First of all, CONGRATULATIONS to my friend Julie ("jwordsmith" in Blatherchat) on the birth of her son! See this LJ entry.

As I mentioned in my last Blathering, Jeff and I bought a house on Friday night, conditional on a house inspection.

The house inspection is this afternoon. Even though I'm sure everything will be basically fine, I'm still nervous. We both want this house so badly. Thanks so much for the good wishes, everyone!

Speaking of The House, we saw it several times on the weekend. Ok, maybe more than several times. Dropped by on Saturday with Parki after brunch. Then yesterday, I decided to go explore the area and time my walk to various destinations. As a result, I ended up in front of the house THREE (3) more times over the next couple of hours. I'm surprised none of the neighbours called the police.

"Er...I'd like to report a strange Asian woman loitering on our street, just staring at my neighbour's house with an intense, yearning expression on her face..."

Bizarre-looking chocolate drink mix that my friends Bryan and Elizabeth brought me from Montreal. What were the marketing people thinking?!?

Found out it took me exactly 20 minutes to walk from the subway station; if I had opted to take the bus, it would have taken me far less, but I always prefer walking whenever possible. We live a few minutes' walk away from a 24-hour big grocery store as well as a street of interesting little shops which included a CHOCOLATE STORE and a TEA STORE! I bought some loose leaf Mate Chino, which is supposedly a traditional tea from Latin America and made from Toasted Mate with cocoa, sunflower petals, almond bits, cactus flowers and cornflower blossoms. YUM.

We live a short walk and a ridiculously short drive from my sister's place. I'm also a very short walk, run and bike ride away from a network of city parks and trails. Yay, no more running through diesel fumes from under the Gardiner Expressway!

I've just realized that I've been writing "we live" instead of "we will live" as if Jeff and I have already moved in. Guess I'm really counting on this happening.

I'm sure the house inspection this afternoon will go fine.

It will.

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