Life is what you make it – blah blah blah. But honestly, I think there is a big part of luck that comes into making the life you want. And I am very lucky.

This past month has been a whirlwind with buying a house, getting a house ready to sell, selling our house, and continuing through this chaos with work and staying active. To say August was a lot is an understatement.

Now that our house is sold, both of us have had a chance to sit back and realize how lucky we are. From the day we started getting our house ready to sell, our friends and family volunteered to help us in anyway they could.

Moving furniture, loading the POD, listening to me stress about every little thing, building fences, replacing Calvin-scratched screens, and generally doing every little thing that needed doing. You know who you are. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

We’re super excited to be moving to Osgoode and creating a home in our new house. We’ve been here in Barrhaven since 1999. And honestly at the start of the summer we had zero plans to move. But life has a funny way of pointing you in the direction that makes sense.

So here we are. Living with minimal furniture (it’s in the POD or in the garbage heap) and not a lot of clothes or belongings. Someone might have even been a bit overzealous with the packing, so now we need to go buy some fall jackets…

We learned a few things during the three weeks of constant house chaos. Primarily that we can do a lot when we put our minds to it. We had a very long list of to do’s and I honestly didn’t think we’d get through it – but we did (again, thank you to all the people who helped us).

Secondly we learned that change is good. Scary but good. Now that the selling is behind of us, we’re much more excited about what lies ahead. We bought our new place in Osgoode on Monday August 2nd and from then on until this past Tuesday, it was non-stop go. We didn’t really have a chance to think or talk about the new house, the possibilities, ideas, and our plans. And now, both of us are looking at furniture, talking about gardening (what!), and our dream ideas for our house.

If you’re curious about our new place, here is the link: Osgoode.

And in case you’re wondering what else has been going on – here are a few photos that sum up the awesome summer so far (no, it’s not over – September can still be summer!):

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Yes, very lucky in life. Can’t wait to see what happens next.