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Real estate investor & online entrepreneur. From cabinet making to internet marketing.

Vancouver Christmas Eve Snowed In?

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Now I’m starting to get worried. It’s 10:14 am December 24th 2008, and the snow doesn’t want to stop here in Vancouver. I don’t care if you own an SUV or even if you own a tank but with this amount of snow I’m not sure anything can help you get through it. How is everyone going to get to their destinations for tonight’s festivities? How?! I’m supposed to go to my parents tonight for Christmas Eve, but I don’t know if that is going to happen. They haven’t plowed the side streets in my neighbourhood since it started snowing, so now it’s like 2 feet high or more? I need to go measure it. This is nuts though, I need to go shovel another dump of snow, argh! Time to snap a few photos as well. Apparently we got 5 inches of snow and we are getting another 7 inches!!!

I tried shoveling my sidewalks but it’s a lost cause. I give up until it stops snowing… Oh well it’s Christmas right? So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Merry Christmas to everyone who visits the blog. Stay warm and hopefully you can dig out of the snow to visit family.

L eave a comment perhaps?

Ciao,

C.V

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BBQ In The Snow, What Could be Better

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It looks like the snow will officially be here for  Christmas. I snapped  a bunch of photos from my front yard yesterday, day and night shots. My East Vancouver  neighbourhood looks like a winter wonderland. Then we finished the day with a nice BBQ, that I took photos of as well. Go look at the bbq steak photos they will be sure to make you hungry yum.  Ok enough of this blog stuff for today, it’s 7:45 AM and it’s time for a  nice espresso.

Today’s to do list:

  1. make nice espresso coffee
  2. take to Brentwood Mall and get photos done with Santa
  3. get work done  on latest project

Enjoy the photos and leave  a comment people! Bada Boom…

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Vancouver Snow Shots For December 21, 2008

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What a crazy, snowy day here in Vancouver.  I snapped photos around East Van during the day. I didn’t feel like venturing too far, even though I do own an SUV.  It looks very peaceful outside (11:39 pm), white drifts of  snow all over the place.  Anyhoo, this blog post is about the photos, good night.

C.V

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New Graphical Header & Vancouver Gets Another Dump Of Snow

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I created a new graphical header for the Christmas season (LOOK UP). I had an hour to spare this Sunday morning at 6:30 am and yeah this is what I did. I have nothing better to do at 6:30 am? Hmm, I guess not. Just looking at the new header makes me cold, haha.

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Looks like Mother Nature did a nice dump of snow on Vancouver last night while we were all sleeping. It looks like at least 3-4 inches of snow, maybe more. White Christmas here we come. Here are a few snap shots I took this morning (8:20 am now) of what I see when I open my front door here in East Vancouver (Renfrew Heights). Besides all the random parked cars, it looks very relaxing and calming to see everything blanketed with a nice coat of white. All the street garbage is hidden, no foot tracks in the snow, just virgin snow, gotta love it.

9:20 am  – Just finished shovelling all the snow on the city sidewalks and my sidewalks, that was a good work out.

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Never Mind The Recession, Seasons Greetings Vancouver

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With all the depressing news talking about a recession, I want to ask you. Do you know anyone who has been laid off because of the recession? I don’t know anyone, and 99% of the people I know are in trades such as carpentry and plumbing.  Nothing goes up forever, everyone seemed to think that the economy would get better and better. When in history has the economy ever done that? When have houses gone up for 10 years straight? These people need to get their heads out of their *sses seriously.  Nothing goes up forever, or down forever. The media has a nasty habit of making things seems much worse than they are, and much better than they are. They need to catch your attention, so they sensationalize everything.

  1. Houses prices coming down? So what, weren’t they getting just a wee bit out of the price range of most folks?
  2. Economy slowing down? Are you still working, me too.

I usually like to look at the glass half full, not half empty.  I think of this as a time of opportunity, for me personally.

  1. more affordable real estate, which cash flows better.
  2. cheaper gas prices, saves me money.
  3. cheaper priced Christmas gifts because of all the sales because of the “recession”.

Keep smiling the sky isn’t falling, just the bullsh*t from the media is. Yeah the economy is slowing down, but guess what it will be going back up again, and then back down and back up after that. This is just another cycle, keep living your life.

What do you think, leave a comment.


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