Project number one: Storage

Our first item of business for this move is to catalog everything we own. EVERYTHING. We will place it into four categories:

• Keep
• Garage Sale
• Give to friends
• Throw away

So the first place we are going to tackle is our storage area. Remy and I are both a bit of pack rats but for very different reasons. I am sentimental pack rat, Remy is a “we may need this later” pack rat. And while, over the years, I have been able to condense our stuff, we still have quite a bit. Luckily I have a great audio book on my ipod that will help the process along.

Our research to date

Remy was able to look at the colleges and universities in London and Windsor (the two places we are trying to decide between). So far he seems to like the London university better. We will have to live in Ontario for three months in order to become residents. Our BC medical will cover us until we become full fledged Ontario residents. We don’t know where we will live and we don’t have jobs (yet). We might take out student loans and just go to university full time OR we might sling shot each other through school. We still aren’t sure which city we want to live in.

Pros and Cons of Windsor
Pros:
Closer to family
University
Close to the border (more job opportunities for me)
Cheap housing
Could shop in the states (cheaper)

Cons:
Less jobs opportunities for Remy
A university city (enough said!)
Smaller (poorer transit system)
Kind of yucky

Pros and Cons London:
Pros:
University
Bigger (good transit system)
Nice city
More job opportunities
Fun things to do (Shakespeare festival)

Cons:
Further away from family (5 hour drive)
A little bit more expensive housing
Might be too big for us

As it stands we are leaning more towards London but still thinking. We are open to thoughts. Well I’m off to the storage area, wish me luck!