Category: Our Journey
How Clueless Hippies Bought a House in Eastern Ontario – Part 1: The Plan
This is the first post in a series which aims to cover all the things we wish we knew about the actual process of buying…
Video: First Project in the New House – Rehabilitating a Neglected Bed and Late Season Planting (Zone 5a)
Last week we finally made the move to the house we bought in early spring. The house buying process was a rollercoaster (that we will…
Establishing our baseline: What spending was like in the city
When T was leaving her big city job in December last year, she had two quick answers as to why she was doing it: She…
Rural Internet in Ontario – Unexpected Roadblock
We thought we had done a pretty good job considering some of the issues we would come up against when looking for a home in…
New Hobby Alert: Outdoor YouTube Videos
It’s truly winter in Ontario and we’ve been spending as much time outdoors as we can, learning to embrace our new, more northern city. I…
Settling In To Our New City
Yes, we are alive. We are slowly settling in to our rental apartment in our new colder and snowy city. In a stark contrast to…
First exciting step to reaching our rural dream!
We’re doing it! At the end of the month we will be leaving our tiny apartment in a huge city for a tiny apartment in…