We get the keys on Monday
 

After 8 weeks in temporary accommodation we finally get the keys to our new home on Monday. We are going to be busy busy busy but are looking forward to finally being reunited with all our furniture and clothes from the UK. Have had a great time buying some new furniture and obligatory 50" plasma for the family room and a 'normal' sized one for the living room. Once the home theatre system and satellite are hooked up I might not see the boys for days on end as they catch up on European footie :eek:

Can't wait to invite all our new friends round for a wee party. They have been so nice to us, even having us over for Sunday lunch where we found out that Atlantic Superstore sells Yorkshire puddings and white puddings :p .

It's soooo exciting :D

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Congratulations Yes-can-do! :D

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What are white puddings?

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Excellent. Now you can really start getting settled. All the best for Monday.

Deborah

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Good news to hear you're finally at the last hurdle and getting settled into your new home. :thumbup:

We have been to Comet today, hubby wanted to buy an MP3 player, he was drooling all over this 42" HD plasma TV, I said "Look, just wait til we get to Canada and we actually have a room that can fit it!". (Men and their toys eh?).

Karen

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Oh, it gets worse..................mine keeps harping on about Quad Bikes, and boats and ski-doo's......for goodness sake!

Not unless we win the lottery m'dear !!

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Good luck and every happiness in your new home.

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Thanks all :)

It's a beautiful day today and we have just driven back from Antigonish, a pretty town which is only 1/2 hour away. Driving through the lovely scenery, the sun was shining, the sky was blue and todays temp is +8C. On the way home I felt compelled to announce in the car "I live in Canada, pinch me cos I must be dreaming" :D

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Congratulations on the new home, and I hope you have every reason to continue to feel this way about Canada.:):)

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Poppy1, white pudding is similar to black pudding except its made from oatmeal, onion and spices, no blood. It can also be called skirlie and is fab when served with minced beef, beef stew or chicken.

At Christmas a lot of people in Scotland have white pudding/skirlie along with the turkey instead of sage and onion stuffing :)

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Jees! How much did you pay for the plasmas?:eek:
We're bringing our 42" plasma out there with us as luckily it's switchable to 110 V and 50Hz. Although relatives of ours were thinking we were going to give it to one of them.:rofl: Not sure how we're going to get it working as a telly over there yet though, because it needs some sort of receiver but I dare say I will.

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My Cousin used to be a DJ at a radio station in Cape Breton are you anywhere near there, Yes can do?

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We are living in New Glasgow and Cape Breton is about 4 hours drive. We are definitely going to take a trip up there sometime as its beautiful. We are also only about 15 minutes from the ferry to PEI. :D

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Congratulations!!!!!!!

We get our keys on 15th, I am suppose to be packing now.
Oh well you have to have a break!!!!:p

Linda

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Hubby is desperate for a canoe, after this comes the quad bike, ski-doo's!

He keeps entering cometitions for quad bikes etc, it's the only way he'll get one!!!::thumbup:


Linda

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Many congratulations Yes-can-do. Good luck for the move, and your new future out there.

Is it 8 weeks since you landed then? Have you managed to find, and complete on a house in that time then?

Enjoy it!

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We landed on 9th Jan and the house we bought was the second one we viewed although we continued to view others for a further 2 weeks. We knew it was the one for us though. We put our offer in $25,000 less than the asking price and they came back hours later asking for another $5000 so the very same day it was a done deal. You can exchange really quickly here but we allowed them just under 6 weeks to move as they have small children and they had to find temp accommodation themselves before they start building a new home on some land they own. We are in a 2-bedroomed apartment so it hasn't been too bad. It'll be great to have more space though :D

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50" Panasonic plasma cost $2600, and 42" version cost $1800 (plus taxes of course) so we justify it by knowing it was bought with GBP so only cost around 1300 and 900 GBP ;).

Don't be afraid to ask for a price match, we did and got another $100 off the 42" version.

Just been browsing the web for HD DVDs and found that David Attenborough's Planet Earth: Complete Collection will be release on April 24th. How fantastic will that be to watch on HD.

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Thanks very much for letting me know. Good to know it is possible to complete in good time out there, certainly that is what my realtor had been telling me.

I dont want to have to impose on friends for too long, and renting will be a problem becuase of my cat :(

Good luck for tomorrow and enjoy! :thumbup:

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Similar prices to over here then. Did you take DVD's over with you? How did you overcome the 'region' thing?

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Good luck with the move on Monday!! Sooo exciting to get the keys to your new Canadian home.

After you get the Plasma TV plumbed in you might not see the hubby or kids for months....;)

Enjoy your wee party with your new neighbours!! and don't forget to have a wee nip for us still in the UK.

Cheers :beer: & lang may yur lumb reek!! ;)

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We shipped over most of our DVDs along with our region-free, dual voltage, PAL and NTSC compatible DVD player (Toshiba, only cost about 60 GBP a year ago). Will just have to change the plug. We will also be buying another player here and I have been told that some of the really cheap ones from Walmart are actually region-free even if they don't state it. I will post a new thread to see if anyone has purchased one recently. There are also websites for de-coding your player to play any dvd.

Strangely enough, some of the DVDs we hand carried play on our new Canadian XBOX 360 (The Still Game, Kath and Kim). None of the movies worked through.

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No still game Dvds that a shame.

John Wayne's an a***hole and all that:rofl:

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Yes, the ALL The Still Game DVDs worked. What a treat it is to watch :rofl:

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Congratulations! Enjoy your new pad! :thumbup:

Obligatory? :huh: You normal people kill me! :p

I've a got me a 19"er... old style, last one on the shop... $225... delivered and installed (plugged in... I must appear that pathetic! :D).

Is crap tv really any better when it's big? :p

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Oh you'd better believe it especially if it's in HD. :p:rofl::rofl:

Just think Don Cherry in High Def. :eek::eek:

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Oh good grief Steve! He's bad enough in colour! :ohmy: :D

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My point exactly.;) :rofl:

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Thanks for the info [Yes] :thumbup:

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You don't watch TV (certainly not north american anyway) on plasma's!!:eek: :eek: It's for DVD's, movies, documentaries, computer games and the like. Christ if TV where the only reason to buy a plasma they could go sing, wouldn't have a TV AT ALL!!

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Yes-can-do,

you'll have to hop on over to western PEI, you being so close. Used to live in Antigonish, just up the road from you in NG. Great area, BTW, Cape Breton is only about 1.5 hours from you, not 4 hours. The Highlands are about 3.

Cheers,
Steve

Clan Farquharson

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OMG how did I manage to miss this post I cant wait for you to finally get all your stuff and that you can relax in your new home, hope it goes well etc... can wait to hear how it went.

I'm soooo excited for you too

Emma xxxxxxxx

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That DVD is amazing

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Thanks everyone. The move went as smooth as moves can be :) . We are pretty knackered though as you can imagine.

Have to say that the removal firm was excellent on both sides of the Atlantic (White & Co in UK and Thomson the partner here in NS). We are 80% through unpacking and there is no damage. The Thomson guys here we great. We had 3 beds delivered by Sears and it was the Thomson guys who volunteered to put them together. They were here for around 3.5 hours in all and were first class. :D

Got all our telecom stuff installed yestrday by Aliant (on time and helpful). Unfotunately we will have to wait til next Tuesday for TV from Bell. Phoned yesterday to inform us on the day of our installation that the HD PVRs are on back order :frown: We could have HD digibox installed but not the ones that record your programmes/rewind live TV/pause etc so I chose to wait as we loved it back in the UK. Bit annoyed though to say the least.

Having a bit of a time with our garbage. Although I recycled in the UK we have to recycle nearly everything here and put them in see-through bags. Does anyone know if immigration will be tip-toeing around our bins in the next few weeks :rofl:

Last but by no means least my poor calf muscles are very sore. Have to get out of bed in morning and walk like a robot until they ease up. Think its a combination of much bigger house than I am used to, wooden floors, and all the unpacking of course. Roll on the weekend............ :blink:

We love our new house :D

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Glad your move went well. Watch that recycling and enjoy your new life! :)

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Hurrah, great to hear you are all safely moved into your new home, and fairly on top of things.

I like the idea of having a bigger house as a form of exercise!!

Congrats again and well done.

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Bet all the sore limbs are worth it in the end:)

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Must be quite the shock considering the nasty temps we've had the past few days!:eek:

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We certainly will be heading over the PEI sometime in the summer. The ferry is only about 15 minute drive away so really handy for us. The island looks beautiful and is definitely on my 'places the visit' list :D

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:eek: Yeah, it was around +6C on Saturday and yesterday it was -31C :eek: . Headed off to Walmart to get bits and bobs (2 trolley loads :ohmy: ) and has to chase one of my plastic storage containers across the carpark. I was chilled to the bone and my fingers were stoonin. Now where did I put my ski gloves :confused: