smokin george

The blackflies only lasted a few days and the skitters haven't been too bad yet. There's plenty of ants and it's been crazy with them. This is our beautiful lawn lol. The septic system has to have grass (code) and the rest of our property will all be gravel with a couple rock gardens. We've been lucky that only 2-3 weeds have popped thru the gravel in 3 years sofar

They closed a beach here in Nova Scotia last week due to a shark being spotted. They have a buoy that monitors for tagged sharks that are in the area. Last year the grandkids were taking sailing lessons and an instructor spotted a shark and got all the little sailboats back to the sailing club. A dead whale washed up on shore and they dragged it out and a shark was taking chunks out of it. Talk about ringing the dinner bell.

Sorry to hear John! Condolences to you and the family.RIP Izzy

Getting the party deck (840 sq ft) ready for the summer. The wife is going to refinish the Muskoka chairs/table and I'll throw a couple coats of Teak oil on the table/chairs. Today is pretty hot out and tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher. The basement is nice n cool and she turned on the air upstairs and it's nice n cool. Move in date is on Saturday

We went with a mini on the main floor and one in the basement and should do the trick with the ICF.

I got my 9ft pooltable delivered/installed today. I was waiting for the floor to get done and gonna wait a bit to hit some balls. Lots of trim to touch up and house cleaning before our move in on June 22nd

Huge progress this week sofar. The kitchen install( minus counters) is almost done. The wife is staining the stair treads and they're laying down the basement flooring. The electricians are working away doing their thing and I'm supervising lol

Pot roast in the crockpot.

Paint,paint and more paint. We've been painting a shitload of trim and more trim to do yet. Then we have about 22 doors to paint after they're hung lol. We should've paid the painter that's painting the ceilings/walls lol. I never want to see another paintbrush or roller

I got my drivers license when I turned 16 (1969) and the person asked me if I wanted a chauffeurs ( truck driver) license at the time. I said ok and paid my I believe $6 for the license. I started driving the old man's tandem dump truck with a 2 stick and the rest is history. I retired after 50 years of driving various types of trucks from local to OTR and never had an accident.

We're a couple steps closer. All the siding has been done and the ceilings in the two covered porches are almost finished. The 2 walls in the screened room won't take long and painting the interior starts on Monday.

We had plenty of trails in our area and could leave right from the house. Town council approved road access to sxs"s to go into town just before the trail section that had homes and foot traffic that went by the beach. Atvs could use that part of the trail.

It's amazing for 70 years I rarely ever got sick then bam. It's stressful at first but have gotten over the fear of doctors and the encouraging words from them helped. The surgeon did 3 scopes and biopsies to be sure and when he called today and said good news was a relief. He said to call him in a couple months and let him know how I'm feeling.

That's for sure! They've been fantastic here and amazing with how quick I get all the testing done.

Thanks! We're 2 months behind but seeing the progress. Tapers are doing their thing, siding is going on, kitchen is ready to be delivered/installed, painters are ready to come in and we purchased all the flooring. Little by little it's taking shape.