If you were a window sill in my house today, you would have received a coat of primer. It is the first of many coats of primer to seal in the bleeding stain. I had to stick with latex, since the alkyd fumes cause much malaise around here. And we want to avoid malaise and malady at all costs. So we do a few extra coats.
In the near future the sills and trim will become Cloud White (CC-10 benjamin moore). The trim used to be that dark mahogany stuff....nice....in the 70's. But this is 2008! A new coat....or jacket....
We are moving the office to the playroom and the office will become a guest room. I think a suitable name must be found for this special room...Maybe I should host a contest....name the suite!?! I like the names at Randall and Elisabeth. How chic.... We're painting the office Greenbriar Beige, chosen by Ray. The foyer will become Buckhorn (chocolatey brown....MMMMMM!) and the guestroom Driftwood (a different flavour of chocolately brown, maybe a bit more toward Mocha!) While we are on the topic of chocolatey things....I must admit my secret addiction to ZERO bars. Have you ever had them...or am I the only one, or doesn't anyone else dare to bare their soul. You can buy them at Giant Tiger or Dollarama. Yummo....sigh...I am weak.
Winter has arrived again and Strathroy received 10-15cm of snow today. I am caught up with my shovelling nicely. I figure....better now than in June. I might grumble about it in June. Right now it is January...it's par for the course, and all that fresh air is good for me!!! I shovelled in my spring coat because it becomes very warm, very fast....best to dress for the occasion. It was rather nice painting in my t shirt watching the snow just a'comin' down. At one moment we couldn't see the house at the end of the street. We usually gauge the snowsquall by whether we can see the convenience store or not... Now that's a white out.
The boys and I all have catechism tonight. The boys in the church ed and the grown ups have the second installement of the "discipleship" series. A new curriculum from Faith ALive Rescources, way cool. It is being offered at two different venues, at two different times. And the youth group is following it too. All together there are 65 people doing the study. Our Sunday morning services have messages based on that week's theme. It's really neat. Most people I have talked to are really enjoying it. It is the first small group experience for some people and I hope it really catches on!
Well...that said....there is shovelling to be done and my recruits are upstairs. Off we go...
PS Thanks for all the offers of lodging and hospitality!!!! I love it!!! But....Tineke had already offered to be my hostess while the deal was still in the negotiation stages. I am counting on having lots of coffee visits throughout the week though!!!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
I'm Sooooo Excited
I just booked a ticket to go to PEI for a week!!!! From February 24 to March 1. I had looked yesterday to stay from Saturday to Saturday but by today the price had changed already! So I decided to book it before the price went up even more. Yeay. (i better not keep checking incase the price goes down....:(
Max went home this morning. :( It's very quiet upstairs now. So far there isn't as much change in Blixie as I would have expected. She has less spots to lay around now that all his soft comfy towels are gone. We miss him already because he was always at the top of the stairs to see who was coming up or to watch you go down.
Ray made pancakes for lunch. He totally rocks at that and it IS his specialty! They always taste better when someone else makes them :):):)
It is now time to go and make some cards. I ought to plan a meal but.....I got some neat ideas from the "PeaNut" gallery and must go and get them out in paperformat. (TwoPeasInABucket is an online scrapbooking community).
Just wanted to share my fun news with you!!!
Max went home this morning. :( It's very quiet upstairs now. So far there isn't as much change in Blixie as I would have expected. She has less spots to lay around now that all his soft comfy towels are gone. We miss him already because he was always at the top of the stairs to see who was coming up or to watch you go down.
Ray made pancakes for lunch. He totally rocks at that and it IS his specialty! They always taste better when someone else makes them :):):)
It is now time to go and make some cards. I ought to plan a meal but.....I got some neat ideas from the "PeaNut" gallery and must go and get them out in paperformat. (TwoPeasInABucket is an online scrapbooking community).
Just wanted to share my fun news with you!!!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Yippeee!
I only have one more load of laundry to do!!! And then I am sort of caught up. It's the little things in life EH?
I finished work for the moment and got to walk the dogs in the fields behind the railroad tracks. That's just down the street, which is really cool because within five minutes you feel like you are in the country. Just don't look over your shoulder because there is a transformer station there and the occasional 146 car freight train blows by....other then that it's quite serene actually. You take what you can get.... The pups are fine. Blixie was a bit sore while we walked but mostly because she was running. So she slowed down and the limp disappeared. You squeamish people might want to skip this next sentence.....I found the missing claw on the step this afternoon after we returned from our walk. There is a crevice at the edge of the step where it is cut to fit around the deck post. That must be where the incident took place. Yuckie and ouchie all rolled into one. I wouldn't go up the steps either if I was Max! He has decided that it is okay to use the front door right now. There are two concrete steps and then two carpeted ones.....not too strenuous.
It was fun cleaning at church....it didn't get too dirty after the last time I was there. It was good to have coffee with friends at break time, and just chat about life. Things that get you up and things that get you down. Good to have someone to discuss that with or else it gets stuck in your head.
The latest fun addition to my work routine is the use of my MP3 player. I got it for my birthday and have just now had some time to figure out the technological wizardry that is involved with getting music on there. I told Ray what a great Christmas present it was but he reminded me that I got it for my birthday!!! That's pretty bad but quite indicative of how the free time situation is around here(somehow work always gets in the way....hmmmmmmm). First Craig had to walk me through the technology....yes I have entered the season of my life where my son has to show me how to run the gadgets around the house. I know...I didn't think I was that old either. But there you have it.
So....having a device right on me sure is saving me a lot of time at work!! I can pop it on as soon as I have my coat off. I used to have to go to my bag, get my CDs out, get the radio from the cupboard, put it in the sanctuary, plug it in, put a CD in, go back downstairs, get my cart, go up in the elevator, and get to work. Now I just get the cart, go up and sing and dance and mop. Way less hassle. And when i'm done I just return the cart to my "office" downstairs and go home. I can keep the music playing while I walk home. I don't have to put the radio away or pack up my CD's. I must admit, though, that I am a little more self-conscious about belting out a tune without the sound of the actual song cranked up just a little louder than Princess. There's a little more hummin' going on.....unless I KNOW I'm there alone.
Way fun....I have an "office" and a "studio". Spaces to call one's own.
I did a little research today into what would be involved with a little trip to PEI in the spring. I'm so excited!!!! Nothing is for sure yet but we did find out that our Korean exchange student will arrive in the first week of April at the earliest. That leaves plenty of time to schedule a little get-away for me! Woohoo....
I was wandering along through the blogs earlier and have found no reference at all to the big surprise Randall was working on before everyone went home for Christmas....so in my mind's eye you all shared one room in that triple decker double bed bunk bed. (try saying that 3 times real fast!!)
And that fuzzy pink pencil is very becoming, Matt, but I fear it will not fit in your toolbox. You sure won't easily misplace it though and that's what it's all about.
Must go and reheat dinner. Yummo!
I finished work for the moment and got to walk the dogs in the fields behind the railroad tracks. That's just down the street, which is really cool because within five minutes you feel like you are in the country. Just don't look over your shoulder because there is a transformer station there and the occasional 146 car freight train blows by....other then that it's quite serene actually. You take what you can get.... The pups are fine. Blixie was a bit sore while we walked but mostly because she was running. So she slowed down and the limp disappeared. You squeamish people might want to skip this next sentence.....I found the missing claw on the step this afternoon after we returned from our walk. There is a crevice at the edge of the step where it is cut to fit around the deck post. That must be where the incident took place. Yuckie and ouchie all rolled into one. I wouldn't go up the steps either if I was Max! He has decided that it is okay to use the front door right now. There are two concrete steps and then two carpeted ones.....not too strenuous.
It was fun cleaning at church....it didn't get too dirty after the last time I was there. It was good to have coffee with friends at break time, and just chat about life. Things that get you up and things that get you down. Good to have someone to discuss that with or else it gets stuck in your head.
The latest fun addition to my work routine is the use of my MP3 player. I got it for my birthday and have just now had some time to figure out the technological wizardry that is involved with getting music on there. I told Ray what a great Christmas present it was but he reminded me that I got it for my birthday!!! That's pretty bad but quite indicative of how the free time situation is around here(somehow work always gets in the way....hmmmmmmm). First Craig had to walk me through the technology....yes I have entered the season of my life where my son has to show me how to run the gadgets around the house. I know...I didn't think I was that old either. But there you have it.
So....having a device right on me sure is saving me a lot of time at work!! I can pop it on as soon as I have my coat off. I used to have to go to my bag, get my CDs out, get the radio from the cupboard, put it in the sanctuary, plug it in, put a CD in, go back downstairs, get my cart, go up in the elevator, and get to work. Now I just get the cart, go up and sing and dance and mop. Way less hassle. And when i'm done I just return the cart to my "office" downstairs and go home. I can keep the music playing while I walk home. I don't have to put the radio away or pack up my CD's. I must admit, though, that I am a little more self-conscious about belting out a tune without the sound of the actual song cranked up just a little louder than Princess. There's a little more hummin' going on.....unless I KNOW I'm there alone.
Way fun....I have an "office" and a "studio". Spaces to call one's own.
I did a little research today into what would be involved with a little trip to PEI in the spring. I'm so excited!!!! Nothing is for sure yet but we did find out that our Korean exchange student will arrive in the first week of April at the earliest. That leaves plenty of time to schedule a little get-away for me! Woohoo....
I was wandering along through the blogs earlier and have found no reference at all to the big surprise Randall was working on before everyone went home for Christmas....so in my mind's eye you all shared one room in that triple decker double bed bunk bed. (try saying that 3 times real fast!!)
And that fuzzy pink pencil is very becoming, Matt, but I fear it will not fit in your toolbox. You sure won't easily misplace it though and that's what it's all about.
Must go and reheat dinner. Yummo!
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