I had an actual weekend!
This weekend I was able to go visit my brother!!! He lives in Ottawa, I live in Toronto. The last time we saw each other was July 2020. Legit 11 months! And it SUCKED!
For those who don’t know, my brother is one of my best friends. We are only a year apart in age and growing up that meant we fought all the time but as adults we are super close!
I arrived late Friday evening, and got to see his new house! While the world was in a pandemic, he bought his first house and is in the process of renovating the inside. Its a cute little cottage on the Ottawa river. Here is my view from Saturday morning at 7:30 from his couch:

Like that dirt is the road in front of his house and there is the river! Across the water is Quebec.
Since its still stage one here we didn’t do much. Watched some tv and movies, got THE MOST AMAZING DONUTS I HAVE EVER TASTED from a bakery in a small town close by, and just got caught up and all the good things!
Even though it is still early in the summer to look, I set up one apartment viewing. It was a small basement apartment and after the tour and talking to the landlord, I filled out an application. She had 3-4 viewings on Saturday and said she would get back to me on Sunday.
Driving home I got a text from her! AND I GOT THE APARTMENT!
Its a 30 minute walk from work, 20 minutes if I go by bus. We drove over to my work after and then a quick 5 more minutes and we were at my brother’s office! The area is one I know a little from visiting so many times with my brother. He even pointed out that one of his female friends lives in the apartment buildings across the street. And he has already told her that I’m moving in there HAHA!
Its on the main road, close to shops and transit. The set up inside is amazing. Even though I share the basement with one other person, we are in two separate units.
I have my own bedroom/bathroom/kitchen AND small den! Only share the laundry room. There are 3 people who live upstairs in a shared situation. So 5 in total in the whole house. We all share the laundry. That’s it!
Its clean and well kept and the landlord is knowledgable and kind AND my brother even approves! How could I not love it?
So now I just have to decide what size of vehicle to rent to move all my stuff and then pick a day to go! I know a cargo van or probably a pick up will work. But gotta research around and get a good price and options for leaving it in Ottawa.
Yay yay yay!!! Can’t wait for a full tour. 😉
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I can’t wait as well!!! First time having to buy actual furniture haha
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If you’re trying to purchase new, I would suggest looking now because a lot of places are fulfilling orders 8+ weeks out. Also if there is an upcoming holiday I would wait to see what kind of discounts stores will have. We furnished most of our house with a holiday sale and ended up saving $4,000!
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Awesome!! I cant purchase anything until I am actually in the space. It is SO SMALL that things will have to be very specific. So once I get my stuff set up I can see what space I have left over.
I for sure will be getting a sofa of some sort – either a love seat or maybe even a convertible sofa. Seating and an extra bed if needed! And I’ll need a tv stand and possible a coffee table and maybe a small kitchen table and chairs. But again, all space issues haha! In late August/early Sept we have all the back to school sales so it will be perfect
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Congrats! Hope you have some windows and light in your basement room!
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Haha I do!
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Woo hoo! 🎉 I’m glad you had a great weekend!
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Me too!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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Congratulations! And picking furniture is fun! I am already getting ideas for my future move.
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Thanks!! I am pretty excited! I had a few idea about what I wanted before but this new place will be too small to hold it all LOL so back to the drawing board 😂 well once I get the measurements and stuff
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