frequent flyer miles for excavator work?

It looks like this excavator lives at the property.  More ca-ching$$. We needed to level out a small patch of land for the storage/bunkie/studio.  More trees to come down, more dirt to haul away!  Luckily a new neighbour is backfilling around his new basement, and the fill only had to be hauled about 5 properties away. Not that it was that much fill, but trucking fees can add up.

We made a trip to Rona in Salmon Arm ( the guy was so rude we won't be placing our building supply order there!) and also Home Hardware in Scotch Creek and Chase and Home Depot in Kamloops.  We'll see who comes up with the best price.  The list was only a couple of pages long, from cement blocks to T & G pine for the interior ceiling. There will be a contractor building the wee thing, as we are too busy this fall... and to think we are retired - what's with that?

Thought we almost had the "baby" phone call yesterday!  Our son called " Mother! What is with the font on your blog. Mother, it is a serious blog and that looks childish". Ok, for you, dear, I will change it ( later!) I reminded him that he has not posted to his blog for over 6 months. 'Nuff said.

Donald is taking a couple more trees down by hand today as they are small, only grow like weeds here and will soon be in the way of the building. A beautiful day and the weather looks to be great all weekend. 

Heavy 'dirt' discussion

Storage

When you basically full time in your RV, storage of non-rv related items can be a hassle.  Do you keep a rented storage locker somewhere, have a generous friend willing to store your items or some kind of property of your own that can be used.  Renting storage facilities can be very pricey over time.  That has certainly helped us in the short term, but we are now looking at other options. 

Kim is also in need for an area to keep her quilting and crafting supplies handy and usable.  Yesterday we designed a small building/studio and hopefully have a quote on it by tomorrow.  It seems like we never have enough to do or going on, so why not add some more?

http://summerwood.com/cdn/plans/cabins/glen-echo.html

Kind of like that, not as " woody" looking.

Not that we're designers.

oh, those weeds

We are back in the Shuswap, busy with outside chores.  There will be bags of weeds to go to the dump.  The upside of pulling weeds, is that the weather is finally nice!  After a very cool, very wet summer in the north we are now enjoying 30C sunny days, and we are sure not used to it. As the WW of the West said, " I'm melting, I'm melting ".

A quick trip to Kamloops yesterday to visit our friends and to pick up a BBQ cover from Home depot.  This time of year there are half decent prices for mulch and dirt, so a few bags managed to find their way into the trunk of the car.

On the grandbaby front:  we are waiting for the phone call to tell us that "things are starting to happen" and then we will be off like a shot to Victoria.

Quiet weekend

We plan on leaving our northern homesite on Tuesday, making our way to Prince George.  So, we completed a few more minor chores on the new house, mostly to keep ourselves busy.  Kim scrubbed down the kitchen and dining area floors and then gave them a super coat of floor wax to make it look almost like new.  The greenhouse also received a little bit of paint around a window.  The driveway needs a coat of black sealer, but of course, we are still enjoying the steady, relentless rain and that task may have to wait.

Our son, who is staying in the house, has Netflix instead of cable or satellite television.  First we had to learn how to work his game controls in order to learn how to get around Netflix. Rainy weather has been advantageous to us to enjoy old British comedies like Ballykissangel, The Vicar of Dibley and some movies.  Well, the rain has to have some benefit, because we have had enough!

Calgary was fun

Last weekend we enjoyed Donald's sister's Birthday party and most of the family was able to get together and enjoy a great BBQ.  Our great-niece was also competing in the Alberta Provincial swim meet on Sunday morning, so we were able to go see her swim at the Talisman Centre in downtown Calgary.

Kate (in black) waiting to enter the pool

A quick call to our friend, Bob, whom we spent time with this past winter at Quartzsite and Imperial Dam resulted in seeing his fantastic condo and a great riverwalk and lunch.

View from Bob's condo of downtown Calgary

We are back in the north country till next week, then we shall begin the trek southwards via a couple of days in Prince George for appointments. Kim is busy tearing into all the cupboards of the 5th wheel and doing a really good cleaning job.  Donald is golfing today ( Mens Night ).  Fun stuff... well for Donald anyway. Last day of work tomorrow for my daughter in law and the due date is approaching!!!!