Sold sign will be going up today..............

Will fill everyone in tomorrow...........went up for sale on February 8th, was confirmed sold last night 24th.  Not bad for a country property.

Oil prices, house sale, snow and wills!!!.

Forgot to tell you about the oil delivery last week.  They charged us nearly $1.22 a litre for oil.  So our bill was over $600 for the month????  We normally average around $1,800 a year for our oil.  So far this year it has cost us just over $1,100.  That's just bloody crazy.  We have been turning up the heating when people have been visiting the house but even so.

Got an email from Sarah to say that the home inspection went well on our house, YEAH for that.  Also the couple had an offer on their house subject to financing and home inspection.  So fingers, toes and everything else crossed that all goes well.

I had to blow out the driveway again yesterday, as did dh when he got home.  We have a couple of issues with our snow blower which has resulted in the shear pins being broken off one side of the blower and the plug is now broken, so no electric start {{{SIGH}}}  Fingers, toes and everything crossed again we don't get too much snow until dh can repair it.  As I find it really hard using the pull start, as does dh with his suspected torn rotator cuff.  He finally has an appointment for an MRI on the 24th of this month.

I also finally got around to contacting a lawyer in town to see what was what regarding the house sale and purchase.  I bet we don't see much change if any out of $5,000 when all is said and done.  What with the set fee's, taxes, disbursements, title insurance and Land Transfer Tax.  Also enquired about getting an updated will and power of attorney for us both and that is $600 plus taxes {{{SIGH}}}  We need to get that done though, so we may as well do it when we are at the lawyers office.  We would be getting what they call "Mirror Wills,"  plain, simple and straight forward.  If I die dh gets everything, if he dies I get everything.  If both of us die the kids split everything half and half...............wonder what they'll do with their $20...LOL

Do you have your will's prepared?

Hello 2014.......

Well a new year is here.  Didn't see the New Year in, never do.  Gone are the years where we partied until after midnight.  We went out for dinner instead and came back home and watched a movie.  Did receive some bad news that a lady whose family we know very well had passed away yesterday.  Expected but very sad all the same.  That is two ladies in their 90's that have passed in the last couple of weeks.  Hopefully there is not a third!

I haven't really set any goals for 2014 other than hoping we sell the house.  January will be a very busy month completing all the jobs ready to put the house up for sale.  Mind you if the weather continues to be this cold and snowy we may have to delay putting it on the market.

The only other goal for this year is to go away on vacation in September, whether that happens or not depends on whether we sell the house.  We do have my mam and step-father coming over in May for three weeks, as they want to see Miss Nora.  Dh and I would also like to spend as much time with Miss Nora and our Little Princess.

What goals if any do you have for 2014?

No photos today, just catching up with you all.......

The only sign of it ever being Christmas in this house are the Christmas cards still hung up and the Christmas lights on outside.  Everything else has been packed away for another year.  Why, well we need to get back into the swing of things in prepping the house to put it up for sale.

We had a lovely Christmas day with the family and the little ones, and other than a gravy mishap (it boiled over) it was perfect.  We all got lovely presents and had a great time enjoying one anothers company.

We were fortunate that the weather was kind to us and we did not suffer like a lot of people in Southern Ontario.

Dh and I hit the sales on Boxing Day and I got some great deals, which I will share with you in another post.  I have all my Christmas cards and wrapping paper bought and put away for next year.

Dh is working a lot at the moment, and has had very little time off at the moment.  We are basically down to the mud room and a couple of other jobs to do before the end of January.  Mind you the mud room is a big job and will take all of the month of January to complete.  

The dining room looks good and just has some finishing touches to add to it.  I will take various photos tomorrow as it's easier to understand how everything looks in a photo.