Tube Tops & Turtlenecks

As you have probably gleaned from the recent posts, I have been a little down. Well, yesterday I got much needed boost. My grandkids came for a visit!! As I was painting the basement wall, I knew that these little gaffers were on their way so I made sure that I left some lower rolling available because I thought it might be fun to give my 3.5 year old grandson a chance to help oma. YES - I am an OMA and Bernie is an OPA! I don't remember lots about my own oma and opa but I re

I don't know what it is about holidays, but it always takes me a while to get back into a normal groove. It amazes me that it takes about oh, let's say, 1 hour to get into holiday mode. I have no problem adapting to sleeping in a little longer, wearing my sweats well into the late morning, no make-up, not thinking about work AT ALL! But when I come off holidays it takes about oh, let's say 1 week to get back into work mode. Then during that week I get all nostalgic about the

As you can see, tile has been laid down in our main bathroom by my dad. The tile is actually a peel and stick product that we picked up at Home Depot. What was unique about it was 1) Thickness: The tile was a fairly thick peel and stick with flexibility 2) you could grout between the tiles which helps with the seal. So the old linoleum was torn out and then my daughters painted the floor to give it a smoother finish. There will usually be glue segments left behind by linoleum

We are back from the Black Hills! And yesterday, Saturday, we were back at Bryn Mawr to continue renovations. This is the last holiday we want to make without being able to return to our actual home! 'Morty', as you can see in the picture, was one big BISON or TATOCKA that we met on our trip. That's his girlfriend beside him. It was a pretty amazing animal to see that close up. But... that is done and we are back at work. Yesterday was one of those days that made me discourag

Forgot to show you the wall that is no longer a wall! NOR does it need support. And I forgot to take a picture of my ensuite - but the colour is all over my skin if that helps at all. It's a grey purple. Here is the last RENO video until we return. PERhaps, however, you will get some fun Black Hills adventure pics though. We will see. Have a fantastic weekend.

Tomorrow we AWAY to the south! Where our dollar is a bottom dweller, where our passports are scrutinized (at the border - just look them directly in the eyes. - but not creepy like or 'come-on' like or too syurpy sweet - just direct with a slight twinkle - not too twinkly they will think your high -directly JUST right), where they say crick instead of creek and rufe instead of roof, where our friends are waiting to whoop it up with us! Tomorrow we are taking a break and headi

So things are progressing AND my videos have caught up!! Here is a tour of the house... if you get motion sick - look away when I talk about going downstairs and Ray and I start to run! (However, there is a glitch and you don't get the entire basement - so I will add videos after this first one to show you that!) GOTTA love cell phone technology! Entering lower level with Bernie as videographer... More lovely lower level... So there you have it!! Our lovely house that will be

So I have a couple of fun videos of our renos that i really want to post for you - but can we transfer them from other iphones to my email? NO!! Yes. That is how high end we are. We are video blogging with whomevers phone has the most battery power and storage room at the end of each day. So Bernie's phone has footage from a few days ago and Ray's from last night. Last night was a grand tour of the whole house! How exciting is that? Well, now you have to wait with baited brea

So it has been a few days. Where are we at? Further than we were last time - although at times it felt like we were walking through quicksand. We have progressed to the point that three bedrooms have two coats of paint. Lots of trim has been painted but we have a long way to go. Whose crazy idea was it to paint the trim that gorgeous, rich Espresso colour? Very excited about how things are looking - it's just some tedious work. OH before I forget - AIR CONDITIONER IS WORKING

HEY _ I AM BACK I am behind because: 1) I'm tired 2) Bernie is having trouble forwarding video to me 3) I'm still tired 4) yeah... SO let me catch you up. We took it easy Sunday morning and hung out with our 'daughter', Victoria. It was nice to chat and enjoy coffee (after coffee after coffee) and watch the big fat squirrel eat out of the bird feeder. OK - this is blog is totally off the reno road. Let's chat about The big fat squirrel problem at Frank's (my dad's) house. Thi