New House

Now that I've maybe out of my blogging slump, I'm ready for another.

A couple of weeks ago, Debbie and I bought a new house. It won't be built until August 2008 which is nice so we can save like mad. It's only about 3 blocks east of where we are now but it's tremendously bigger. Currently, we're in a townhouse of 1150 square feet. The new house will be 2050 square feet.

Here is a link. We're elevation A, 36 foot lot: Fernbrook Homes

The artist drawing is a little deceiving. There will be no 100 foot, 50 year old trees and neighbours will be 8 feet away on both sides. It would be great if we got the house exactly like the rendition!

We'll probably do a private sale in the spring of 2008. Avoiding real-estate fees will save us $15,000!

Now all I need to do is convince Debbie to sell it and move to Nepal. I checked out real-estate in Nepal and you can buy a 2000 square foot, 3 story house, gated property, servants' entrance and quarters in Kathmandu for $88,000US! We could live like royalty over there! Sigh.

Tired

So I haven't been a very good blogger lately. I just haven't had the interest in sitting down to write anything. I've got lots to write about (bought a new house, hockey, sick, politics, stupid thoughts, trip to Asia, etc.) but I've just been very uninspired. Plus I've been quite sick going on for 3 weeks now.

I will, however, do a quick rant. I'm getting pretty tired of people asking me when I'm going to get married to Debbie. I'll do it, when I'm ready and if I like you, you'll get an invitation. If I really like you, I'll give you a phone call first (or more realistically Debbie will be doing the calling).

The next person who asks, I'm going to look them in the eye and say, "I don't know. When are you going to start losing weight?" (Nine times out of ten, it's a girl saying it. Guys don't care except for one apparently.)

If you ask me a personal question which is none of your business, I'll ask you a personal question which is none of my business.

Someone Debbie knows, whom I have met a grand total three times in two years, cornered me and asked me that question two weeks ago. Did he really expect me to confide in him? Or did he think he was asking an original question and that a light would go off in my head and I'd say, "hey, that's a great idea"? I don't even know his last name, where he lives, what he does for a living. I was barely able to remember his name when he came to the door and he thinks I'm going to tell him anything?!

Having posted this and knowing people read it, I'm sure I'll get tested soon whether I answer the question with the weight loss question. I hope I do have the balls to say it and I can't wait to see the look on people's faces.

Find Waldo

My friends Brent and Steph were recently in China. Brent is tall. Can you find him? I stole this picture off his flicker website. http://thedumpinghole.blogspot.com