Category: Urban to Rural

When we made the decision to move out of the city, our children were at the forefront of our minds. What would their lives look like living rurally? I grew up in a suburb north of Toronto and my husband in bustling London, England. Later on in life, we lived together for twelve years in Read More

With or without the Covid-19 pandemic we were moving. We made the decision to go way before Covid was a thing. My husband had long pushed the idea of moving out of the city, and after years of contemplating this idea, I was finally ready and onboard. After 18 months of eyeing this particular house, Read More

There are many perks of big city living that you don’t realize until you leave. I have so many memories of my time in Toronto, Canada. As a child, my parents would take my sisters and me to the relaxed neighbourhood known as “The Beaches”. We would also go to see the Toronto Blue Jays Read More

I had considered starting a blog for a while. When we moved to rural Ontario from Toronto, I suddenly had so much to say and felt truly inspired to write and so I thought, “just go for it!”. About two months ago I began to develop my blog. I went through the fun but challenging Read More

Moving away from the city is all the rage right now, with a Covid-19 pandemic everyone’s looking to escape the city and the vast amounts of people. Let’s talk about what it’s really like to live rurally. I’m no expert, I’ve only been here 1 year (as of June 17, 2021) and I’ve only ever Read More

We always said that we would never buy before selling and up until this point that’s what we had done. When we found the home that was right for us and we had the chance of actually getting it, we decided to do what we always said we wouldn’t do ‘buy before selling’. What could Read More

This is our journey of how we ended up where we are today. After many years (more so for my husband) of contemplating leaving the city and regularly weighing the pros and cons, it was time. We sat with the idea for a long time, this way we knew if the time came where we Read More

If you ever dream of moving rural, you’re not alone! My husband had been saying for years; “Imagine if we lived on acreage?”, “Don’t you think we should leave the city?”, “Wouldn’t it be nice to not be right on top of others?” and the list goes on… Hesitation I have never been a person Read More