Guest Room

And this is the progress we've made with the other guest room and the hardwood floor installation. It looks absolutely amazing...and the room is open for visitors!

Guest Room

The hardwood floors have been installed in the guest room. WOOHOO!

Halloween!

Here are some spooky photos of some of the decorations we had this year. As I have been stricken ill, I wasn't 100% in the mood for Halloween - such a bummer cause we had such great plans. But the night was a success anyhow!

Rising from the garden!!!

Even Chow was looking over his shoulders!

Then the night just got weird...

Very few photos of the costumes were taken - I'll have to get some more from the neighbours.

Spook Supper 2007

On Saturday night we hosted a Spook Supper to celebrate one of the best holiday times of the year...Halloween! The preparation took over 3 weeks from the time we started purchasing items and creating the menu.
Pumpkin carving of our 13 pumpkins (lucky number) took over 4 hours with Fletcher discovering that he LOVES raw pumpkin guts! Poor Chow was a little sick that evening!
Do you think that Papa would have ever thought that his son-in-law would be putting make-up on him...never.Mom and Papa were both an amazing help and I think they had a good time too! It was awesome to have them take part in such a fun evening!Daryl - the dead chef.Gives a new meaning to the term "Finger Food"

Revovations Continue

OK, so not a lot of writing, lots of photos. We've started some more home renovations just in time for Halloween.We've ripped the carpet out of the second bedroom and will install hardwood in here, along with the hallway, 3rd bedroom, stairs, downstairs hall...etc, etc, etc. Also, we've picked a new paint colour and will install wainscoting along the bottom portion of the room - just to brighten this room up a little. Daryl is finishing off the job I started last March by removing the ugly tile from the front entrance. Once the thin-set and grout is all removed and the floor is flat we will install hardwood here as well.

No, I haven't forgotten about my promise to update the blog on a regular basis, I just thought that I should include some photos with the recent happenings. Well, as it turns out, I don't have any photos today. But I will tell you what's been going on...and you can use you imagination until I post the visuals.
Hardwood Floors: Daryl and I decided that gone were the days of carpet and icky tile from our home. We are installing hardwood floors throughout the main floor and downstairs where the icky tile was previously found. I have spent the last few days preparing the areas, clearing furniture, removing the baseboards and even some of the old carpet. It's a total war zone - but will look amazing when we're done.
Planter Box: My dad was over at our place last week for the construction of my 4x4 planter box along the front of the house. At over 40' in length, with multiple levels and a log-cabin look to it - I'm so impressed with the final result. I've started putting some more earth and plants in there so they are set for the coming winter.
Spring Bulbs: I've never planted spring bulbs before...we'll see what survives!

Dog Park

I found these from a while ago...back when I was boycotting the posts (no reason other than laziness).Chow and his mates...(l to r) Harvey, Chow, Shia and Kona sprawled with very little dignity in front. Maybe he was just showing off cause he still had all his God given boy-parts...hummChow, Kona and Auntie-JamiChow strutting as he patrolled the park for troublemakers (aka dogs being dogs)