It is starting to feel like home. The shingles are on, the soffits and gutters done. Upstairs electrical and plumbing rough ins are done and insulation completed. The basement will be poured on Monday.
Friday, 3 March 2017
Home
It is starting to feel like home. The shingles are on, the soffits and gutters done. Upstairs electrical and plumbing rough ins are done and insulation completed. The basement will be poured on Monday.
Sunday, 26 February 2017
Friday, 24 February 2017
Lock Up
We are at lock up stage - which means there are windows in and locks on doors so we can't get in unless our builder is with us. :(
But the roofers, the electrician and the plumbers are all working hard. During the week the house is full of people and it is moving along quickly. Final decisions on fixtures, floors, cabinetry, counters, plugs, switches...... are 90% completed!!
Now I focus on window treatments, some furniture, a few last lighting fixture and a few other items.
No heat yet - don't know how these workers work all day in the cold. The basement is temporarily heated so some poor plumber can dig a trench thru frozen ground for all the pipes. We are thankful for this very mild winter though. It could be a lot more difficult.
The view from the front hall - there will be a stairwell to the basement where the orange tarp is.
My view from my kitchen Island....I can't wait to share it with you over a cup of tea.... or glass of wine..... or martini. :) If you visit in summer we will be on the deck!
But the roofers, the electrician and the plumbers are all working hard. During the week the house is full of people and it is moving along quickly. Final decisions on fixtures, floors, cabinetry, counters, plugs, switches...... are 90% completed!!
Now I focus on window treatments, some furniture, a few last lighting fixture and a few other items.
No heat yet - don't know how these workers work all day in the cold. The basement is temporarily heated so some poor plumber can dig a trench thru frozen ground for all the pipes. We are thankful for this very mild winter though. It could be a lot more difficult.
The view from the front hall - there will be a stairwell to the basement where the orange tarp is.
My view from my kitchen Island....I can't wait to share it with you over a cup of tea.... or glass of wine..... or martini. :) If you visit in summer we will be on the deck!
Sunday, 5 February 2017
The Build
For those of you who want to follow along in the excitement of our new build, I will post photos here. Just of the house mind you. I will spare you photos of all the other aspects of the build - like sorting, giving away and kijijiing a million items in an effort to not move anything but what absolutely has to be moved in six months. (wait!! make that just over 4 months!!)
Kijiji - an interesting phenomena. I have posted two items for free in the past week and both were picked up within 5 hours. I am always happy to see something of no value to me, go to a home where it is valued. I have also posted two items at very good prices and not even a nibble. I have appreciated people actually showing up when they said they would and being very thankful.
Yes, every waking and non working hour seems to be devoted to finding, filling and sorting boxes. They are EVERYWHERE!! I am putting them either in the back of the car to go to the World Serve store (two large trips already) or to church for the winter clothing drive to the Light House or to recycle or to the ultimate keeper pile quickly taking over the garage.
I will spare you photos of meetings with the bank, lawyer, builder, technology people, appliance people... and the list goes on. And me rearranging the furniture a million times in an effort to "stage" the current house for the market.
It is an adventure to say the least. And despite the many, many things on our to do list, busyness with both our jobs and life in general, we are enjoying the ride. Saturday morning is date morning and that means a visit to the house to survey the progress, a few photos and then off to breakfast together to go over the "to do" list one more time. This is about when our builder gets an email from us. He is beyond patient!!!
The basement is almost ready - 75 % packed up, cleaned, cleared and staged. Eva and Norah were over for an afternoon of Valentines crafts with Grandma yesterday. Norah headed down the basement to play as we waited for craft #1 to dry and I heard her explain in a loud voice. "WHAT happened down here??!!"
Grandma: "I cleaned up"
This weeks photos!
We have the beginnings of our new home.
Kijiji - an interesting phenomena. I have posted two items for free in the past week and both were picked up within 5 hours. I am always happy to see something of no value to me, go to a home where it is valued. I have also posted two items at very good prices and not even a nibble. I have appreciated people actually showing up when they said they would and being very thankful.
Yes, every waking and non working hour seems to be devoted to finding, filling and sorting boxes. They are EVERYWHERE!! I am putting them either in the back of the car to go to the World Serve store (two large trips already) or to church for the winter clothing drive to the Light House or to recycle or to the ultimate keeper pile quickly taking over the garage.
I will spare you photos of meetings with the bank, lawyer, builder, technology people, appliance people... and the list goes on. And me rearranging the furniture a million times in an effort to "stage" the current house for the market.
It is an adventure to say the least. And despite the many, many things on our to do list, busyness with both our jobs and life in general, we are enjoying the ride. Saturday morning is date morning and that means a visit to the house to survey the progress, a few photos and then off to breakfast together to go over the "to do" list one more time. This is about when our builder gets an email from us. He is beyond patient!!!
The basement is almost ready - 75 % packed up, cleaned, cleared and staged. Eva and Norah were over for an afternoon of Valentines crafts with Grandma yesterday. Norah headed down the basement to play as we waited for craft #1 to dry and I heard her explain in a loud voice. "WHAT happened down here??!!"
Grandma: "I cleaned up"
This weeks photos!
We have the beginnings of our new home.
Saturday, 9 July 2016
Summer Fun!!
To the pool with Mom today.... and grandma and grandpa - but we didn't get wet until the skies opened up and that rain came a pouring down.
Friday, 20 May 2016
Science Fun
We froze various colourful items in ice over the past week using a very large thick vase. Today we started the excavation with a little warm water, some salt (very cool effect) and finally a hammer!
Lots of team work and lots of fun!!
Lots of team work and lots of fun!!
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Miss Norah
She is growing up.
I have noticed that despite no comments I actually do have traffic on this blog site. Or so the stat counter tells me. Thank you!
So I will be a little more diligent about posting. It will be mostly photos because I do NOT have a way with words but I do have a way with my camera.
And, you know, a picture is worth a thousand words. This may be true but since I am in the business of creating and saving memories, some of these memories are worth far more then a thousand words. In 30 years when I am gone, they may just be priceless to someone.
So I will be a little more diligent about posting. It will be mostly photos because I do NOT have a way with words but I do have a way with my camera.
And, you know, a picture is worth a thousand words. This may be true but since I am in the business of creating and saving memories, some of these memories are worth far more then a thousand words. In 30 years when I am gone, they may just be priceless to someone.
Monday, 8 February 2016
Portrait Session
They arrive and I set up the living room using window light and a reflector. Eva "sits' for me for about 10 minutes while Norah plays the piano. Then Norah 'sits' for me for about two. Maybe not quite. But we capture some beautiful moments in Grandma's living room.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Olaf!
What a perfect day for building a snowman!
Uncle Harold had all the parts to make the perfect Olaf to!
And then the snowball fight started...
And then the snowball fight started...
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