Monday, January 19, 2009

Canal tour, flooring, horseshoes and fire extinguisher

Ken and Johanne's










 

New Laundry, new floor
Richard is busy building a new laundry room.




I've been busy helping Gerry put a new floor in Ramblynn - layer after layer of epoxy on the teak and holly that Brent has cut to size.











Playing Horseshoes

Susan hosted a dinner party, she lives in a condo on the beach and some of us thought horseshoes would be a good idea.
I have a new camera that took this awesome picture - the horseshoe is flying right at the camera (Gerry and Pony-tail Richard - who claims he's never played). My old one would never have caught the horseshoe in mid flight.













Trying to keep Ramblynn clean


Sally and Abby are arriving tomorrow and they'll be staying on Ramblynn, the boat with the new floor, the one I epoxied a million times and the one that Brent expertly fitted but neglected to tell anyone that he would be using a power sander so no one took the time to cover anything up. You can imagine the mess that needed to be cleaned up a few days ago. Today I was doing a final clean up and was just doing the finishing touches when Gerry came in to put the fire extinguisher back in place. Can you guess what happened? Yep, it went off, accidentally.

Clean Ramblynn, waiting for Sally and Abby who missed their flight!







Friday, January 9, 2009

Back in the Sun

After driving through a lovely snow storm and waiting 2 hours for de-icing I finally left the frigid north for the sunny south. The wings went from pinky-brown to green at an approx. cost of $2000.






Photos: Toronto, De-icing, Fort Lauderdale, Bahamas. What a difference a few hours in the air does for the climate.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Christmas in Ontario


I didn't want to let on that I was back in Ontario for xmas - wanted to totally surprise my sister by just showing up on xmas eve - and surprise her I did. Sister-in-law Leslie had a hunch I was there - no surprising her LOL. Had a great time with my sister and brother and their families. It's been fun running around visiting old (and young) friends - some I haven't seen since the 70s! Getting back into belly dancing if only for a short time has been wonderful.

However, I am not having a great time coping with the snow and the cold cold temperatures. Will be very happy to get on the plane for the sunny south once again. 5 days and counting.