Yes, I'm on vacation but for what-ever reason my body decided that waking up at 5:30 in the morning was the best thing to do.  I really tried to sleep more, but it was obviously a fight I was not going to win ( Read more... )

Last night I started on the installation of the shower doors for the new bathroom downstairs ( Read more... )

Tonight we took one step closer to my new studio/office.  After doing some finishing work on the mudding last week-end I did the sanding in the office tonight ( Read more... )

So far this week-end (if you discount Friday at work) has been rather productive ( Read more... )

So, with all the crazy rain action going on the last few days, including downed trees, street flooding, a church hit by lightning, and being suicidal enough to go travelling, today should have been a day of relaxing.

On Friday Knox United Church got hit by lightning, tossing part of its tyndall stone tower down its roof and onto the street.  This ( Read more... )

So we received our quote from Chateau Roofing today.  It looks like we're going to have to locate $7k to get things done.

The idea of getting a new roof is quite exciting... the resumption of heavy-duty savings is not quite so.

But hey, you get what you pay for.

Hey, urocyon, I did get your e-mail message, and just suck most majorly at responding, but ( Read more... )

I need to contact the city inspectors to continue on with the work that I'm doing.  I've found the contact number on the city website; it's one of the only numbers that hasn't been shunted over to the new 311 system ( Read more... )

It seems like I post about this all the time.  But now is the time to pull wire ( Read more... )

So this evening marks the first night that I've physically gotten back to work on the basement.  Yesterday evening Amanda and I picked up most of the vapour barrier and boxes to rough in the plugs and switches, and tonight I marked all the locations on the studs ( Read more... )

Last night my parents stopped in on their way to Thunder Bay and dropped off Miss Elsabeth.

Once again the household is complete!  Yay, dogness!

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