{"id":2096,"date":"2013-08-22T13:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2013-08-22T13:05:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T17:05:20","slug":"things-i-love-thursday-home-sweet-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/things-i-love-thursday-home-sweet-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Thursday &#8211; Home Sweet Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In mid July, JC and I took possession on a new house, but with all the travelling we&#8217;ve been up to we haven\u2019t really had the opportunity to live in it. In fact, as someone recently pointed out to me, since we&#8217;ve \u00a0&#8220;moved&#8221; I have spent more time away from this house than living in it. Time to change that!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cats tired from all the paper work... by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/9568899347\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Cats tired from all the paper work...\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3786\/9568899347_b640c0313c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, in addition to missing our sweet little kitties, I missed the house too. Even briefly, it already feels like home. With its nice red door and ivy covered brick exterior walls, for some reason it still surprises me that we live here and it is ours.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/bbUoW7zUIe\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most of all, I\u2019m just happy that everything just seemed to fall in to place when we found it. It&#8217;s one of those unlikely Toronto stories, which sellers are always afraid of. One single offer. And it was ours.<\/p>\n<p>Sure there are still bits and pieces we need to fix up, and I\u2019m looking forward to digging up most of the yard and planting herbs and vegetables for our neighbourhood raccoons to enjoy (partially kidding \u2013 but I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be wrecking stuff as soon as it\u2019s there.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Raccoon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2098\" alt=\"Raccoon\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Raccoon.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Raccoon.jpg 455w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Raccoon-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It still feels like we&#8217;re house sitting for someone else, but at the same time, I&#8217;ve realize what a\u00a0comfort it is to be here. This is home, and I appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Even if we still don&#8217;t have internet.<\/p>\n<p>Or only intermittent hot water.<\/p>\n<p>But really&#8230; let&#8217;s not talk about that. We&#8217;ll have those in September. Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also completely swamped with projects, which is both awesome and horrible all rolled into one, if you know what I mean. Of course&#8230; I&#8217;m grateful, just also very tired.<\/p>\n<p>This TILT is shorter than usual but I&#8217;m still basking in home and cats and work. I love a lot of things (and people &#8211; \u00a0you know who you are.)<\/p>\n<h2>Other things I love:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raccoons (P.S. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2013\/08\/19\/why_toronto_residents_must_embrace_city_wildlife.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why Toronto Residents Need to Embrace City Wildlife<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Planning to pick peaches on Saturday with the West End Food Coop and my sweetie pie.<\/li>\n<li>Meeting with a potential wedding photographer this weekend.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Tolerated Dose and the Open the Cages Tour on Saturday at 6:30pm at The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St W, Toronto). With a post-film Q&amp;A with Karol Orzechowski, and speeches by Dr. Lauren Corman about animal resistance in laboratories, and Tino Verducci about anti-vivisection activism in Italy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But please, tell me&#8230; what do you love? What&#8217;s making your week a little brighter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid July, JC and I took possession on a new house, but with all the travelling we&#8217;ve been up to we haven\u2019t really had the opportunity to live in it. 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