Lodging my house-related complaints

April 30, 2009

My dryer doesn’t get hot enough. On the highest heat setting, it has taken me over 30 minutes to dry a total of 8 hand towels and tea towels. I never had to use the highest heat setting at my parents’ house There are light switches whose purpose are a mystery to me. My dishwasher [...]

Why I love my family

April 27, 2009

I’ve been watching Sex And the City lately and just to be clear, so far my “single girl in the suburbs” life has not mimicked the show. I have not become stylish, smooth of tongue or sharp of wit. I have not been beseiged by single, hunky (male) neighbours asking for my number or to [...]

New house blues…fest

April 22, 2009

I’m having trouble writing about the move, and currently irritated with my washing machine for refusing to work, so thank God that the Bluesfest lineup came out today and I can let you in on the artists that I want to see this year (the complete list of artists performing this July can be found [...]

Not your typical new homeowner post

April 16, 2009

You’ve got to love anti-climatic new homeowner posts. The Day went pretty smoothly. I originally booked the entire day off from work because I love not having to go to work and this is a Big Deal, but a couple of things, including the fact that nothing would be happening in the morning, my lawyer [...]