All moved in! Sort of

By all moved in, I mean our bodies have arrived at our destination in Toronto! Our stuff is still on its way trekking across Canada. Gizmo was going to live update but things got a little hectic....

The moving truck was supposed to show up between 2 and 4. It showed up at 7:30 pm. We didn't even know if it was coming after a certain point which made things a little stressful. 

We got back to my Mom's late and then the next day we were off to the airport. I'm going to create some tips for air travel with cats. It was probably a very stressful experience for both of us. I was quite worried about them lol! 

But ... we made it and I can resume normal blogging again! 

Here are some pictures taken from the move. 

After a very long 2 days of stressful travel, Gizmo, who is looking very tense, watches the bags rotate on the carousel in Toronto. For all those wondering, they are very content now, happily exploring their new surroundings.

Moving: Day 1

Hello. I am Gizmo and I will be guest blogging these next few days for my human. 

Things are a little chaotic right now so I'm hiding in my cat tree.

Goodbye my companion

Today I sold my car! My little companion for the last 6 years. I learned to drive in that car. That car got me out of many sticky situations... caused by other drivers of course.

So long little Tercel! 

Moving process + vacation!

Here is where we are at in the moving process....

All the stuff we wanted to sell on Craigslist is sold. Now we just have to donate a few things and bring some other things to the dump. Most of the living room is packed as you can see except for things we want to use until then. I haven't started on the other rooms yet. 

As for this Easter weekend, we are off to Vegas! So there will be no throwback Thursday or soapbox Sunday this week but I haven't forgotten about the favourite products at the end of the month, that will just bit a few days late :) 

Announcement!

We are moving to Brampton, which is a suburb of Toronto!

For those wondering, this picture was taken from the top tower at Casa Loma. If you ever go to Toronto, you should go check that out. It is the only castle in North America.

This move has been in the works for a while, I just didn't want to say anything until it was officially official. Well now, the flights and moving truck are booked. So I guess for the next month and a bit you will be following me through my adventure with a big giant move across Canada.

If you are wondering what this kind of move is costing us here is the breakdown so far:

Flights: $580 - that is for both of us and after tax

Cats: $112 - Because we are bringing the cats in the cabin with us, we had to pay $50 per cat plus tax

Moving truck: $1400ish - this is an estimate because we will have to see what the truck weighs in at.

Some of you may ask, why are you getting a moving truck, why don't you just sell your furniture and buy there? Well, did you see the cost of our moving truck? To sell our used furniture, we wouldn't even get half of what we paid for it. To buy things like couches and mattresses and desks... that stuff is expensive to replace. Just a couch and a mattress would run over 1000 and then we would have to ship all of our small stuff anyway. So that is why we got a moving truck. It is cheaper. 

We are also selling our vehicles. They are old and not worth taking across the country. So here is the game plan. On April 15th, our moving truck is coming to pick up our furniture and stuff. We are going to have a weeks worth of stuff packed in a suitcase that we will need to hold us over until it arrives in Ontario. Then we are going to clean the apartment, my mom will pick us up and we will stay at her place. On April 16th, we will drive to Vancouver airport and be off!

There is so much to do between now and then (like finishing school hah!) so moving and packing will mostly be what my blog is about up until then.