It was about time we looked for company for Spooky, and ourselves. Last night we went to Petcetera, where around 15 cats of the Humane Society are staying. Although you’d want to take them all home, we really clicked with two of them, a 4 year old, gorgeous, big, fluffy, … » full post and pics!
6 months! / big photo update
Six months! Today we’ve been here for six months already! It flew by, but at the same time our time in Holland already seems like a lifetime ago. To me anyway, Nico says the goodbye parties seem only a few months away. Anyway… I think we can proudly say that … » full post and pics!
moved! / Regina Beach / Wascana Lake sunset
Moved!
Yes, it all went well and we moved as planned on the 12th! The floor is nice and shining again, but unfortunately the screening technique couldn’t remove the worn down spot nor remove the thick layer of lacquer in the bedrooms. They colored the bedrooms a bit to mask … » full post and pics!
moving on Thursday / Mosaic festival
We’ve been silent, but only because we’ve been busy with the house! We’ve got someone in there now for patching up and painting the ceilings and walls (I will paint the kitchen cabinets and smaller stuff). Boyd turned out to be an awesome guy and we get along great. He’s … » full post and pics!
bought a house!!!!
Finally we can officially share the news, now that the conditions of financing and a satisfactory home inspection have been met: last week, on the Dutch Queen’s Day on April 30th, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!! It’s located in the good and … » full post and pics!
househunting!
Last week we got pre-approved for a mortgage, sooner than expected!! This means the house-hunt has started, yay!!! We already saw one house that we loved and put an offer on it today, but even though our offer was 25,000 over the asking price, we got overbid (which we expected, … » full post and pics!
our goods have arrived!
Finally, after 6,5 weeks (including some delay in Montreal because we needed to prepay something and they apparently couldn’t reach us) our shipped goods, our 65 boxes of household and personal goods, have arrived in Regina! We both worked on Tuesday and saw on our phone later on that … » full post and pics!
got the job!! / St. Patrick’s Day
I got the job at Canada Life!!!! After 3 weeks I finally was called by Alisa from HR to offer me the job. Yay!! I’ll be starting next week (Tuesday) and I’m very excited! Here’s the description from the ad:
| FASCORE CASH ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR |
| Job Type: Casual |
| Location: Regina, SK, |
breaking news: bought a car!!
Here it is… our ‘new’ (used) car… the biggest, baddest and prettiest car we’ve ever owned: a 2003 Ford Taurus SE! Check out the photo album for more pics! They call this a mid-sized car, but for us it’s a huge boat!! 😉 … » full post and pics!