Our episodes about our Life In Canada and the antics we get up to
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Our general life, antics and experiences in this amazing place
Our cabin build journey, as we go.
Being a new Canadian, somethings are ‘new’. Here’s our how to videos
Renovating our home for beauty and functionality and the challenges along the way
How to Make Traditional English Mince Pies
It's almost Christmas, so it's time to bake snacks and treats to keep us going over the festive holiday. In this episode, Mouse shares her mum's mince pie recipe and the baking process to create some amazingly tasty, warm winter treats.
How to Make Rhubarb Shortbread
It's Mother's Day which means not only is Matt working on a starry-themed woodcraft gift, but he gets to attempt a Rhubarb Shortbread recipe for the first time. Unfortunately, he skipped the part that said it was a 5 hour project.
We're DONE camping in -1 degrees to clear 60ft trees from our new driveway
With overnight temperatures dropping into negative numbers, we finally clear all the fallen trees from our driveway. But now we have trailer problems with the plumbing as well as electrical.
Making progress towards our cabin build - clearing our driveway from down trees
I head up to our property to start clearing trees from what will be our new driveway. How do you move 3000lb trees? Using a Tacoma and a chainsaw!
Camping Trailer Troubles with no electric & no heat. Thankfully, we have PopTarts
On this episode, a lone box of PopTarts becomes the unlikely hero, raising our sugar levels to brave the chilly start to the trip.
Highway 1 Road Trip to our property to find it under 2 feet of snow - We need to re-evaluate things
On this episode, join us on a road trip through the canyon and into the Cariboo to check on our tree work. What we didn't totally count on, was that it was STILL WINTER THERE!
Laundry Room Renovation is DONE!
We’re Done! Laundry room is complete - clothes are being washed, tools are put away and Matt is looking for another challenge.
That stage when you're ALMOST done with the Laundry Room Reno
Almost done the laundry room reno.
Things get a little tense at the drywall Stage of our Laundry Room Renovation
In this episode we re-evaluate our processes, life choices and our marriage over a pot of drywall spackle.
Building a REAL laundry room - we find all the shoddy workmanship from 25 years ago
We’re on a mission to uncover all the crazy ‘non-code’ construction in this house as we start the laundry room renovation.
We Finished The Bathroom Reno... Almost(!) (Part 3)
We are almost at the elusive finish line that teases all home improvement projects!
We Continue The Ancient Bathroom Renovation (Part 2)
On this episode we continue to rejuvenate the downstairs bathroom - getting closer to that ‘instagram finish’
We're gonna demo our 25 year old basement bathroom (part 1)
One of the last two rooms, that have never been touched since this house was built finally gets some love and attention.
Matt gets a new toy! Testing out the new DJ Magic Mini 2
New Year = New Toys!
Matt gets to test out his new DJ Mavic drone
We think we made a huge mistake buying land in forest-fire-alley
On this episode we cross our fingers that the forest fires ravaging British Columbia dont get too close and we can make some progress with our cabin build.
We FOUND IT! (maybe...) | A place to build a cabin in the woods
The high emotional stakes of buying a property are not just connected to houses; this was a crazy journey.
Our hunt for the perfect bare land to build our cabin
Join us on this episode as we begin the hunt to find that special place to build our forever home. Its not as easy as it sounds.
Want to build a cabin? What we’ve learned about buying land in BC Canada - So Far!
So... it turns out that buying land is not always the same as buying a house. We've learned a few things in this process and that includes a few things you may need to know before buying a piece of land!