The Arctic Post

We got back from our house hunting trip yesterday. Overall things went really well. We saw 9 houses in one evening.

We had landed at 1pm and by 4 we were viewing the first house. Our realtor was great. He was able to schedule us to see all the homes we had wanted to in one evening. This allowed us to be able to put an offer in on a house the next afternoon. We basically narrowed it down to 3 homes that we loved. The first one didn’t work out because of some water damage/issues we had noticed in the basement. We really did love the house and yard, but because of the time constraints it wasn’t something that we could even explore regarding damage, cost of repairs, negotiating with sellers, etc. The second house we almost put an offer in until we realized that there were a few issues with the neighborhood that we weren’t willing to live with. The third house ended up having another offer in, but in the end they liked ours better and we got the house. We are very excited about it. The yard is smaller than what we hoped, but there is a huge park and green space behind our home. It will be perfect to take Cisco out to walk around in and it’s nice knowing we won’t have any back neighbors. The house is only 7 years old. So we don’t need to do much work right away. There are definitely things we would like to change, but we can do that in the years to come. We ended up with a very short possession date. We will be moved before the month is through. I still can’t believe this is all happening, and so fast at that! It is going to be an exciting new adventure. I am going to be sad to say good-bye to this community. We are definitely going to miss the amazing friends we’ve made during our time here. I know we will see them again, it just won’t be as often as we do now.

I also have other sad news. Since we won’t be living in the Great White North for much longer, this blog won’t really be pertinent anymore. We have created a new blog that will follow our lives as we move back into civilization. Unfortunately, due to some issues we’ve had, we have decided to make this blog a little more private. We still invite you to follow along with us if you’d like. The difference between that blog and this one, is you will have to register in order to read it. To register for our new blog, check it out here.

I’m hoping we will have a few more great experiences up here before our time comes to an end. So don’t give up on us quite yet!

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