Thanksgiving Monday, what a beautiful day and weekend it has been! Last week was also great on all fronts, with lots to do, which is why this post is a potpourri of various items. I want to start by saying that, when I retired, I truly thought I would find the time to write at least two posts per week. Although this sounds totally cliche, I do not know where the past two weeks went. I am busy in a good way, finding time to do things around the house, time for myself and most importantly time for Russell and I. Being retired is everything I had hoped for, and more.
Last week, we landed on the supplier for our log home flooring. The floor will be done by Nostalgic Wood, located in Mount Forest. Our floors will be made with engineered, reclaimed 150 year old hemlock barn wood. They will be beautiful. We also visited an appliance store in Collingwood and started getting a good idea of what we need to get. Specifically, we want an AGA stove, which is why we chose the Collingwood store, close to Huntsville for delivery, and it carries that brand of stove. AGA stoves are beautiful and the style will fit nicely with our log home.
We also bought two new leather couches at Rawhide International in Markham. The colour, Monte Cristo Wine, will be a nice complement to our wood floors.
Finally, we visited HD Threshing Floor Furniture in Cambridge which makes heavy duty harvest tables and accent pieces made of reclaimed wood (hemlock or pine) from barn threshing floors. This is where my retirement gift from Russell will come from: harvest table, side board and chairs. Beautiful furniture for our new home.
Last week, I also learned how to "cut and paste", I returned my company car and got a new pair of glasses. So it's been busy!
On the log home front, it has also been busy. The blasting of our lot is now complete, with the removal of the huge bolders to take place this week. Those bolders will be set alongside our cliff. Beautiful granite bolders. We went to Huntsville yesterday to take a look and we could not believe the amount of granite that was blasted. The expression "you need to break an egg to make an omelet" is an understatement when it comes to the mess that is being done to our lot before the foundation goes in. The building of our home is also progressing very nicely. I will post a video later this week but needless to say that we are impressed by the progress. Matt and his crew have been going at it at a nice pace and the weather so far has cooperated.
While visiting all those places, we also enjoyed the beautiful Fall colours. The leaves seem so much nicer this year, very bright in colours.
So, today is the end of a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend. This week, we will start a Fall cleaning in our house, getting it ready for selling next Spring and for the arrival of our puppy in November. Tomorrow, we are also starting a liver cleanse for a few weeks. Fall cleaning all around! It's all good!
On that note, enjoy the week and look for a video to be posted by end of week latest.
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