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Florida 2020
Escaping the Ottawa winter for a family vacation in Florida, complete with a pirate cruise, golf, the State Fair, plenty of pool time and a day at Siesta Key Beach.
Walmart Grocery Pickup Review 2017
Ah, the weekly routine that is grocery shopping. The one standard, mind numbing, pack the kids up, battle crowds and lineups weekly task. It really sucks. Each week we head to the grocery store on Sunday to battle crowds and do the task that is grocery shopping. Some weeks its
Save $$$ on everyday expenses 2017
As you may have seen, saving money is a common theme on my site. To be honest, all of these things that I do, anyone can do. Most people will spend their time watching TV, working out, spending time with family and so on. If you spent a few hours
Whitewash a brick fireplace wall
This weekend I decided to take on a personal project in our basement to lighten the room up a bit and to change the style. After watching many different episodes of different home improvement and remodeling shows on @HGTVCanada I noticed a neat effect that some designers were doing on
Go Fund Me or is it Go F&$k yourself?
I came across the above image on my FaceBook feed last night and it really hits the nail on the head. I understand that GoFundMe campaigns can be useful at times and I'm sure people are not going to like my opinion on the matter but more and
Hydro Update
Over the past year or more I have been slowly making changes to our hydro usage trying desperately to reduce the kWh use and in turn reduce the monthly cost of our bill. I have made many different changes, investing heavily into upfront costs for a long term reduction. * Alarm
Home Insurance - Square One Insurance
We all need insurance for different situations, car, house, property, structures, boats, ect. You want to protect your investment and hard earned money if an unfortunate event were to happen. For the most part, you pay for the comfort of your property to be protected and never will need this
LED's and the power to save - Part 2
Last October I replaced 38 #halogen pot lights in our new house with low wattage LED's and got quite a significant decrease in hydro usage (LED's and the power to save part one) but these 38 bulbs did not even account for 50% of the bulbs
The smart home revolution
A few months back I purchased a home #security system for our house, but, it was much more than just a security system. It was a whole smart system with the regular security features. The system was purchased from Cannon Security and was installed to a tee with help along
Moving to Greely: Selling Our First Home in 2014
In 2014 our growing family decided it was time to leave the Riverside South house we'd called home for eight years. This is the story of getting it ready, putting up the For Sale sign and starting our move to Greely.