929B North River Road

Wondering about the address above? Well, that is the address of our new place in Ottawa (check out MLS647619). We finally have a place to live, which is such a relief. I (Heather) ended up going to Ottawa last week to search out a place to rent for the two of us. My mom ended up coming with me, because the prospect of going by myself was a little intimidating. Well, after seeing a bunch of really disappointing places (disappointing = crappy) we found a great place...to buy! The conditions came off today, we just have to wait for the lien/title search and then it's ours, legally! Mom and Dad ended up buying now and then once we are more settled, we will buy it from them, renting from them in the meantime. It's an amazing opportunity, and we are so thankful that we were able to do this, because the idea of renting a place that was less than ideal was a little depressing.
In other, but similar news, we go to Victoria this weekend for our final going away shindig. We have invited both of our dragonboat teams, and all our other friends. It should be a lot of fun, and we are really looking forward to seeing everyone. I am not looking forward to saying goodbye to everyone :(

Saying goodbye

Yesterday marked the beginning of our goodbyes; we took Chris's car to a wrecking yard for its final resting place. Considering the life it had had, it was time to say goodbye. It is getting to the point where we are seriously starting to purge in anticipation of our big move. We have a moving date now, which means the crunch is on! Between now and October 26th, we have to find a place to live in Ottawa, which is more difficult when a) you don't know Ottawa b) you don't have a visual of most of the places you are looking for. We are figuring things out, and I am sure something will come up that will be fabulous.
We hope to be in Ottawa by the first week of November, and be all settled in by the time school starts in January. At that time everyone is welcome to come and visit us (for those West Coast-ers, come and see snow, skate on the Rideau with me and remember how lucky you are to be paddling throughout the "winter").

The ongoing adventures of the Raines'

Yesterday was an interesting day at the Raines household. In true Langley manner, Chris had his car window broken. The clincher of the whole deal is two-fold: first, there was nothing in the car worth stealing, even the map book had been moved to the other car. The second is that the punks that broke into the car didn't even realize that the car was unlocked! So basically, it was just a bunch of idiots out joyriding and causing mischief. As it turns out, Chris' car was the third or fourth car on our street that has been broken into in the past few weeks.
Chris took the other car to work, which shouldn't have been a big deal. The problem arose when I decided to feed Jazz. They should make those pull-tab cans with warnings. I ended up cutting my finger open, and bleeding all over the house. I was a wee bit hysterical when I called Chris at work to ask him where the closest medical clinic was. Like my knight in shining armour, he took me to the clinic. It turns out that I had to get one freezing needle and two stitches.

I have to say that I am quite proud of the fact that it has been over one year since my last hospital/clinic visit (which resulted in TWO feezing needles and two stitches. My next goal is a year and half.
Stay tuned for the next exciting installment of the Raines adventure!