The Empty Nest !!

Carlie returned home in January 2008 after being gone for ten months..we had wasted no time in turning her room into a computer room/scrapbooking/tv room..this room was short lived until NOW!!..she stayed with us for over two years..it was trying at times for everyone but our "bird" has now left the nest!!

The family joke was that the Olympic countdown was her countdown to moving out..well she beat the Olympic countdown by seven days..a one bedroom apartment on the seventh floor... about a ten minute walk from here is now her new home!!..her furniture  is out of storage and all set up in her new home..a cute little apartment to call home!!

This past weekend was moving day..a very busy weekend for all of us..her moving out...us?..getting carpets cleaned..organizing..painting her old room ( which once again is the computer room)..we have now completed all our painting and organizing..thank goodness..this has been a long six weeks and we are so glad it is finally done!!!

Will we miss her??..of course we will..we just won't miss her "stuff"....she is gone from here..time for her to spread her wings and fly on her own!!..love ya Car...enjoy your new life!!!..you can come home anytime for dinner!!!

Wordless Wednesday

...the repairs are done..but the work continues..

Our flood repairs are finally fixed..Tucker is done with Doggy Daycare..his new friends will miss him..but he will go back one day soon just to play....


The work continues here though..we still have more painting, grouting, cleaning and organizing to do...the "to do" list keeps getting rewritten but seems to be getting longer everyday..one day soon we will be able to sit back, relax with a glass of wine and enjoy all our hard work..!!..

This weekend...the animals are off to Newton Animal Hospital for their checkups...that should be a fun trip in the truck with both of them..it has been a while since Oliver has been in his crate!!..should be  yowling good time..glad I am staying home and waiting for the blinds to be installed and the carpet cleaner to come and give us an estimate..just another fun weekend at our house..

Carlie gets the key to her new place on Sunday..yippee for her..then the work begins..getting her room emptied, and the closets that she has been occupying..then off to the storage locker  in Maple Ridge to start emptying that..should be a fun but busy week!!

I would give anything for a quiet walk on the beach down at Birch Bay..maybe next month???

Frustration is diminishing...

Our frustration level has diminished compared to the last post..the painting has begun..the unmatched paint colour??..was some shadows from the new light bulbs..dummies!!..the work should be done for the flood repair by Tuesday..we are still going to see if we can get some results from the insurance company that is covering the repairs for the doggy daycare bills..we are not holding our breath on that one!!

Our "to do"  list is still long but we crossed a couple things off today...the front entrance tile has new grout and we got three closets tidied up and the dresser drawers are done now...

Carlie went to visit her grandparents on Friday night and gave them the news that I could not mention until now...yes..our daughter is leaving the nest..or rather her 9x9 prison cell...she is moving on February 6th..this will be the second  and last time she leaves here ( we have plans for her room)...our family joke was that the count down for the Olympics was her countdown for moving out also..she is beating it by 6 days!!..We are happy for her and happy for us..time for her to spread her wings!!..and time for us to get some things organized!!  960 square feet is not big enough for 3 adults..a big dog and a cat..we will miss her but we won't miss her "stuff"...

We went out for an early dinner tonight..The Keg ..once again..it was a "late birthday and an early leaving home dinner" all rolled into one...great food and a quiet restaurant...we were home just after 5 pm and then we went off to get some groceries..good to go food shopping when you are full from dinner!!!

Happy Saturday night everyone!!

Frustation!!

As the repairs are being done..our levels of frustation are on the rise..

On  the top of our list is the fact that we are having to "foot the bill" for Tucker's Doggy Daycare...we have tried to contact the managment company and the strata council and have hit a dead end on both counts..they say it is our problem..never mind the fact that the flood damage was caused by our neighbour again!!..arrgghhhh!!!..our next step was going to be in contact with the insurance agent handling the repairs but we discovered today that the strata council is handling the repairs and will be "going after" the insurance company once our condo is all fixed...yet another dead end..the small minded people on our council  have not grasped the concept that this whole mess was not caused by us and we should compensated for our "out of pocket expenses"...Tucker is fine to stay at home when we are at work with no issues...but have strange men coming and going and we are going to have some problems..hence the need for daycare!!

Issue #2..we came home today and noticed that they had painted the ceiling ..in the hallway..stopped at the kitchen entrance..looks great except for the fact that there is a line across and you can see the difference between the old and new!!..we called the contractor and he told us that they were told to only paint part of the ceiling..!!..this is not good enough..I was told that if we did not like the way it looked they would paint the whole ceiling..once again we were told the contractor  would have to contact the strata to have them "okay" the rest of the ceiling to be painted!!..since they were funding the job!!..darn it..will this frustation ever end..

Issue #3...I was heading out the door this evening and looked up in the corner by the front door and noticed a shadow on the wall..two shadows actually..it seems that the wall has been painted in two places and yes you guessed it.."the paint does not match"..we can only hope that this is just a test area and they have taken the paint back to be adjusted...our "designer paint colours" are five years old..so we can only hope that all new painting will match otherwise we are going to be painting all the walls..

 The reality of all of this frustation is that we know eventually all will be right in our world...but it is just the wating and wondering how much more work this is going to create for us!!

Wordless Wednesday

Seven weeks without FACEBOOK makes one WEAK!!

Okay, I will admit I have reactivated my facebook account..I missed my facebook friends..the ones that are still there and the ones that aren't there anymore..I am weak!!!..sure a few of them have journals or blogs but facebook is a more "up to date instant status kind of thing!!"..I have promised myself that I will not get sucked into the "blackhole" of farmville and checking status updates constantly!!..so if you are reading this and disappointed in me ..so be it..I have admitted that I am weak....my status's will not be updated constantly..if you really want to know what we are doing ..read the blog..the truth is here!!!

Now on to bigger and better things..my health issues from last week have  not reared it's ugly head again..so all is well..blood pressure and heart rate are good..it may never happen again  but it could happen tommorrow..No one knows for sure...

Our condo flood damage is being fixed this week..FINALLY...Tucker has been going to Doggy Daycare on the days that the workmen are here..he seems to love it..he is a tired boy at the end of the day..so all is well in his world...the walls and ceilings are on their way to being painted at the end of the week...there are spots of drywall mud everywhere but eventually it will all be fixed...

We have been busy this past week..painting window sills, door trim and touching up the walls....Doug redid the grout in the ensuite bathroom..now of course he wants to do the front entrance and the main bathroom...we figured since they are painting some of the walls we may as well spruce the place up.....the "to do list " is still quite large but we will get through it...we need a deadline to make things get done quicker!!..Camping Season is almost here so that is a good deadline!!...we are booked for the Easter Long Weekend in Fort Langley..yippee!!!!

Well ..better go...laundry awaits...that and a quick check on Facebook...lol..just kidding...till next time...