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The end is near!

That’s me, trying to stay positive about the insanity that is the condo renovations. But, the title I chose has a double meaning — Barry is officially moving to Vancouver at the end of next week! That’s right, kids, you won’t hear me bemoaning our long distance relationship any more. This weekend is the last [...]

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A slide show of the renos so far

Thought you guys would enjoy seeing the photos from the renovations so far… I’m a bit of a neat freak, so imagine my mood living in with that mess for the last several weeks. (apologies for the photo quality… they were all taken with my iphone)

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I’m living in an IKEA warehouse

Okay, I’m officially crazy. Last weekend, Barry was in town, and not only did we put together the 16 feet of IKEA cabinets for the living room (floor to ceiling), but we also made it back to IKEA to order some bedroom stuff during their “bedroom event”. Which, of course, we had delivered on Sunday… [...]

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Renos offline, and online

Hello from my own personal IKEA warehouse… Otherwise known as my condo. I had another 59 boxes delivered yesterday, and they’re all stacked in my bedroom. Why? Because my kitchen is in my living room. Yes, you read that right…

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I’ve been rather reticent lately

I know you are wondering why I’ve been so quiet about my personal life lately, when normally I’m all about the ‘share’ here… It’s simply that I’m trying to take time for myself, as well as adjust to my new life with a fiance, who also wants time each day — and rightly so. There [...]

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New day, better attitude

It turned out, I needed to get some serious sleep last night. I was so darned grumpy yesterday. You know it’s a bad day, when your boyfriend has to talk you down from a stress-induced hissy fit over the most ridiculous things. Let’s face it, no one does well with a couple of hours of [...]

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Construction crazed

Damn. The cabinet installer could have installed the stuff this morning, but… there was no way I could deconstruct everything by myself before he got there — He didn’t have time to do both. And, of course, there was a hitch, too.

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