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Sunday Story #3

5/31/2020

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Corey the Corona Cat came into our lives just over a week ago, on a Friday night.
Steve & I were enjoying a cocktail on our backyard deck, as usual, when suddenly, this overly friendly ball of fur jumped into one of our laps, and continued to jump from one to the other. He followed at my heels like a puppy as we took a walk around the neighbourhood looking for his people, with no luck.
Our weekend was spent "fostering", and on Monday, we took the little beggar to the London Animal Care Centre, where they promised to continue the search for his family, and, failing that, would find a new family for him.
In 35 years together, Steve & I have not had a child, a pet of any kind, or even a plant depending on us for survival. Nor have we longed for those things. So, it was with great surprise, shock even, that we found ourselves worrying about this wee kitty, which, at some point, transformed into wondering (agonizing!) if we could actually take care of him.
After an exhaustive search for his family, a myriad of questions to almost everyone we knew with cats, and, generally overthinking the whole situation for the better part of a week, we did end up officially adopting Corey. Or, rather, accepting that HE had adopted US.
This may sound like an overstatement, but, our lives have changed in a very big way.
Our once semi-tidy house, is now littered with cat food, kitty litter, cat toys, cat beds, scratching posts, and blankets. And. Cat. Hair. An overwhelming amount of that!! We talk to the cat. We talk about the cat. We arrange our lives, and our home, to accommodate his needs. He is training us well on what he wants, when he wants it. And, we are falling for all of it. Is this what it's like for all pet owners??
This week has taught us so many things:
1. Cats are night people.
2. Cats are much higher on the maintenance scale than I once thought.
3. We are mush melons.
I feel like this is a story of "what I did during the Pandemic". Maybe spending more of our time at home, made home feel a bit emptier on some level? I do think though, that perhaps you can't always get what you think you want, maybe sometimes you get what you need.
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Sunday Story #2

5/24/2020

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Early in the Covid situation, most of us were unsure how to manage most things, and, we had situation that needed to be managed somehow.

Our rental apartment needed a new tenant, and due to health considerations of the current tenant, there was no option to show it. It seemed a daunting situation at the time.

But, through word of mouth in my amazing agent community, we quickly had two super prospects, both moving to London from other places. One a lovely nurse being transferred here, and the other a great young couple on a long distance adventure to new jobs. As it happened, the couple was willing to rent "sight unseen", and needed it a month sooner than the nurse, which was a great help to the current tenant. She saved a month's rent, and no one needed to come into her home.

This couple was connected to a fellow agent, who normally would have been paid a fee for arranging the lease. But, with community in mind, she asked that we pay her in grocery certificates that she could give to a family in need, as they were struggling through the Pandemic. Between us, and the current tenant who wanted to help, we did just that.

So, a win/win/win all around! But wait, there's more!

My good friend and client who owns a similar unit just happened to have a vacancy around this time as well. I was able to connect her to that lovely nurse, and they hit it off!

So, everyone ended up with tenanted units, no one was left homeless, we were able to help out in the community, and we all made new friends and connections in the process.

Sometimes it amazes me how one thing leads to another, and, in the end, it all comes together in the best way possible! Even in this uncertain time, there can be a perfect circle. :)
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Celebrate the Little Things at Home!

5/17/2020

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Here are a few ideas on how to Celebrate while we are all staying close to home.
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