Utitlities & Stuff

Have spent most of my afternoon setting up ~stuff~ for the house now that we know when it will be ours.

My initial thought was to have a local only phone (figuring that most people could use their cell phones/long distance cards) - but Bell now has a provincial plan - unlimited long distance anywhere in Ontario. So - we'll try that for now - as long as no one has any friends they need to phone in China or someplace, should work out fine. If it becomes a problem, I'll go back to the original plan of a separate local-only phone. The phone will be installed on Tuesday of next week.

I also went with Bell for Internet (hi-speed wireless; also Tuesday) - their basic service bites - 2GB/month upload/download - yeah right! - but was able to add 80GB for an extra monthly fee, so that should, hopefully, be more than enough - and if its not, will increase it again.

Also went with them for TV - got 2 receivers for now - one for the living room and another for the attic - but can, if people want TV in their rooms, add 2 more receivers. Hopefully that will be enough - if not, will figure something out. Just got the basic service for now (about 60 channels) but if that's not enough for people, will sort that out too.

And of course, everything else is done now - hydro, water, gas, all that fun, boring stuff.

Will have to find someone for snow removal for the lane/parking - but got time for that yet (although not as much as we should have if the geese aren't lying to me - they've been preparing to leave for a couple of weeks already).

Looking forward to meeting a few potential roomies tomorrow! And then to doing some major SHOPPING!