The days have just flown by since we have arrived back north in April. The job in Calgary didn’t pan out for Bryan so we decided to head back to Edmonton and be closer to our family. We were able to get our same spot at the RV park, Bryan started looking for a job and Carol went back to work for the RV park and golf course. Though there are many jobs available it seem that hunting for them via email is more difficult than walking in and applying for a position as we did before technology became the norm. Bryan did find a job driving truck for a chemical company and he mainly drives their product to various states in the US. It didn’t take us long to settle into a busy routine, with family, friends and work. The company Bryan is working for has asked that he stay on over the winter months and we have decided to find a place to rent for a few months. This will be the first Canadian winter we will experience in 3 years so not sure if we are prepared enough, but know that we don’t want to stay in our 5th wheel for those months.
Cody the wonder dog turned 13 this August and is still going strong, however a bit slower than when she was a pup. Now that we are looking to rent a place, a person doesn’t realize how difficult it is to find a place to rent when a pet is in the family. Places either only allow cats or if dogs are allowed, small dogs under 25 lbs are only accepted. Yikes, we would like to be settled in before the snow flies. We did find one place that would have been perfect, but the condo board not only didn’t like Cody’s size and weight but didn’t like her breed either, so were were back to square one. We did eventually find a cute carriage house style condo with one bedroom and a den in the area we were hoping to move to, and they accept dogs, even the size of our wonder dog. Yay. We get possession on Oct 1st and are looking forward to settling in. When we first started living full time in our trailer our one son took some of our furniture and moved into his sisters basement. He now has moved in with his brother so the living room and bedroom furniture will move with us. One less thing to worry about. Carol will take the winter months to go through the storage unit and sort through all the stuff that was stored away 3 years ago and will now probably wonder what on earth were we thinking to keep it. Now that we have done without this stuff for 3 years we are sure it will be easier to give it away, sell it or garbage it.
We are both keeping healthy and hopefully now that Carol’s job is finished for the season we will start catching up with all of our friends we have made over the years of traveling. We will keep you up to date on our move and of course the quest to downsize our storage unit. We know we have promised this before but this time we will make the effort to update our blog at least once a month.
Cheers for now.
Glad to hear all is going well although am really going to miss your updates from warm climates it was great to follow your blog through the cold long winter anyway take care and Ill look forward to your monthly update
By: Dean Posehn on October 27, 2010
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We know you are glad to be back in Edmonton and close to your family. Maybe next year you will be able to head south. We are staying in Texas this year since we have to be in Alabama in mid-Feb. Will miss seeing Wally and Wendy but hopefully can meet up with Keith and Barb somewhere in this big ole state. Next year we will get back to Arizona.
We have started our doctor/dental appointments and are otherwise keeping busy on these 46 acres. Have started mowing the pasture and Jack is building a hog trap for the wild Russian hogs populating the county. They are tearing up the pasture. Maybe a pig roast will be in order for Christmas.
Some friends from Colorado were here for a week so we stopped working and went fishing instead. Played lots of games also. Fun, fun, fun.
Keep in touch.
J/J
By: Jackie K on November 11, 2010
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