Wow!
That was a lot of work! We didn't get nearly as much as we wanted to get done on the house in the time my parents were here: Reason - They brought their crummy B.C. weather with them. That's right, as soon as they jumped into their truck and pulled away from their driveway the clouds started to form over their little truck. As they progressed through the mountains they were greeted with snow; the prairies brought rain and wind. Finally they arrive at 11pm and the rain settle in above my house. Funny thing is, they day they left they took it with them! I'm sitting here now writing this from my lovely little spot in the sunshine on my back deck! HA!
We did get some paving stones down outside. Got most of the black trim painted. Dad fixed our gate that couldn't be opened (yes, it was essentially just a fence until he fixed his design flaw). We drank a lot, ate a bit too much, and definitely had a good time. We got gravel down the side of my house where the backfill had created cavernous washouts! We got concrete down the side of the house (the plas
tic bags around my dad's feet were an attempt to protect them from the concrete since he was standing in it). It was fun to watch dad try to finish the concrete. The stretch was so long and narrow with fence/house on either side he had no choice but to build planks and crawl across on hand and knee. At one point he swore loudly, we looked, sure enough his face was inches from the wet cement and his hand print was clearly visible smushed into it. He managed to smooth that one out and we were able to keep the cat off it as well (unlike when we did the garage). Gramma and Grampa came up from the cost for the Open House as well. They helped a lot with the cleaning. Gramma and I planted our garden out front! Yay for a rock garden - people out here spend all their time and
effort to pick rocks out of their fields and to get rid of them... I paid to have a tuck load brought into my yard!
The Open House itself was a blast! Loads of people came (although, nobody was brave enough to be the first one here; everyone came about two hours
in). We met all of our neighbours and they all got great ideas for their own houses. I even heard some people talking about bull dozing their old houses and building new- guess it's contagious.
