Ever since my wife, Shelly, was fifteen, she wanted to go on an Alaskan cruise. This past week we made that dream a reality, rather, that dream turned into a minimalists nightmare with all the “excess”. It’s the best word I can use to describe our first cruise experience. Living […]
This past week we had the opportunity to speak at the AGM of Credit Counselling Canada. We talked about debt, how we overcame it, and how we now live a life with less and promote spending money on experiences instead of stuff. And what do you think we did immediately […]
Twenty years ago Shelly and I went to our first concert together – U2 at the SkyDome in Toronto. And last week the iconic band, U2, kicked off their Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary tour here in Vancouver. We anti’d up some serious coin to get seats – like $350 of coin […]
The weather has taken a turn for the better here in Vancouver town, and it’s been nice to get out and do some things again. Sure, it still rains a few times a week (usually more), and there are always clouds (which help contribute to some amazing sunsets), but that’s what […]
A pretty cool thing happened this past summer, although the coolness didn’t come to fruition until this past week. It probably wouldn’t have happened if we were still in our cozy little introvert shell either. Back in August we had a friend from Ontario visit Vancouver. Her son, a member of Canada’s […]
I’m not going to lie, making dinner isn’t always fun for me. I’m a sandwich guy! It’s not that I enjoy making them, although I sort of do because it’s almost therapeutic at times, and somewhat mindless, which is probably why I’m so fricken awesome at making them. And I know […]
When it comes to the buy vs. rent argument, we typically tend to lean to the “buy” side, but not without watching the market first. We’re living in the middle of a hot housing market here in Vancouver. It’s quite crazy, and there’s very little rhyme or reason to prices. […]
“I’m gonna pop some tags, only got $20 in my pocket”…that line in Macklemore’s song Thrift Shop is pretty fitting, and that’s all you really need if you want to thrift shop like a champ, folks. I’d like to tell you about our recent trip to a popular Thrift Shop – […]
It seems everywhere we go we always find unique and fun stuff to do, sometimes on the cheap too. Our most recent house sitting stop has us in the greater Vancouver area. And lucky for us I have a high school friend who lives just a few blocks away, which is awesome, […]
