In response to pointed remarks from two loyal readers of this blog, I am finally posting again. Yes, lots of major things have happened and, yes, they turned out just fine, for the most part. We have moved, chattels and livestock, stuff and more stuff, in a two-phase operation that went off pretty much the way we planned it.

We are now proud citizens of Georgian Bluffs, a township adjoining the city of Owen Sound. It took about three months to get here, with Bob pioneering at our new digs with basic amenities and all of the dogs, then me finally following with all of our furniture and about a million boxes. We moved in completely just over three weeks ago and have reduced the box count to thousands, but it's feeling like home. Our new wood stove was installed yesterday and already we have a kind neighbour offering to fetch a cord of wood for us. The only downside to that is the fact that the garage can't hold it yet -- did I mention we downsized from a four-bedroom house with double-garage to a three-bedroom bungalow with a single garage? The garage currently holds all the stuff that wouldn't fit into the house. There is some chaos to come next week when the gas furnace is installed, but after that, we can take our time getting things sorted out in each room.

The house came with personality and lots of odds and ends -- came across a wooden parrot in the garage today. Of the seven pheasants we started with, we now have six. One was a determined renegade who eluded Bob's best efforts to recapture him and probably ended up as lunch for a fox.

Through all of this we have both been working, thanks to high-speed internet and clients/employers who don't care where we are, and I have bought a new car. My old civic came down with an expensive illness just before Xmas, so there is a shiny silver Honda Fit in the driveway that is great fun to drive.