Daily Archives: Sunday, 11 June, 2006

We visit Ottawa to get some house buying advice of a friend of Alison’s parents, who is a financial advisor. He looks at all our numbers and says that it’s probably a very good deal and certainly doable. He has some other useful tips. We knew we could pull this of but their was still room in our heads for a lot of doubt. What if?
After his ‘blessing’ we feel very relieved.

Certainly after we speak to Alison’s grandmother when she drops in. She didn’t want her photo taken but gave us a lot of encouragement anyway. The first years being a homeowner and landlord will be tough, but after that period it is probably a good way to pay for our retirement. Which we might need because Alison has good genes: Granny is 86, still very energetic and travelling around the globe to visit friends and family. Her grandfather is almost 93, and her deceased grandparents also died at a respectable age. My genes are less strong; two of my grandparents died long before I was born and only one grandmother made it past 90. And my father died relatively young, 10 years before his statistical life expectancy.

A very Christian manhole cover as seen in Ottawa. Or it is a tribute to Little Nemo, when he’s flushed down the toilet?