the calendar of to do

We have less than 5 weeks now until we relocate to Vancouver. It's so exciting! After all the saving and paperwork, I can't wait to stop making plans and start actioning them!

We've been super duper productive these past couple of weeks and have managed to cross off a lot of things on our to do list. And even though I've sent Zanne a list of tasks every day for two weeks she still loves me - phew!

Here are a few of the things we've organised recently:

Canadian visas x 2 = $380

US visa, including:

Application fee $170.30 x 2 = $340.60

Phone calls 12 x 2 = $24

Interview fee 14 x 2 = $28

Flights to Sydney = $234 (We managed to get cheap flights - awesome! We're going to Sydney and back on the same day, Wednesday 29 July. Fingers crossed our visas are approved following our 15 minute appointments(!))

Flight Los Angeles to Vancouver - $385 on Alaska Air (Air Canada was going to charge us $660 - so glad we shopped around!)

Travel insurance for 2 months $507.60

Wheel alignment $55

Car service $186 (We were ready to put the car up for sale following the car service - until yesterday when we somehow got a massive crack in the windscreen! We'll have to get it replaced this week now)

Tattoo - done (all 9 hours of it!)

Zanne's root canal - done (6 fillings to go)

Engagement party - organised

Visits with Grandparents - done

Optometrist - done

Now that all of the big things are organised and paid for we can do some last minute saving. We will receive our tax returns this week, which will pay off our credit cards as well as replace the monies we've outlaid for the above - nice one! Now we just have to sell the car and we'll be debt free and ready to rock n roll Canadian style :-)

Shan