We've been talking about building a shed for a while this summer, but decided to wait until the baby was born to do it. Why? Because I'm taking 3 weeks off when that occurs! It's not a year like Marn has, but it's 3 weeks (!) and I'm really looking forward to it. Who knows how much time I'll actually have to commit to building a shed, but if I get it started, that's what counts. As long as I get a roof on it this summer, I'll be happy, but I do plan on finishing before winter in order to clear out some of the clutter in the garage.
I'm hoping to get the base started for the shed on Sunday. I'll be digging out some holes and filling with sand/gravel, then using deck blocks to level out with pressure treated 4x4's as a base. But I guess I should draw up some sort of plan first...
You may be asking yourself, what happened to the back splash? Good question! I haven't done it yet as we haven't picked out anything for it yet. But we did find a cool black/brown small square glass back splash that we think looks good. We may end up doing that, but it seems expensive. I've also heard that glass is tough to install, so I don't know. We haven't actually looked for back splash very much in the last few months.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Last Day of Work!
Well this is starting to hit home now. Marnie is DONE work for over a YEAR after today!! If we planned it right, she'll have 3 weeks to relax before the baby comes, but I'm nervous it'll be here well before that. Nervous because I'm not ready!! (can you ever be?) We haven't settled on any names, and the baby room isn't finished, and we just found out that the rest of the furniture won't be here for another 2-3 weeks. I've also been complaining about a lot of heartburn lately. It comes in waves with me. I'll have it constantly for a while, and then nothing for months. It's been bad lately. Marn mentioned the other day if I'm nervous about the baby coming, and that's probably what's causing the heartburn... I hadn't thought of that, but she's likely right!
In other baby news, our Friend/Neighbour/Hairdresser, who was due 2 weeks ahead of Marn, had her baby yesterday (about a week early)! They now have a baby girl and 4 year old boy. We came home from work yesterday to see their front entrance decorated with pink balloons, tissue paper, and ribbon. We haven't gone over yet to see them and the baby, but we're so happy for them!
We also found out that our neighbours on the corner beside us are possibly selling their house and moving to New Hamburg where they both grew up (literally 5-10 minutes down the road). The for sale sign is up. This is kind of sad because they were the first people on the court, and really give it a "home" feeling. They are the "garage people", but in a good way - always there to hand you a beer or go and chat with. Super nice people as well, always willing to lend a helping hand. We knew they were thinking about it for a while, and I think the plan is they are pricing their house a little high to see what happens. They love our court, the neighbours and the larger lots we have, but they wanted a bigger house (and will have to suffer with a smaller lot). If they do move, I think they'll miss all of that more than they realize. I looked last night and they priced it at $339,900, which is about $140,000 more than they paid 5 years ago. Good deal if they get it! The only major difference between their house and ours is they have a finished basement, but our house is slightly bigger (but a different model and not on a corner). The house across the street, same model as ours, went for about $328,000 4 months ago...
Edit: The house across the street went for $302,000 4 months ago. So you can see how $340,000 is a stretch...
In other baby news, our Friend/Neighbour/Hairdresser, who was due 2 weeks ahead of Marn, had her baby yesterday (about a week early)! They now have a baby girl and 4 year old boy. We came home from work yesterday to see their front entrance decorated with pink balloons, tissue paper, and ribbon. We haven't gone over yet to see them and the baby, but we're so happy for them!
We also found out that our neighbours on the corner beside us are possibly selling their house and moving to New Hamburg where they both grew up (literally 5-10 minutes down the road). The for sale sign is up. This is kind of sad because they were the first people on the court, and really give it a "home" feeling. They are the "garage people", but in a good way - always there to hand you a beer or go and chat with. Super nice people as well, always willing to lend a helping hand. We knew they were thinking about it for a while, and I think the plan is they are pricing their house a little high to see what happens. They love our court, the neighbours and the larger lots we have, but they wanted a bigger house (and will have to suffer with a smaller lot). If they do move, I think they'll miss all of that more than they realize. I looked last night and they priced it at $339,900, which is about $140,000 more than they paid 5 years ago. Good deal if they get it! The only major difference between their house and ours is they have a finished basement, but our house is slightly bigger (but a different model and not on a corner). The house across the street, same model as ours, went for about $328,000 4 months ago...
Edit: The house across the street went for $302,000 4 months ago. So you can see how $340,000 is a stretch...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Prenatal Classes and BBQ
We had another fairly busy couple of days this past weekend as we had our prenatal class all day on Saturday and then a bunch of friends and the kids over on Sunday for a lunch BBQ.
The prenatal class went well and we both learned a few things, most of which don't make for good "story telling", so I'll leave it at that... But it really made us realize just how close we are to welcoming new life into ours. The instructor told us that we should already have a "birth plan" written down, our bag packed for the hospital, and practice on putting the car seat in, then leaving it there so that it's done when the time comes. That made us a little nervous because really, this baby could come any day now! Marn is 36 weeks this week which really does mean that the baby is pretty much done the major maturing and is now starting to get ready to come out. At 37 weeks it's considered full term.
We had another midwife appointment on Monday, they are every week now, and this time it was with our 3rd backup. She didn't think the baby was dropping a lot yet, which I translate to, we have a few weeks left yet (*breathe*), but I think, and a lot of my friends think she has started to drop in the last 2 weeks. She told us again that we needed to get our hospital bag together and should have a birth plan, if we wanted anything done specifically.
On Sunday we hosted a BBQ for my friends which worked out well since Bern and Don and their 2 kids were in town for Louise and Kevin's wedding. In all we had 11 adults (including us) and 6 kids and a huge, drooly dog, but could have been 14 adults and 9 kids, but some people couldn't make it. It was a busy afternoon, but really fun and it was great to have everyone over for a visit since we rarely get to do that anymore. We made chicken Souvlaki and Greek salad and potatoes again since we loved that when Candace and Dave were over the other day, and it's fairly easy to make. I think everyone loved it... at least those who did commented a lot on it.
We are going to try and host a nice BBQ lunch like that every summer. It's so fun to see everyone, especially all the kids and how they are growing since we typically only see them once or twice a year.
I'll try and get some pics soon as I've been bad at emptying the camera lately. I also want to get some more belly shots of Marn since she's much bigger that when we had the photo shoot!
The prenatal class went well and we both learned a few things, most of which don't make for good "story telling", so I'll leave it at that... But it really made us realize just how close we are to welcoming new life into ours. The instructor told us that we should already have a "birth plan" written down, our bag packed for the hospital, and practice on putting the car seat in, then leaving it there so that it's done when the time comes. That made us a little nervous because really, this baby could come any day now! Marn is 36 weeks this week which really does mean that the baby is pretty much done the major maturing and is now starting to get ready to come out. At 37 weeks it's considered full term.
We had another midwife appointment on Monday, they are every week now, and this time it was with our 3rd backup. She didn't think the baby was dropping a lot yet, which I translate to, we have a few weeks left yet (*breathe*), but I think, and a lot of my friends think she has started to drop in the last 2 weeks. She told us again that we needed to get our hospital bag together and should have a birth plan, if we wanted anything done specifically.
On Sunday we hosted a BBQ for my friends which worked out well since Bern and Don and their 2 kids were in town for Louise and Kevin's wedding. In all we had 11 adults (including us) and 6 kids and a huge, drooly dog, but could have been 14 adults and 9 kids, but some people couldn't make it. It was a busy afternoon, but really fun and it was great to have everyone over for a visit since we rarely get to do that anymore. We made chicken Souvlaki and Greek salad and potatoes again since we loved that when Candace and Dave were over the other day, and it's fairly easy to make. I think everyone loved it... at least those who did commented a lot on it.
We are going to try and host a nice BBQ lunch like that every summer. It's so fun to see everyone, especially all the kids and how they are growing since we typically only see them once or twice a year.
I'll try and get some pics soon as I've been bad at emptying the camera lately. I also want to get some more belly shots of Marn since she's much bigger that when we had the photo shoot!
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Busy Weekend
We had a good productive weekend this past long weekend, but even still didn't get done as much as I wanted to. I think I set my goals too high...
anyway, the baby's room is painted and the baby crib is assembled. I might need to touch up a few little spots, but it's pretty much done. We're waiting for the rest of the furniture now, and I still want to steam clean the carpet, but all the major stuff is done. We only need to hang some pictures and get drapes, etc.
I finally got around to borrowing my neighbours table saw and was able to trim and put back all the kick plates around the kitchen cabinets. It's amazing how much more finished the kitchen floor looks now. The plate under the kitchen sweep is not back completely yet because I want to reinforce that piece due to the pressure that the vacuum creates on it. I haven't put the baseboards back on yet either, or sealed the grout.
Saturday night we had planned to have Carey and Chris over with Mya (Cora was staying at the grandparents for the weekend) for Greek dinner, but Chris wasn't feeling well so they canceled. In their place, Candace and Dave and the kids came over and ended up staying overnight! It's surprising because it wasn't really planned, but it was great because they stayed longer and we watched a movie, Vantage Point, which was pretty good!).
Sunday we went into Cambridge to see Mom and drop off a coffee maker for her church and/or Sweet Adeline's group. We got it from Nancy's work who was looking to trash it, so Mom said they would make good use of it when they have their fund raiser, singing things. On our way there Chris and Carey called to see if we wanted to meet them for a late lunch at Moose Winooski's. It ended up working out perfectly so we did that - Sports World is under going a complete makeover right now. I'm not sure what's going on, but the whole place has been flattened and closed down. It looks like they're building a resort type of place with big hotel type of building. Everything is gone, or closed including the water slides, mini golf, go-carts, arcade... I hope they bring that stuff back because it's the only place around here like that!
I'll get some pics up of the baby room when it's a little closer to being finished.
Anyway, it doesn't seem like much, but we did get a lot of things done that were nagging at us for the last couple of weeks. The only other major thing that I would have liked to have finished was the gate. I need to trim the bottom so that it doesn't drag on the ground, and then put a support beam across the top to help it stay up. I actually want to completely redo it, but it's not worth the effort right now.
anyway, the baby's room is painted and the baby crib is assembled. I might need to touch up a few little spots, but it's pretty much done. We're waiting for the rest of the furniture now, and I still want to steam clean the carpet, but all the major stuff is done. We only need to hang some pictures and get drapes, etc.
I finally got around to borrowing my neighbours table saw and was able to trim and put back all the kick plates around the kitchen cabinets. It's amazing how much more finished the kitchen floor looks now. The plate under the kitchen sweep is not back completely yet because I want to reinforce that piece due to the pressure that the vacuum creates on it. I haven't put the baseboards back on yet either, or sealed the grout.
Saturday night we had planned to have Carey and Chris over with Mya (Cora was staying at the grandparents for the weekend) for Greek dinner, but Chris wasn't feeling well so they canceled. In their place, Candace and Dave and the kids came over and ended up staying overnight! It's surprising because it wasn't really planned, but it was great because they stayed longer and we watched a movie, Vantage Point, which was pretty good!).
Sunday we went into Cambridge to see Mom and drop off a coffee maker for her church and/or Sweet Adeline's group. We got it from Nancy's work who was looking to trash it, so Mom said they would make good use of it when they have their fund raiser, singing things. On our way there Chris and Carey called to see if we wanted to meet them for a late lunch at Moose Winooski's. It ended up working out perfectly so we did that - Sports World is under going a complete makeover right now. I'm not sure what's going on, but the whole place has been flattened and closed down. It looks like they're building a resort type of place with big hotel type of building. Everything is gone, or closed including the water slides, mini golf, go-carts, arcade... I hope they bring that stuff back because it's the only place around here like that!
I'll get some pics up of the baby room when it's a little closer to being finished.
Anyway, it doesn't seem like much, but we did get a lot of things done that were nagging at us for the last couple of weeks. The only other major thing that I would have liked to have finished was the gate. I need to trim the bottom so that it doesn't drag on the ground, and then put a support beam across the top to help it stay up. I actually want to completely redo it, but it's not worth the effort right now.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
A New Baby!
No, not ours!
Chris and Carey had their second girl early yesterday morning, 4 hours late for my guess, which in my books, counts as correct! That's 2 for 2 with them. I guessed their date with Cora when the doctor told her, "it's not coming any time soon". A gift?
Anyway, they went into the hospital Sunday night at 11:30 and she was already 8cm! The baby came at around 4am and they were back home by 7pm Monday night. Both Mom and Baby are fine and healthy.
Chris and Carey had their second girl early yesterday morning, 4 hours late for my guess, which in my books, counts as correct! That's 2 for 2 with them. I guessed their date with Cora when the doctor told her, "it's not coming any time soon". A gift?
Anyway, they went into the hospital Sunday night at 11:30 and she was already 8cm! The baby came at around 4am and they were back home by 7pm Monday night. Both Mom and Baby are fine and healthy.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Marn
Marn is at the cottage all week, while I'm slaving away at work. well, ok - I'm blogging now, so how hard can it be, right? =) But I'm still not swimming and relaxing like she is.... We rented a cottage for the week with her family up north by the Muskoka's. She has 3 or 4 weeks of vacation to use up before the baby comes, so it worked out nice for her. I was going to go as well, but decided not to because I'm trying to save vacation for when the baby comes, and a week for around Christmas. It looks like I may end up taking just one week of vacation, and then one week of unpaid leave, or something like an on-call basis for the second week.
It's hard to believe, but there's only 6-7 weeks left before our lives will be changed forever! When I put it like that, it sounds so ominous. And it doesn't help when that's all you hear from other friends, family or acquaintances... WE KNOW ALREADY!
As far as baby prep, here's where we're at, and still need to do:
- paint the room, 1/3 done.
- rug cleaning, haven't started.
- curtains for window and closet, haven't bought/made.
- kitchen floor grout sealing, haven't started (I'm kicking myself for not doing this yet - the grout is getting ruined) - but will be done this week!
- kitchen back splash, haven't started, and haven't picked out yet.
- crib, and baby furniture, bought!
- stair gates, haven't bought, but lots of time for that.
I'm sure I'm missing others, but those are the major one's right now that we'd like to finish soon.
It's hard to believe, but there's only 6-7 weeks left before our lives will be changed forever! When I put it like that, it sounds so ominous. And it doesn't help when that's all you hear from other friends, family or acquaintances... WE KNOW ALREADY!
As far as baby prep, here's where we're at, and still need to do:
- paint the room, 1/3 done.
- rug cleaning, haven't started.
- curtains for window and closet, haven't bought/made.
- kitchen floor grout sealing, haven't started (I'm kicking myself for not doing this yet - the grout is getting ruined) - but will be done this week!
- kitchen back splash, haven't started, and haven't picked out yet.
- crib, and baby furniture, bought!
- stair gates, haven't bought, but lots of time for that.
I'm sure I'm missing others, but those are the major one's right now that we'd like to finish soon.
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