Carpet Time!

Prepping the carpet for living room and hallway...(pretty red underlay!)

Pre carpet, hoi, not pretty!

Yay!

Carpet time!!!! :)

Thoughts

3 days down in new position
crow sighting
goose sighting
3 1/2 days at home
stan got 2 squeaks fixed
carpet in 2 sleeps!

First Day!

Well, first day at new job done. So quiet, it was unbelievable. Next week back to Stoon for the clinical oncology and then 2 weeks of orientation and I should be so smart no one will be able to stand me! LOL
Dorrie you were wondering about our white throated sparrow, you can check out this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_YJC1SjHE
not as good as what we hear in the spring, and I am so looking forward to hear old Sam sing!

Sam is back!

I was so glad to get back home Friday and to make the day Old Sam Peabody (aka white throated sparrow) had arrived back from his southern trip as well! And the catkins are popping on the poplar tree outside our window, so spring has got to be coming folks! Stan has the floor pretty much prepped for the carpet layers (coming on the 1st) except for 2 nasty squeaks in the hallway. Everything seems to take twice as long as it should! Have a great weekend everyone!

YAY! Our orchid is blooming! We have been waiting probably 2 years!

Is it Cruella?

This is a very unusual lamb, not the best picture...
I tried to load a video but it wouldn't work :(

Six months ago we said our goodbyes. Miss you every day. Love you more always...

Tile Fireplace - Done!

Next carpet, trim etc etc etc...
A picture just for you Dorrie!
Happy Belated Birthday Jacey! We were thinking about you as we were zooming
around Saskatoon and buying more work!

Small Victories!

It's been a while since I last posted some basement reno pics (mostly because nothing has looked different for the last few months...), so here are some new pics. I got the OK from the painting foreman (Mom) on the priming job.

Happy birthday Jacey! Hope you had a fantastic day! Love from Aunty Dorrie and Uncle Tom

Happy Birthday Wendy!

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Wendy,
now she is all grown up with little ones!
Have a very special birthday!
Love you lots, Mom and Dad

More Progress!

Tile in and grouting complete! Just need a bog....

Not just a Pretty Face...

Not just a pretty face, it works too! (Temporary top until we do the countertop)
I forget how to use a dishwasher!!!

You Might Enjoy This!

Happy Birthdays!

Happy Birthday Courtney, hope you had a great day! Sorry I missed yours Cass, hope your day was great too!

Out with the Old...In with the New!

The next phase, I have a shiny new sink and taps, love the double sink!

Thoughts of Summer

The Mess

This was our kitchen at 5 pm, and by 5:55 pm we were sitting at the table having kd and weiners and kitchen was back to normal! How great is that!

Puzzles and Doors...

Doors are up...

The next puzzle pieces to put together...

Daily Occurrence

Snow...

Seems we got about 6 - 8 inches of fluffy white stuff, but who's measuring when it = LOTS!

Thought of the Day...

When you have gray hair you can use white paint without worrying about a new hair color.

Giant Chinese Puzzle...

The puzzle pieces Ryan made turned into this lovely corner cupboard. We had only a few trials and errors! We figure that we can use this cupboard as a kids play room or a dog house or raise chicks...
BTW I have more painting again!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy V Day everyone! Hugs to all of you!

Thanks Tom and Dorrie for the fun evenings of card games we had, enjoyed them immensely! Can't wait til next round...not sure who the champions are anymore!

COPS

I have officially accepted a new position at Battlefords Hospital! It is in the chemotherapy department and is half time. I will be referring to it as COPS (not the cops we usually refer to, hee hee). I have to take a 2 week course in Stoon at the end of March then start after that. My news for the day!

Voila!

336 holes and 20 shelves later...

Tummy Pictures?

Rene - Need some tummy pics. Just suggesting :)

Update Cupboards

Ok, I wasn't going to put up a picture of the cupboards till the doors were on,
but then i thought that the fronts were looking pretty good!

I need some...Info!

Hey everyone!

So I need some info for some good ol' family mapping/treeing I'm doing.

Courtney - What are Emily, Jacey, and Ava's middle names? What is Shane's middle name and what is his birthday?

Wendy/Ryan - What is Andrew's middle name? What is Ryan's middle name?

Rene/Clint - What day in June were you married in 2009? And Rene, what is your middle name and what was your last name?

I think that's it for now...and now I go to bed.

Night all!

S

The Entertainer!

Our little Miss Katherine!

American Walnut it is!

Finally picked a stain to use...

Mug with Photo of Grandma Jean

Hi all,

I have a mug with a photo on it of Grandma Jean when she went on the Canada 125 Trek. She is sitting on a wagon being pulled by two horses. I was wondering if anyone would like it? Let me know!

Hope you all are staying warm.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Laura! Hope your day went well.

Ica has been busy eating...

I thought you all would enjoy this as much as I do.


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Woman who paints a lot...

20 pantry shelves primed all edges and both sides! Yeehaw!

Freezing!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr! That is all.


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Aliens Have Taken Over The World!!!

There is something growing inside of Rene!!!

The New Table

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NBA Lockers Being Used!

I knew these lockers would come in handy!

Made it Through the Weekend!

I had an awesome weekend coaching senior girls basketball! We lost Friday night (which was the only real bad part of the weekend) and because it was storming Saturday morning a team didn't show up and we ended up being re-pooled. That was a bit frustrating as we ended up having to wait two hours to play after the re-pool. After the first loss against Maidstone on Friday we redeemed ourselves and won against Paradise Hill and then Lashburn. Winning over Lashburn was huge for the girls as we were playing against the home team and home crowd!

I had one girl foul out in that game and a couple others were pretty close! I just kept saying to the girls,"No more than three of you can foul out or we don't have a team!"

The drive home Saturday night was very interesting...the one player's dad works for highway and transportation in Unity, so she phoned him to ask about the roads. He told us to take the double lane home instead of the 21 to Unity because they couldn't keep up with the snow drifts but the double lane had a turkey trail through the snow. It was a long 2.5 hour drive back to Wilkie with white out conditions and snow drifts to plow through. Nyhold's (sp?) Hill was insane...the poor van was just spinning trying to get traction - but we made it to the top!

Believe it or not, the worst part of the trip was from Wilkie to the farm. I was driving on the wrong side of the highway most of the time because the north side of the road was completely drifted over. My car's a tank though - it handled the snow drifts in the yard with no trouble!

I'm busy busy the next few weeks with practices and games for the basketball girls and community drama practices bumped up to twice a week since the production is February 11 and 12 already! Once March comes I won't know what to do with myself - won't have enough going on!

More Cupboards

Pictures are in wrong order, but the four modules are done, ready for attaching to wall.

The Cupboards Begin...

Two Modules Put Together
Looks like school lockers!

Beautiful Picture off the Deck!

Early Christmas Gift

Shopping...

Shopping for our tree at the local store...

Miss Katherine is One!

Katherine had fun opening presents!
She entertained us all with her antics and giggling!

Happy Birthday Katherine!

Happy birthday to the munchkin! Can't wait to see a birthday picture up on here!

S

Daily Buffet - All You Can Eat

Record!

Ok everyone, I have set a new personal best record. Made 6 pies in 8 days and the waistline is blossoming!!!!

I thought I should put some pics up of the basement renos. So far things are goin pretty good, Dad has taught me well!

New Feeders!

The new feeders, I think they turned out quite well for not having any plans!

Third Moose...

Oops, wrong picture first, lol! This is the Redneck version of travelling up in the bush once you get a moose!

Oh well, quite the day getting this moose out of the bush. This old gal had to drive the quad out while Stan tried to keep her on the trailer. We nearly lost her near the start of the journey! Not good...and then I couldn't get up a big hill and Stan had to push us up the rest of the way, ai yi yi! So quite the day for me, I have sore arms from clamping onto to the quad to drive and both of us got our feet driven over at one point in time when we had to rearrange the moose! But no digits were lost! So now to call the butcher!

New Toque!

Blocked in...

Both sides of our crescent being dug up for new water hook ups...hoi. No water...hoi. Thank goodness I don't need water at this time! Stan had to drive through one of the lots being dug up to get out of our lane!

Halloween!

Miss Katherine trying out Andrew's McQueen car costume.