We're Staying!

It's official! We are not moving! After much debate and serious discussion, John and I decided to stay put in Oshawa. It would be much too expensive to try and sell our house in the current market, especially considering the new harmonized tax the provincial government is proposing and with how much the house up the street is on the market for. We would easily be taking a $35K loss just on list price alone. It's just not worth it. So I have been researching college programs here and I think I have found 3 that I could be happy in. We are still doing the renos to the house, simply because we have found that in the little bit of work we have done, we are so much happier. All in all, life is good :)

Painting,painting, painting!

All in prep for selling the house, we have been painting like mad all weekend. Corbin's room is finally done! It looks amazing! A very light blue with white trim. Very little boy, but also neutral enough for a potential buyer. We also started repainting the kitchen. As I just did it a year ago, it's difficult to see all the hard work covered up. But the cream on cream does look really nice and bright. We are hoping to finish that today. Then a few days off! Yay! Of course that means a few days to do homework and not paint, but I'll take it. We are also now waiting to hear back on how Big J did at his interview yesterday. They advise you by letter in two weeks if you passed or not. So weird. He feels confident that he did well. We are just hoping the offer is something we can accept.