while working, I can always relax in the sauna. I think it’ll work out well. If, for some odd reason I don’t like it, I can always move things back upstairs as well.

I’ve explored the area a bit, shopping is close by, so are off leash dog parks. The area is quite nice.

Well, back to some more unpacking. Enjoy your week.

I woke up yesterday at 3am, sort of typical for me, really. Got up, regular routine really. Dogs out, make coffee, Kevin out. Well, I’m housebroken and can use the toilet…

Had the last few items to pack up and a couple of things to disassemble.

I left at 815 to pick up the u-haul. No issues picking it up and got home around 915. Started to load up the 17′ truck. I can’t thank my two friends enough for assisting in the move. SS, we are even now, I helped you move, now you’ve returned the favour. CH, I owe ya bud.

We were loaded up by 1130 or so, maybe a bit before that and we headed to Ranchlands. As expected, the unload was WAY faster than the load. Loading a moving truck is sort of like playing a game of Tetris. We did a good job loading too. It was packed, front to back, top to bottom.

Nothing was damaged in the move, that’s great. Well, we all suffered minor hand damage, cuts and what not. None of my stuff was damaged, how’s that?

So, we unloaded them hit Edo up for a bite to eat. There aren’t a lot of restaurants around me, a few, but we wanted something quick.

I then had to return the truck and pick up my dogs who likely thought they’d been abandoned in a nearly empty house. Both were happy to see me return. Hera went and “hid” in the backyard, took some coaxing to get her to come back to the truck for the voyage back to the new place. I had a load of mostly clothes to bring back, the entire back area was full.

I unloaded as quickly as I could and then we headed back to grab some more stuff and to sweep the place out. A cleaner (or possibly cleaners) are coming in today but the dust bunnies and fur bunnies from having two dogs running around had to be swept up. I think I will make it a point to move the couch, on a monthly basis (at least) to sweep under there. I could have knit a new dog, I’m sure.

We were back by 8pm. Dinner was a sub, I was not going to undertake any cooking. I unpacked a few items, set up the bedroom and crashed. I’m sorta surprised I’m up so early today, it is 430, been up an hour already.

So, I sit here, at 430 drinking my first coffee in the new place. Each time I go to the garage, I see the work ahead of me. A daunting task, but one I hope to have completed by tomorrow.

I think I’m going to love it here. The place is great. I will get used to the stairs, so will the dogs. I also need to explore the dog parks in the area. The Superstore is about 5km away, pretty close and much easier to get to them the Superstore near my old place. Walmart is a little further away but in the same general area. Walmart will be my first stop this morning. I aim to get there for opening, 7am. Then, back to the old place to pick up the last few items, throw out some garbage and bid it a fond farewell.  The move out inspection is tonight at 6pm. Hopefully I’ll be getting my entire security deposit back, can’t see why not, there is no damage.

Hopefully you’ve enjoyed the ride. Now, enjoy your Sunday. 🙂

Today is moving day. It seems that I’ve been waiting for this day for ages. It has actually only been less than a month and and half since I signed the lease on the new place. I looked at quite a few places this time around, I didn’t rent the first place I saw.

I think I’ve made a good decision. I’m going to have more than enough room, that’s for sure. There are several off leash parks to take the dogs to, within walking distance. Shopping is close. I will get to learn a new quadrant of the city.

I was off of work for half of the day Thursday and all day Friday. I was able to get everything packed and organized for my move. I just need to take the legs off of my dining room table and disconnect my tv. I pick up the U-Haul at 9am. I received a confirmation email from them yesterday around dinner time. They had changed my pickup location. I was supposed to pick it up way out in the middle of nowhere, now it is much closer to my current place. The move should be done by 1 then the fun of unpacking will begin.

Well, enough of my break, back to it. Enjoy your weekend.

I did the move-in inspection for the new place yesterday morning.  Nothing out of the ordinary to report, the place is in good shape.  The owner has installed new taps in the bathroom and a replacement tap and shower head in the shower.  The place has been cleaned and looks good, ready to move in.

The fridge and stove look new.  Fridges are a pain in the butt to clean, I know from experience.  They did a nice job.

He showed me where the furnace filter needs to be changed from and how to adjust the on-demand hot water system.  It will be nice to be able to do laundry, wash dishes and shower at the same time, if I wanted to.  I am typically never quite that busy though.

The furnace has been serviced and the ducts cleaned.  The fireplace has also been cleaned and serviced.  It is a wood burning fireplace with an interesting gas lighter that they don’t use any more.  Will make lighting a fire a much easier process.  I doubt that I will use it all that often, but who knows, if we have a cold winter, I might use it here and there.

The owner has left some furniture in the place, all stuff that I can use for sure.  One bedroom has a single bed and two dressers which will come in handy, should anyone want to visit.  I might move it into the other room and use the current “spare” bedroom as my office – I have to see which room is larger.

The master bedroom is huge, will easily house a king size bed, should I ever purchase one.  It won’t be cramped at all like my current bedroom is.  The kitchen is also huge, lots of counter space, more cupboard space than I will know what to do with as well plus a nook area and separate dining room.  Space will not be a problem in the new place, that is for sure.

I brought Blondie and Hera with me yesterday.  It will be their place as well so they might as well explore.  They ran all over, likely wondering why were in someone’s empty house.  They will have to get used to stairs in the house, currently we are all on one level.  I think though, as long as they are with me, they won’t care where we live.

Move in day is Saturday.  I am looking forward to it.

Just over a week until I move. I am fairly well prepared. A majority of the packing can’t really be done until a day or two before I move. I am off for half of the Thursday and all day Friday so that’ll be plenty of time to get all of the packing done. Not my favourite job in the world, that’s for sure.

I’ve been in this place to two years. It is a pretty good place really. Cool in the summer since it is a basement suite, stays warm in the winter. Having neighbours above your head when it is wood floors isn’t ideal. An apartment building would have concrete floors, a lot quieter. I will only have a neighbour on one side in the new place, similar to the first place I lived in when I moved to Calgary. Having a garage will be good too, not having to clear the truck of snow and ice will be nice.

The move shouldn’t take any longer than 2.5 – 3 hours and I think we can do it all in one load. I have a 19′ truck for the day. I will bring a bunch of smaller stuff over with my truck so it should be a smooth move.

Well, this week is almost over. Already Thursday. No real plans for the weekend, other than the move in inspection of the new place on Sunday. I think I’ll use a bit of time on Saturday to get whatever else I can pack packed. Or not… I guess it depends on how lazy I am. 🙂

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, th weekend is almost here.

The weekend went by, like most weekends do, too quickly. I was off work today, wasn’t feeling well, wasn’t feeling well most of the weekend either. I spent the morning sleeping which was a rare thing for me to do. The dogs were good, I think they’d sleep all day if given the chance.  Feeling better now, back to work tomorrow.

Only 10 days or so until my move. I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be nice being in a new space for sure. Everything is pretty well set, this is good. I’ll be able to get everything packed the day before and then the move should only take a couple of hours.

Not much going on this week, nothing planned anyway. I do have some after hours work to do, but that’s ok, I like the lieu time. It is hard to believe that November is half over and 2015 will be coming to a close before too long. This year flew by, that’s for sure.

Well, time to take the dogs for a walk, they still need their exercise, so does their owner. 

The weekend is here, it was a pretty quick week. Work was fairly busy. I’m planning on getting some additional packing done this weekend. The move is only two weeks off now. I’m looking forward to it.

Sunday is my first board meeting on the Babe Ruth Board of Directors. I’m going to enjoy being on a baseball board again, it has been a few years.

No other plans for the weekend. I am sure I’ll hit the dog park with Blondie and Hera, I’m sure it is a highlight of their weekend. Ha, that’s funny… Dogs needing a weekend. They lead pretty good lives.

Hope you enjoy yours.

The weekend is here. The week at work went by in the blink of an eye. It was a fairly busy week, this is good. You have to like it when weeks zip by.

I’m settling into a more relaxing routine, but I’m looking forward to baseball returning. That’s a good sign since last year at this time, I wasn’t sure I was going to coach again.

I’m going to take care of some more organizing and packing today. I’m looking forward to moving. Three weeks. Hopefully, it’ll zip by quickly as well.

Not much else going on, I sort of like it. Enjoy your weekend.