Category Archives: Home Sweet Home

Hello! I treat this blog like an old friend, we may not hear from each other for months but then I just pick up the conversation as if we were chatting yesterday. This is the first weekend since the beginning … Continue reading →

After 16 years DH can still surprise me.  Last Monday I sent him a link from Kijji showing a beautiful custom made kitchen island.   The next night when I asked if he had a chance to email the person, he … Continue reading →

Life is slowly returning to normal, if you can call me living 90 minutes away in an apartment through the week while kitty and my DH stay in our new home normal.  For the past two weeks we have been … Continue reading →

Compared to previous weeks, work on the house was slow.   The majority of the work was done by the crack fillers.  They would work for a few hours one day then not come back for a day or two depending … Continue reading →

By this time we hoped to have the painting completed but due to last week’s rain and muggy weather, the crack fillers are still working away.  So DH had the carpenters build three large closets down stairs, to use up … Continue reading →

There was a whole lot of finishing going on this past week.  The ceiling were prepped for the insulation, the extra lights were added over the kitchen sink and the island, the basement floor was poured, the rest of the … Continue reading →

Last week had its ups and downs.  Due to the flood this past spring in Quebec, delivery of our windows were delayed.  Originally the windows and doors were to arrive the first of May, then the middle of May, then … Continue reading →

I’ve just uploaded the pictures from last week’s progress to flickr.  You can see the pics here

Last week was another week of being dependent on the weather, the carpenters, the subcontractors and Lord knows who else! Monday was a lovely sunny day so the carpenters managed to get the upper front of the house up and … Continue reading →

have been posted on flickr , to see them click here.