Incroyable!!

Snow, snow, snow... That's all I have for you since last Sunday, and cold! Three major snowfalls in a week. We hear stuff like "This is unusual" or We've never seen this" or "We haven't seen this in 40 years" or "It usually doesn't stay this long" - Riiigggggghhtt.

Construction has mostly been replaced by shoveling snow. It takes half the day to remove it to be able to do anything. Wednesday's storm left both cars stuck in snow at the lot. We had to call Francine to come rescue us and drive us home. Thank you Francine!! The next day Gerry tried to get a taxi to go to Robin's to get his other tires... No taxis were out! So Gerry and Claude hitchhiked and walked. Took them a few hours but they changed the tires and bought some chains.

They managed to get two walls up on Friday before Claude left for the Holidays. Saturday was break day and today more shoveling... They're calling for more snow all week - this isn't fun anymore!

Snowed in...

What's up with that?! It snowed as much as if we were in Ottawa and now it's -12, get me out of here.!I'm stuck with summer tires and there's black ice everywhere...

The front entrance and garage were finally filled (with sand and maybe a bit of snow now...) on Thursday. A bit more back filling. Friday it poured rain so Dave the backhoe guy didn't come. Not much has happened since then - weekend rest.
Went to Nanaimo to do some shopping, then ribs for supper and James Bond!

Claude is back. Beautiful sunshine but I'll take rain instead of that awful winter weather...

Sand, sand so much sand...

All the basement walls are up and so is the floor!

We needed to fill the garage with sand to we have somewhere put the material for the first floor, so we've been shoveling and tampering sand for the last two days... A workout I don't really want, but it's better than shoveling snow! Many, many truck loads of sand later, the front entrance and garage are almost full and all the drainage pipes are in place.

The labs have been spending all their days with us, actually lying down right beside me while I try to shovel and they follow me everywhere! I guess they like the dog treats I got for them...

Tomorrow, we continue the back filing...

Claude is going home for the weekend so maybe we'll get a day off, to go see a movie or to get a massage??

Moving to bunny land...

Last Sunday we moved to a condo at the marina. So Friday and Saturday I packed and cleaned and then unpacked...I hope next time I do this it will be for the last time (well, for a while anyway!) The new place is much closer and bigger (2 bedrooms - more room for the helpers!). Also, it's full of rabbits all over the place, very weird, must take some pictures...

I have an oven now, very exciting... try living without an oven for a month! I made muffins and lasagna and quesadillas!

Claude arrived on Tuesday night! You will see in the pictures that things are moving along. The windows and doors are ordered, they should be in on the 16th. Installed? well that's another story...