this is where the strings come in.

yesterday was the big day. or at least one of the days that bring this condo thing closer to reality - a reality i haven't started to feel or, maybe, realize, yet. yesterday was my deficiancy walk-through at the new place. this is where you - in this case me - walk around the new place looking at the finishing, the paint, the lights, the plugs, the baseboards, make sure the doors all close and open, the toilet flushes, etc...and whatever doesn't gets fixed and you get a date of completion. and that's what happened. i had asked my uncle glen to come by and help with the look as well as the fantastic juliet nicoll and it was great to have them there...glen also brought along my aunt denny and my cousin roz...so we had a lot of eyes looking for a lot of things to fix...nice. i now know when i will get the keys to the new yard and when i can start moving back to kits after, nearly, 13 years away...and ok, for you sticklers, yes it's not kits proper but it is more kits than less kits. did that make sense? 'he who can not be named on the blog' refers to it as east-west fourth. one other quick-witted blog reader and bomber, matt, suggested 'garnville island' as it's close to granville island. good one. but there's no turning back now - and i guess there hasn't been for a while now...soon i'll be moving and finding new homes for all my crap. mishi's gonna come over and help me pack and purge. look for books and some prints to be offered here soon for free...and other stuff...
sadly, along with getting rid of shit i need to get some items for the new abode. a new bbq, i'm making a table for the deck, a new tv since the one i have is too big for the new place, some stools for the bar area, make a platform or buy one for my bed, shelving, etc...blah, blah, blah....i'm gonna go out today and look at tv's...i'm also, sadly, getting rid of my old beautiful psb speakers in favor of some smaller units...pragmatic, that's me...
this is the first weekend in recent memory that i don't have lawns to cut or hockey games to play...so i may treat myself to a little movie action today as well...interesting...
have a great saturday...

g. xo