Day 9 - Calgary, Alberta (last day of counting)

Buck having a good time in the car. We have a great video of him dancing to the Eagles.
Our new province as we drove into town. "Wild Rose."-- That's me.
OUR NEW HOUSE!! We saw it, put in an offer, countered & got the house all on the same day. Things work fast here. Our agent, G, even liked us so much that he is going to recommend us to his doctor for Buck! Both finds are very exciting!
Our new living room -- doesn't it make you want to come & visit?
Buck and our Canadian Safari Guide. Now that we're "home," we'll be seeing much more of our CSG.
Our new kitchen. I'm just weird about kitchen pictures.
The view from CSG's house. We can only dream of this view. That is downtown Calgary, by the way.

I have to begin this post with the fact that RKZ & I just witnessed a hooker climbing into a man's car outside the window of our rental condo. Insane. I've honestly never seen the entire transaction take place - but we saw it live in front of our "home." He stopped his car & talked to a woman who was walking in the street (no pun intended) & he circled the block & she climbed in the car.

Enough of that - I am including the pictures I promised a few days back. We had the Shaw cable man come by and fix up the cable which was never connected in the first place. This was a good introduction to the cable company (if not our landlords). The cable modem helps the uploading of the pictures.

Today was a big day. I've told the main facts with the pictures, so I don't have too much more to add. The house is great & we're really excited. It's in a community that is "finished" which means there won't be any development outside of our house (and we have grass and trees). Also, as our luck would have it, we back onto a designated greenspace - there will be nothing but field as our view. The community is also on the border of the Sarcee Indian Reservation, so there are miles of pinetrees just down the road and around the corner. Also, the Elbow River is only a short bike ride away. The house was "sold" already to another family, but their financing fell through. That's one of those strange experiences where a person feels happy about someone else's bad luck. A moral "catch 22" if you will.

I have been thinking a lot about the teachers and students in my life today as the kids here all head back to school. I hope that your year has started well & in a lot of ways, I wish I could share the time with you. Also, I want to give a "shout out" to poor Steve Irwin (the Crockodile Hunter). Guess I'm never getting into the ocean again. [Docile Sting Rays, yeah, right!]

If you aren't a crazy internet stalker, we'd love to have you come visit!