{"id":456,"date":"2006-07-26T21:36:16","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T03:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/one-small-step-toward-mexico.html"},"modified":"2007-02-11T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T14:10:14","slug":"one-small-step-toward-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/one-small-step-toward-mexico.html","title":{"rendered":"One small step toward Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may remember what we said about our expenses going up<\/a>. Well, things are not getting any better. Our apartment was one of the cheapest in the area for what it was when we got it, and it probably still is. But of course Calgary has since become one of Canada’s most expensive cities, and our rent just keeps increasing. If we’re going to pay for all our expenses to move to Mexico, we need to slash<\/em> our expenses. Really slash.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And an offer from some friends will make that possible. We’ve given our notice. In a few days we’ll be paying rent here for the last time. By the end of August, we’ll be out of here.<\/strong> We’ll be moving temporarily to a little one bedroom suite in the town of Cochrane, about 40 minutes from where we now live. It will literally save us hundreds<\/em> a month.<\/p>\n

By the end of August, Lord willing, we’ll have all our furniture sold, everything stored that needs to be stored, and everything packed into our trailer that’s going to Mexico. Then we’ll be able to focus on the all non-packing and sorting stuff from Cochrane, such as fundraising and paperwork.<\/p>\n

Yes, it’s going to be a tight squeeze – the four of us in a small one bedroom suite. But it will just be temporary. From then on in we’ll be living out of suitcases until we move into our new home in Cuernavaca, Mexico.<\/p>\n

So we’re very thankful for this offer from our friends. Tomorrow we’ll be free of the kids for a few hours, and we’ll try to get as much packing done as we can. The time is going to go fast! We won’t be moving far this time, but it really will be a big step in the right direction. And Lord willing a few weeks later we’ll be able to head south…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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