Taping Begins

Hi Kids

Mom showed the house this morning to some folks who just transferred in from Ottawa, and she has received an offer! Ya, so that is going pretty good, she & Mouse had planned for an add to go in the paper starting tomorrow I think. Hmm, may not need it.

At the lake, the taping (Gyp-roc joint filling) has finally begun, started at noon today.

Um, it's windy & rainy. Peanut arrives today on the noon flight...

So, lots goin' on.

Love to all

Ole Dad

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bye bye house

So this is it! I am at mom's school, drafting up a realtor's fiche so that we have all the essential info to give to potential buyers. We are ready to go! Dad is picking up a "House for sale" sign on the way home today and then there is no turning back. I was checking out MLS and Property Guys. Really not much on the market in Riverdale right now, nothing comparable to this one, anyhow. Either, really crappy old trailer type houses or super duper renovated mansions. So I guess we will see. Also, Garage sale date is set and will be advertised in the Yukon News over the coming two weeks. We will be in Clean Sweep mode and ruthless! EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!

On a brighter note: we have started picking out flooring (hard wood and ceramic tile) for the new place as well as some paint colours. We are thinking of a sagey green for the main part of the house. Perhaps a rasberry red in the upstairs bedroom? Whoa!!

There are loaders, dump trucks, gravel and sticks everywhere - Noe is in heaven.

Nicole

Happy St. Jean Baptiste Day!!

Well I get a few lovely little short weeks coming up here!  It all starts with the this rainy Quebec holiday!  I am focusing on cleaning my room up today and then I have assigned the bathroom to my roommate to do tomorrow and I am finally going to tackle the kitchen and floors again... My friend Rob is moving in on Sunday with a bunch of furniture and stuff, so I want the place to be spick and span!! 

So I officially have my ticket booked for the train to Toronto! I get there late on the 2nd and leave on the 6th.  too bad Krista ain't gonna be around!!! it will be a good visit though... plenty of time to chill out at the cottage! I think Andrew is arranging a special pick up for me at the train station cuz he might be working when i get in... he called it a "white taxi"... then clarified that he will be sending a police car to pick me up... hahaha!! Who'd of thunk?!?  My first ride in a cop car and I'm not even getting arrested!!  The irony is delicious!  I'm like, "Do I sit in the front or the back seat??"  

Anyhow, I am having a lot of fun at work these days!  I keep getting good reviews!  They listened in on a few of my phone calls without me knowing and gave me a QA review... I got 100%!!! I'm good on the phone i guess... and then my productivity goal was finally hit too!  and we had a team meeting the other day and i pretty took over leading it from my more timid and unassertive team lead.... haha!! made some good social decisions to get people from the office to go for drinks together!  They just started training me and one other "verifications" guy in "references".... (i think they picked us two because we are two of the best!!) haha!! all the others on my team are jealous... but anyways, I am now calling people and getting really detailed references on behalf of our clients!  It's kinda intense! especially nursing references... sheesh! watch out merty!! they are REALLY extensive!! 

Anyways, off to clean my room and get ready for the show tonight!  My friends and new roommate are playing a show at the bars tonight... should be fun!!! 

Merty, I am trying to get the 13th to the 2oth of August off to go see you and ticky!  I'll keep you posted! And you should talk to Krista about the beginning of August cottage partay!!! yip! yip! 

Love ya!! 

Dano

It's so weird cuz it happened right when i was on lunch and eating in a little sandwich shop... and i didn't even feel it! But EVERYONE in my office did!  It was the talk of the town today, here in Montreal! Apparently it was a 5.5 on the Richter scale and city hall in Ottawa shattered!  IT's epicenter was just north of Ottawa... NutS!!

Dano

Holy Smokes!

Just got home and was relaxing in the apartment... it's another wet wednesday so our mountain biking plans were called off yet again. So I was just hanging out, watchin Oprah, then SHAKY, SHAKY, SHAKE! an earthquake happened! I was trying to remember what to do: Stop, drop and roll? Evacuate? Get under a doorway? But mostly I just ran around the apartment screaming. But I survived!
Let's see if J-L felt it in Montreal...

KP

Happy Fathers Day, Ol' Dad!!

Hey family!

Dano here! I did that "Something crazy" thing here today!!  Please refer to the picture... hehehe!!! I love it!! the pic's don't do it justice.  It is all 3 dimensional so it looks like the stone is resting on my arm... It's a necklace I got in South America.  It's called a Chakana.  It is an all encompassing Inca symbol.  It was derived from the southern crux, the most predominant constellation in the southern hemisphere. It represents a compass, (like my foot tattoo!) and a calender, with Noe's birthday being represented by the top section! The three tiers represent the upper, middle and under world... (The condor, the Puma and the Snake)... the horizontal and vertical lines represent man and woman... What I appreciate most of it is the 4 Inca laws it holds... (in the 4 sections) - Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal and don't be lazy.  I guess what it means most to me is the place where I got the necklace, Cuzco, Peru after climbing Machu Pichu... and the place I am at now.. a new me! and new phase of my life... starting to know myself and be happy with myself and stuff... thought I'd celebrate with a new tattoo!!! yay!!!