Posts from — November 2009

Renovation work continued this morning. The carpenter arrived to complete installation of the hanging system in the walk-in closet. This may not be that exciting to most people, but to us it is a big step forward and more importantly we now have a place to hang a few of our clothes. So far we can only use the upper rack as (see pictures attached) they still need to install the baseboards. This will get completed once the closet door arrives and they install all the mouldings and other baseboards. Tomorrow should be installation of the vanity and then after that the granite counter top, fictures, etc. so project completion is getting closer.

November 25th was Sage’s 4th Birthday. However, the party really started on Tuesday night right after Kevin, Tamara, Sage and Conrad arrived from Princeton. Donna and Tricia stopped by for dinner and of course there were presents for Sage and Conrad. It was a great night and a few pictures are attached.

On Sage’s birthday (Wednesday) right after breakfast we headed off to Falcon Lanes for Bowling. It was a first time for Sage and Conrad and they both did very well……….. in fact Conrad beat his Mom in his first game. Kevin scored the best with an even 200 and Brenda beat me by 20 points. Later that evening Great Gramma and Great Grampa came for dinner. The pizza was delicious, there was lots of cake and of course lots of presents were opened and fun was had by everyone….. pictures attached!

Yes………… that’s correct and it’s now officially Sage Shirley Sill! All the adoption paperwork has gone through and effective November 12/09 Sage is now a Sill. Congratulations to Tamara, Kevin, Conrad and of course Sage! Isn’t she the cutest you have ever seen?

Today the flooring was installed in the main bathroom. Our contractor had some beautiful Walnut Travertine stone remaining from a high end spec house that he has been building. Earlier this month we got to see what the flooring looks like installed and it is amazing. Today the stones were cut and laid and tomorrow they get grouted into place. Following that it’s on to the vanity and then the fixtures. So we are not too many days from completion. The attached pictures show the travetine and also the wiring for the floor heat……… it’s going to be great.

Well, the renovation is progressing. Our main contractor has returned from his two week vacation and he is well rested and ready to go. The time he was on vacation gave us the chance to get a lot of other painting completed. This included the guest bedroom, computer room and our master bedroom; so overall a very productive time while he was away. This week they got started on the flooring in the main bathroom; putting down a sub-floor and on Friday laying the heating element and self-leveling concrete base in preparation for laying the travertine tile which is to start early next week.  On Wednesday and  Thursday we painted the main bathroom and walk-in closet; so we are getting closer to project completion. Next week should be very interesting. I have attached a few pictures.

We were in Princeton for a few days and so work on the renovation slowed until Wednesday. Actually the guys applying the drywall mud were both sick on Tuesday so they didn’t show up. Anyway they were back at it on Wednesday and Thursday (Day #10 & #11). I have attached a couple pictures, but it doesn’t look much different that prior photos. However, they said tomorrow is sand out and finishing day so it will be good to have the really dusty work completed and ready for priming and painting. Our main contractor HRK Builders is on vacation until Nov 16/09 so next week gives us a chance to paint some other areas on the main living level. Work continues………

A Very Scary Witch!!!!!

Conrad the Clown

Saturday morning we headed off to Princeton to have Halloween with the grand-kids. What a great time to see them all excited about getting dressed up and of course the promise of lots of candy from “trick or treating”. I stayed at home to hand out candy to the trick or treaters; there was only one little girl (and her mom and grandma) that came to the door. I wasn’t sure how many to expect so I only gave her one little chocolate bar, I could have given her the whole box as she was the only one that came all evening. Oh Well; at least I was here to keep Nova the dog company as he barked every time someone set off fireworks down town. Brenda helped Tamara take Sage and Conrad from house to house up in an area called 3rd Bench! Princeton has this newer area where all the kids go to trick or treat and some of the people told Brenda that they will get 150 or more kids in an evening. Sage was more experienced this year and was really into Halloween and getting candy, however this was all new to Conrad and he was learning lots. At the first house he tried to give the candy back and then after that as they went from house to house he was basically running to the door screaming since he can’t quite speak to the point to get “Trick or Treat” out of his mouth! Thank heavens he has an older sister who was doing that for him. Afterwards they came back to the house and ate a few things to get a candy buzz just before bed! Pictures are attached.

A Pretty Scary Witch?

Conrad just before heading out to "trick or treat"

 

This couple is pretty Cute?????