Merry Chritmas Everyone!

Wow!

Summer 2012

It has been a very busy summer so far with visitors which included family and friends.  The weather has been great but too dry!  The lake level is about 16 inches lower than last year.  Here are a few pics. 

Update

Ok, I'm done for now.. Time to work outside before the black flies start.

Getting closer!

Well the counter top and crown mouldings are installed.  Take a look at the breakfast bar I am building over the railing.  I am working on the legs to finish it off.  When you sit at the bar you have a great view of the lake.  The tile on the back splash is just about done also!  I ran out of grout!  Normally you always have lots of grout left over.  I thought I was going to run out of tile too.  The store gave me two boxes of the wrong coloured tile.  Believe it or not I just had enough to do the job with not even one tile to spare.  The installation was easy but the grout was a nightmare!  Although I applied three coats of sealer on the travertine tile, the tile soaked up the grout something awful. I called Dyann and Howard in despair and Diane remembered having the same problem.  She went to the basement and found a bottle of film solution and told me over the phone what to buy.  I jumped in my truck and went to Home Hardware.  Low and behold they had that exact product.  It worked like a charm.  Thanks Dyann!  Howard, you are a lucky man!  The last picture is a before shot. 

Kitchen reno - should have done this in the winter!

Well, I am finally tackling the kitchen cupboards.  In with the new maple cabinets and out with the old white ones.  I ordered my counter top and got my tile.  I kinda like the lighting system I built over the window!  :)  I used the small LED lights.   They are expensive but they only use one watt per light; they don't get hot like hallogens and they are suppose to last 100,000 hours!
Can't wait to finish up the kitchen so I can start working outside. Need to find a couple of steel barrels for burning brush!  Hard to find these days!  Howard mentioned that I could pull a drum out of an old dryer.  Good idea!  I went to the dump and they just cleared out all of the old appliances.  I guess I will keep looking!

Beautiful weekend in Feb

Well, one thing about the weather in this nick of the woods, it is cold but it is dry.  Bundled up, you are quite comfortable outside.  Judy,Francine and I are enjoying a day in the sun at minus 3 celcius!   It was nice having Francine over for the weekend.