Picture Post

Here are the most recent house photos. Please excuse the clutter, we can't put everything away until the cabinets get done. But, you get the jist! I find it hard to take good pictures with all of those windows.

The living room:


It's so awesome to have blinds again!




Spare bedroom:


The island:


Island Sink:


Dining Room:


Wall Sconces:


View from the living room:


Tile for the backsplash:


Entrance way closet:


Looks like a house again doesn't it?

Life at the Lake

Right before our wedding last summer, Brent and I put a deposit on a lake lot down at Lake McGregor. It is about an hour and a half SE of Calgary in the county of Vulcan. We ended up buying the lot, and haven't been there since! Brent's sister and her husband bought the lot next door to us. We are probably going to be building in 2009, so I'll have more blogging material!

We took a drive out today to see the changes. We took the dogs swimming in the lake, and chatted with some of our neighbors. The water was nice and warm. It was a lot of fun.

Our lot (and the new wheels for scale!)




We have a lake view:


The neighbor 2 doors down from us moved an old house from the Currie Barracks onto his lot. They chopped it in half and added a vaulted ceiling and big windows over looking the lake. We thought that was a pretty neat idea:



Another cottage:


The realtor that sells the lots has built a place out on the point. It has this massive retaining wall that a lot of people are mad about:


It's super dry there, but it looks like things can grow there. This is a picture of the area around the clubhouse (which has an outdoor pool, hot tub, meeting rooms and a games room):



The boys were conked out from all of the swimming:

On Hold

Well, the kitchen was supposed to get finished on Monday. I got a call at about 8:30 am that day, and the scheduler at Merit called, saying that the installers had quit that morning! Now, who knows when it will get done. I guess they only have one other guy and he's on vacation. So...we wait.

Also, our contrator, Russell, is MIA. He had to go to Grande Prarie for a family emergency about a week and a half ago, and I haven't heard from him since. He has tools here still, so hopefully he is coming back. I don't want to bug him because of the circumstances, but I did call his cell phone once and it said 'the customer is unavailable'. Hmmm.

I was waiting to post pics until the kitchen and door were hung. Maybe i'll just bite the bullet and post them anyway.

I started my new job last week. It's going ok. I hate being the new person at work!

CONGRATS to Kristina and Mike on the birth of their 1st baby, Lily! Can't wait to meet her.

JEn

Still no photos...

I left my camera in Kristina's car. Doh. I guess pictures will have to wait a while. On the bright side, the longer it takes, the more updated the photo's will be!

This weekend is Brent's mom's side family reunion. It happens every 4 years. We are also having our first house guests. ack. This week is being spent getting the house somewhat presentable and with a functional kitchen (running water mostly).

I didn't want to do a lip sync this year. But, we are doing one with Burd and Brian so it should be fun. If only we can find the time to practice.

And

Congratulations to Dee and Jon on their new baby daughter!! Samantha Dionne Batchelor. She is perfect and soooo little.



And

Congratulations Casey and Jaelynn on getting married last weekend. We had so much fun at your wedding.

I love Lucy

Last night we went to visit Stacey and Marty. They just got engaged, bought a house and got a super cute puppy named Lucy. (Congratulations on everything you guys). They are thinking of Hawaii for a wedding. It took about 1/2 a second for Brent to invite himself :)

Their house is beautiful!! It is in Killarney and has nice high ceilings and an ultra fancy steam shower. Brent and I got to see that we are on track with our modern reno, as we had quite a few similar fixtures as they did.

We brought along Paul, who got along great with Lucy. He likes an agressive woman. haha



Lucy Modelling her fashions:




As for our house, I have a zillion pictures to post. I am waiting for Russell to hang the kitchen door before I take pictures, but he keeps delaying it. Hopefully tonight I'll be able to post everything.

Seriously people!

So, I have to vent.

I have been scouring the city for tile for our kitchen backspash. I finally found "the one" at City tile. A store that I really like and have found all of the other tile for our house there.

I was going to go order the tile today, when Russell, the contractor who helps us out, suggested that I check out Ames Brothers tile. He said the price might be better. So, low and behold, Ames Bros has the exact same tile for $6/sq foot less than City tile.

Now being that this would be my 3rd tile purchase at City tile, I called them and asked if they would price match Ames Bros. You would think that they would, as I'm a pretty frequent customer there and they recognize me when I come in the store. Anways, the I asked the girl I ususally deal with and she said no!! She even said that it's not the same tile, and that she knew which one I was talking about at Ames.

So, I double checked and the Ames Bros tile even has the same stock number.

Needless to say I am quite annoyed. I was happy with my service at City tile, and would have purchased it from them. BUT, I have to buy it wherever the price is best. I just don't understand sometimes, why companies are so stupid. If I was the manager there, I would want to keep my clients. Oh well, that's just me.

Ok...rant is over.

When it rains, it pours

Today has been great! Many of the things we have been waiting for have been happening.

I heard from the french door people to come fix the door. There are a few issues with it and we have been waiting for a month to get it fixed. They are coming tomorrow first thing to fix it. What is the best about that is that the guy who installed it is NOT coming. He was a tool, so I'm very happy it will be someone else.

The countertop people called and they are installing it on Monday!?! I think that is Calgary's fastest countertop since they just templated last Monday. We are their first client through Merit Kitchens, so I think they are trying to make a good first impression. Works for me.

Melinda came over and we signed the contract for the bathrooms. The next step for her is to do up some design drawings for Brent and I to approve.

Russel came over to finalize everything for the trim. He is starting to put it up on Saturday.

Cartwright called and our lighting is in. Whoo hoo. Still waiting on Robinson lighting stuff though.

And...the house is being painted as we speak. Right now the color is not what I imagined, but I think it is because the old paint color is showing through since they are only on coat number 1. We'll see!

On a bad note, we have a wasp next in the back yard somewhere. That is Brent's deparment for sure!!

Pics of the new paint and trim to come by the end of the weekend :)