In a nutshell, my wife and I are moving to Canada to live! In actual fact she has already moved 3 weeks ago. She is Canadian (and Aussie Citizen) and became very homesick for her two sons and two grandkids.
She became quite stressed in the first half of this year because of some health issues. One of which was a scare that Cancer had returned to her leg where she had 2 muscles removed 8 years ago. (No Cancer this time). The 7 years of drought, diminishing commodity prices etc. etc., made visiting Canada more and more difficult. So we made the decision to sell up and move a few months ago. She told her lifelong Canadian friends and within a week she was offered a good full time job at a private girls school and board at a mutual friend’s place nearby.
She had just 10 weeks to prepare to go BUT in the meantime, one of her sons had a near fatal accident at work and the prognosis wasn’t good. So we got her to Toronto within 3 days where she stayed with him for 4 weeks until he was out of danger and on the road to recovery. She was home a month and had to fly out again. This time permanently. So until I can sell the farm and all the accumulated possessions, I can’t go anywhere.
I am really looking forward to it now that I think I’ve got my head around it. The Shark market is really down and I can’t afford to just sell for the sake of selling. It could take 12 months or more. Some properties around the district have been on the market for over 2 years, whilst a friend of my wife’s sold their “small” farm within days of listing it.
Tragically, I’m going to have to part with my 64 Super Major. That breaks my heart!!!! I can’t even bear the thought so I’m not going to elaborate on that point.
My other concern is acclimatising to the Canadian winters. I’ve only experienced a month of winter (Christmas and New Year period) in Toronto back in 1987. My other visits were in the summer.
Although I have driven through the town we intend to live in, I can’t remember it. However, with the way the internet is these days, I’ve studied everything about the place; know my way around it using Google Maps and Satellite; Youtube videos let me walk about the main street etc.
We speak on the phone every day for around an hour. VOIP phone service costs just 20cents/call un-timed.
She is still an hour or so drive from her sons and grandkids, and a couple of hours from her mother 
and sisters, but she has friends nearby. The town is all new to her too but she is 100% confident that it is the place for us. So I have to trust her on that.The place we are moving to is Meaford, Ontario, (On the shore of Georgian Bay).
http://tinyurl.com/6ft2km (shortcut to google map ref)
We have plenty of time to decide on whether to buy a house in the town or small acreage on the outskirts. Hopefully, I’ll be able to find a Super Dexta there ……
regards,
Rick
