Summer finally arrived yesterday! I have put my coat away and taken out my shorts. I thought I wasn't going to use my summer clothes this year, but alas, away went the clouds, rain and wind and out came the sun. My thermometer is registering 37 degrees celcius currently. My flowers are loving it as long as I remember to give them a drink. 

My next door neighbour has a most beautiful garden. Here is one of her displays. 

Remember the cute little Yellow-belly sap sucker that flew into my window and we revived? This is what they do to trees, often killing them. They love the sap and the bugs. 

A view of the deck and back yard. 

My new home. My offer was officially accepted today.  

Thursday, August 4, 2005

Just to keep you up-to-date, this real estate magnet has just bought a condo in Edmonton, Sold a country-residential house in Whitehorse and am in the process of buying a downsized house here (am signing the papers tonight!). I am also the contact for selling SR's truck and "parts" truck and want to sell some of my furniture too. Am so busy I don't quite know what I'm doing, between purchasers, vendors, banks, lawyers ... so will write again when things have settled.

Thanks!

Hey, thanks for all the comments. It lets me see that someone really IS reading my blog!

Here is a shot of part of the kitchen (which has an opening in the wall through to the lving room) and living room. There is one bedroom on each side of the living room AND in-suite laundry.  

Just returned from a whirlwind 3 day stay in Edmonton, apartment hunting. Finally, after much running around, phoning, emailing, and mega stress, we bought an apartment in this development, called Point III. It is in the much desired Oliver area of Edmonton and we now own a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment condo! - close to college, university, shopping and parks! Do I sound like a realtor??? This will be "home" for Shaun during the next 2 years of schooling in Edmonton. 

I said I wanted to downsize, and finally found a house I could afford. I can even grown my vegetables on the roof. 

And finally, we made it to Fort Selkirt, which is a heritage site. It is one of the oldest settlements in the Yukon and pre-dates the Gold Rush. This settlement was vacated in 1950. 

A scene from the river. 

Sue and Susan on the river. Apparently Susan is not thrilled with my picture taking. 

Hank and Jennifer enjoying the ride. 

Here is the luxury craft we boarded for the 15 minute river ride to the site. 

Sue in her Barby life preserver, ready to board the boat to Fort Selkirk. 

HOUSE FOR SALE. 

Sunday, July 17, 2005

With the summer off, you'd think that I would be taking full advantage of it - gardening, golfing, reading ... wrong! I'm preparing my house for sale and house hunting. Working harder than I have in years. Found a perfect house except for one small thing, the roof leaked. Actually it was the roof on the three-season addition he built, but since I would still be paying for that in his selling price, I wanted it fixed as a condition of sale. Being a seller's market, I was advised the house was "as is" so consequently am still house hunting. The prices have sky-rocketed on housing - good for me selling, not good for me buying, so if you know of a nice small house to buy, let me know.

Am off to Edmonton with SR next week-end. With the difference between selling and buying (downsizing) I want to purchase an apartment in Edmonton, which will see SR through at least the next two years in University. The only problem is, I haven't sold, so am a bit stressed about that ... so if you know of anyone that wants to buy country residential, tell them to see me.

Now with all that going on, I took a day off yesterday and went down the Pelly River to Fort Selkirk. This was a freebe for government workers so we took full advantage of it. Fort Selkirk is a meeting place for two major river systems, the Yukon and the Pelly and a gathering place for many years. Heard that it was considered for the capital of the Yukon before the road system came to the north. Some pictures will follow. The day was beautiful, sunny and warm. It did threaten showers at one point but that cleared quickly. The boats left from Pelly Farm - and the road to Pelly farm was something else in a mini-van - 51 km's took over an hour - but aside from that it was relaxing (something I desperately needed) and fun.

Sunday now, and back to fixing up the house. One last thing to do, then I am ready to show and hopefully a sale will follow soon. Keep you fingers crossed.

This is Frank & Anne's house - Muktuk Kennels in case you wish to look it up on the internet. Frank has about 100 dogs (just had 5 new puppies today - they are soooo cute and I want one), has a dog sledding business and lives on the banks of the Takhini River. The setting is fabulous. The big news is this year his son has entered the Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race which runs in February, so you can follow his progress on the web also under www.yukonquest.com This is the website for their home business: http://www.muktuk.com/ 

Here we are at the dinner table. Cabbage rolls tonight, courtesy of Uncle Andy. Here we have Anne (Frank's partner), Uncle Andy, Frank, Aunt Peggy, me, and Saul (Frank's son). Fabienne - hope I spelled her name right - (Saul's partner) is taking the picture.