JonboyE

Once the Port Mann tolls start the Pattullo and Alex Fraser Bridges are going to be a right bundle of laughs in rush hour.

__TJ__

PMSL

ann m

I couldn't do what you guys are doing - I hope you get back together soon.

el_richo

So you've been to Abbotsford then

helcat12

Thanks so much for that, Ann. I am working towards the end of Se[tember, house sale or not.


I wouldn't rule out a drive-by shooting down your street if there are any more comments like that, matey.

I'll be the one in the balaclava with the AK47.....

el_richo

I believe the street term is "chopper"

helcat12

Well, I never!
That is one more piece of vocabulary to add to my "do not use in Canada" list.

I do not want to say "When I was 7 I got a Chopper for Christmas", or they will get totally the wrong idea about my upbringing.

Not to mention the other meaning.....

As for current situation - after a nightmare with estate agent being incompetent in the extreme, I managed to get out of their contract without charge after 7 weeks and now, with a new agent I have had two viewings, so that is an improvement.

In any case, I am sending the cats over next Saturday, which leaves me a free agent to clear up and ship out, which is exactly what I am going to do whether the house is sold or not.

It is our 17th Wedding Anniversary on the 1st October and as we missed being together for our 16th one, I am not going to miss this one if I can help it.

All the scary stories about tenants has made me reluctant to rent the house out, so if I do not find a buyer in the next 5 weeks then it might just have to be down to the estate agent to show it for a few weeks until the contract to sell runs out and then re-evaluate.

Poppit

Rent the house out and spend quality time together.



Poppit

helcat12

Thanks! Just booked flight for the end of September!!!

RKS_in_Calgary

thats great news Helcat, am sure you won't regret coming over here, even if you end up having to go and sort a few more things back.

helcat12

I have to be doing the right thing.
We have been so sad but naturally my husband is more risk-averse than I am and less impulsive (and probably less difficult and impatient) so he has wanted to make sure everything is cast-iron guaranteed before burning our bridges in the UK. I can understand that.

He hasn't found it easy, but he has found it easier to be stoical about the waiting than I have.

For me, there have been so many times when I have almost lost it and just got on the plane anyway, sod the house and work and London VO!

I have tried so hard to be patient and see the long view but being passive just is not in my nature and it has been terribly frustrating for me to sit by and feel so helpless at the whim of others - London VO, HRSDC, estate agents, potential buyers......

I just wanted to kill them all.

Now I have booked the flight, I don't know what to feel, actually. I have got to the end of my tether and I just haven't got the energy to be excited or anything.
I will feel happier, I expect as the time gets nearer but for now it still feels like just another mirage.

JonboyE

Reason to be cheerful: the Fall rains don't usually start until the middle of October so you'll have a couple of weeks to get the yard/garden into shape and then you can look forward to another month of cutting the grass in the rain.

The4BellsLondon

I go to Abby twice a week - a fill up on Gas - tis cheaper there than Van! Goodluck Hell cat - and come and find me at the abby gym when you arrive.

helcat12

Yes, petrol is really cheap near us - I think it is as we are in the agricultural tax zone.

Thanks
I will come and knock on the window and wave a Blueberry muffin at you!

The4BellsLondon

oooh yes please