We found a home!

Well sort of. We have signed a lease with a landlord in the Kildare area of Edmonton and are really happy about it as there is a really great school not far from there that Annabel will get to go to. Its a 3 bedroom townhouse with a finished basement, 1.5 bathrooms and a nice deck out back. The kitchen is old and the lino needs to be updated. Now when I say "sort of" I mean that this landlord has another property that will be newly renovated top to bottom in the same area of town for the same amount of rent but it won't be available till the end of July. This means leaving out of our boxes for a month and then moving AGAIN! Jeff seems to think it is worth it and he is the one who has actually seen these places so i have to trust his judgment. I'm not thrilled about another month of feeling unsettled but it does sound like a much nicer place. We've gone this long....i think we can do another few weeks. At least we'll finally be together, right?

Anyway, at the very least we now have a place to unload the truck when we get there. The landlord seems very nice and wants to get me into Financial Planning--the field in which he is working. I'm not convinced. EI will probably pay for the training but he tells me that i would be expected to generate my own clientèle...something that actually repulses me. i'm not saying definitely no but i'm not really jazzed about it either. Those of you with your own businesses know what i'm talking about. i know that i would still have to find my own clients for a daycare business but it just seems like a service that everyone needs. Many people get by without a fin. planner....they maybe shouldn't but they do. You can't "get by" without a babysitter. Anyway, lots to think about.

Things are tight financially until we get to Edmonton but I've had tonnes of help from family and friends and am really grateful for all the wonderful people in our lives. I will really miss being so close to them all. Hopefully the internet will help keep us together.
I am looking forward to the things ahead of us though. I have a good feeling about it....