J and C in California

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Do you normally pick up strange men in your truck?

To pick up from this morning’s moving update, we went to Home Depot to find day labourers to help us unpack.
As we got there, our truck was surrounded by about 30 men, mostly all Mexicans, clamoring with their hands up to get our job. It was really overwhelming. How to choose?
As soon as we picked [...]

Moving update.

Away we go, moving again! This time, the destination is Cupertino.

Moving date number 3 secured!

We’re making the move… again. As of November 29, we will be residents of Cupertino in Silicon Valley.
What we will gaining by moving

Jesse can bike 5 minutes or walk 20 minutes to work at Apple. This will be HUGE considering he’s used to spending an hour and a half each way on the bus now.
Our [...]

Moving for a third time this year?

It’s been a tough few months and the shiny appeal of the city is starting to wear off.  I haven’t found work and that has really given our budget a slam.  Now I’m in school at Athabasca (thanks mom Dybenko!) and finishing off my degree so I have a hope at employment down here.
We’re hoping [...]