More home renos...

Yes, we are still doing home improvements. We decided to put hardwood in the baby's room. Alan and his buddy Sean (with a little help from Cory) were able to install the flooring themselves. I was pretty impressed! I am actually going out this afternoon to look at some area rugs and some paint samples. I can't wait to start working on the room for real and not just 'posed' pictures for our dossier. Of course I still have two more quilts to make by Christmas so maybe the actual decorating won't happen until January. Unfortunately, I seem to have oodles of time to get it finished. The following pictures show the before and after shots of the work that was done.

Kitchen Renos - Phase 1: Check!!

Phase 1 of our kitchen renovations are complete. I can't believe the difference!

And more pics....

Fall?

I swear I hear someone the other day saying "Summer is officially over." I almost fell off my chair! What did they mean 'over'? Then I thought about it and realized that the calendar was showing the last week of September. I can't believe how quickly this month has gone!! Between going home for vacation and then being whisked off to Toronto, I've lost track of time!! I can't believe I am going back to Toronto for another week!! I thought I should take a breather from my work and preparations for another week of living out of a suitcase to post some pics from my trip home.

Another Milestone!!

Wow! What a way to start my holidays!!

Nine Months...

That's how long our file has been logged in to the CCAA. What else can I say? We are now headed for the gestation period of much larger mammal. I've added a handy little list which I can refer to from here on out since this wait time is no longer humanly possible!! ha ha


Animal/Gestation1
ass 365
baboon 187
bear (black) 210
bear (grizzly) 225
bear (polar) 240
beaver 122
buffalo (American) 270
camel (Bactrian) ~410
cat (domestic) 58-65
chimpanzee 23
chinchilla 110-120
chipmunk31
cow 279-292
deer (white-tailed) 201
dog (domestic) 58-70
elephant (Asian) 645
elk (Wapiti) 240-250
fox (red) 52
giraffe 420-450
goat (domestic) 145-155
gorilla 257
guinea pig 68
hippopotamus 225-250
horse 330-342
kangaroo 42
leopard 92-95
lion 108
llama 330
mink 40-75
monkey (rhesus) 164
moose 240-250
mouse (domestic white) 19
mouse (meadow) 21
muskrat 28-30
opossum (American) 12-13
otter 270-300
pig (domestic) 112-115
porcupine 112
puma 90
rabbit (domestic) 30-35
raccoon 63
rhinoceros (black) 450
seal 330
sea lion (California) 350
sheep (domestic) 144-151
squirrel (gray) 30-40
tiger 105-113
whale (sperm) 480-500
wolf 60-68
zebra (Grant's) 365

Oh good, so the remaining possibilities are camel, giraffe, horse, sprem whale or zebra.

Looking for rocks...

Yes, you read the title correctly, we went looking for rocks. I bet Christine is so happy to be spending her trip home this way. I can see the excitement in her eyes. I mentioned that I am the 'closer' and am now 'closing' the work on the exterior of the house. Well we need some filler for a certain unattractive part of the yard and what could be better than nice, round, weathered, reminders of the last ice age rocks. And did I mention free? That was the real selling feature.

And Charlie enjoyed chasing all 3000 of the frogs on the island!! I didn't check to see if he actually caught one. He's slow, they're little and quick. I doubt it.