…well, almost. At 7.29 PM CDT, at least according to my watch, our plane landed at Dauphin airport, officially beginning our simpler living adventure. The 40-minute flight from Winnipeg to Dauphin was easily the smoothest of the past few days, convincing me that it’s well worth the $125 one-way ticket. Sure, the 12-seater was intimidating, including having to flip up the seat to sit in it, but once we were in the air, it was quick and painless, a phrase that applies equally well to flights and death.

So our house is not yet ready, as a combination of our lead contractor’s wedding and some bad weather got in the way of completing the work. No matter: we are put up in our friend’s house, so while it’s not exactly what we’d hoped for, it’s more than good enough. I suppose it will ease me during the transition, as I can fool myself into thinking we’re visiting, rather than having moved.

But moved, we have. We no longer have keys to our old Toronto home. Technically, we’re homeless, in spite of all the property taxes we have to pay this week. (Only $2200 for two houses. How much are your property taxes?) But before long, we’ll be in our new home.

We live here now.