welcome new followers

     We are not very diligent at checking to see if we have new followers - so a very welcome to new followers Sam and Donna, who are preparing to retire and get on the road like us, and a very young family who are already on the road - Freely Living.
     Donald is still puttering away at the kitchen - just one small part left to do on the countertop. We have 2 posts that go up to the ceiling, and having checked, only one of the posts is weight bearing and necessary. We are still deciding whether to take out the one, or to box around both of them as they are only a few inches apart, to make one post.  After that decision is made, the last 5 inches of countertop can be placed and Kim can finish off the painting.  In the meantime, she is going through closets and cleaning out cupboards for things to take to the dump and things to donate to the "New to you" shop. It is a great clothing and small item second hand shop in town, with the proceeds of the shop donated for medicals items/equipment needed by our local hospital.  They have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
     The weather here in Northern British Columbia has turned to spring, with warmer days and longer daylight!  Kim is now going to work and coming home in the light!  Whoo hoo!
     The oldest son and lovely wife are about to celebrate their six month anniversary, so that prompted Kim to make a St Patricks day table runner and card to be sent in a box of assorted "green themed" goodies.  It is always fun to get care packages from home.

 

 

time to get back to chores

   We have been very lax about posting - so the excuses are the Olympic watching and puttering with the kitchen renovations.  I would like to say that I had a hand in the recent kitchen reno chores, but alas, with the sawdust flying, the painting has been at a standstill.   Donald is making his way around the last bits of the cabinets and is now making a wine rack - boy the new owners should enjoy it!
   We are still reading with envy many of the rv travelling blogs and that is still our goal.  Somedays I feel like we are climbing an uphill battle to nowhere - especially when my work place is somewhere I would rather not be.  Grumpy thoughts on a beautiful spring day.  I should know better.
    I started a blog just for the 'crafty' stuff that I do - it does not belong here on this site. Check it out if you are into quilting, designing, and carding. ( www.skeenadesigns.blogspot.com )
    We are so glad that Ryan Miller received MVP for the Olympic hockey. It was very well deserved. He looked pretty sad at the medal ceremony, but giddy at the Closing Ceremony a couple of hours later. We are not hockey people, but we of course did watch the games. I think it is unfortunate that so much of Canadian media time is spent on the hockey games - one small part of the Olympics.  A great favorite is the new snowboard and ski cross races and the not so new short track races - way to go Team Canada!  One of our RV gang ( she of the red shoes - see posts July 09 ) was Chief of Start at the Cross Country/Nordic Venue in the Callahan Valley and I am sure she will have lots of stories!
    So, now the Olympics are over and we need to get back on track for getting this house in order and cleaning out stuff.

No mice!

      We are here and not obviously busy posting on blogger! We are busy watching the Olympics, enjoying the lovely sunshine and still puttering in the kitchen.  The new countertops arrived and Donald has been busy installing them with his usual methodical precision.  They are beautiful and the mitered joins are perfect.  The pictures will follow when we are all done.  I have taken a break from painting while the countertops are being worked on.  That is alright, as I completed a couple of quilting projects while watching television.  The upcoming week is my busiest week of the year at work, and hopefully it will be my last time for 'the week'.  We did make a trip out to where we store our RV to check for mice and there was no evidence of any, even though we did go prepared with a jar of peanut butter to add to the traps if needed.  Gatorgirl certainly enjoys trips out there!

Proud to be Canadian

The Opening Ceremonies were unbelievable.  We can't even say what was our favorite - I loved the whales swimming across the floor, the singing of O Canada, the Prairies acrobatic work with Joni Mitchell's ( of Saskatoon, Sask.) song playing, and best of all a team of people to light the torch, symbolizing the teamwork of the Olympics.

The work of the 'slam poet' in particular struck a lovely chord.  Indeed, we say our pleases and thank you's. 


Thank you to Vanoc.
Please watch and cheer all our athletes!

long time, no post

Ah - it has been a while since the last post.  We are very busy still working on the kitchen renovation.  It is perhaps 1/3 to 1/2 done.  Today, Donald finished up the window trim on the large kitchen window over the sink, and it looks great.  Work is busy and will be even busier for Kim as she heads into the busiest time of the year for her.  Tomorrow is an exciting day at work - the local High School has an extensive Career Preparation class for all Grade 10 students and part of the curriculum involves students applying for 'mock jobs' and doing 'mock interviews' for these jobs.  Local businesses participate with the High School in conducting these interviews with the students in a formal setting.  Some of the businesses use those interviews for their summer hiring program.  Kim will be doing interviews on behalf of her company with three students.  They better put their best game forward - no just kidding - she mostly gives them great hints about how to write a great resume and present themselves as they move forward in their school and careers.

We have tickets to attend a Big Band Dance on Saturday night - 7 hours of live Big Band music - very formal, very classy.  Should be fun.