the world from my point of view
Farm A couple of WorkAways have arrived…. a girl from Ottawa and a guy from Australia. I took them out to the Farm so they can do a general clean-up. Deerhorn Kevin has started to install z-bar (sound bar) and I have started installing doors (the side door done and the front door started). I…
Tripped into Vancouver to get a yearly service done on the Jag. This meant that I had to hit the road at 5am – ugh. Turns out that 2 ‘recalls’ were addressed and they hit the stuff that I had concerns with; some unusual behaviour with the accelerator and the cooling fan. The car drives…
Velcro (with adhesive back) came in today. I started installing the ribbon/banner and it looks awesome. I have a couple of concerns. not sure if adhesive will hold – may have to stitch velcro on the ribbon is too short – having a second one done and it will be longer
Girls Managed to round up M&M and the three of us headed into Sechelt to get our passport photos – finally. M&M will be getting their 1st Canadian adult passports (and the last I apply for). We were not supposed to smile – something Molly and I took seriously. Maggie got a bit of a…
Deerhorn Kevin has been plugging away at the insulation and vapour barrier – basically 1 room / day. The doors (but not closet doors) arrived and I got around to getting one exterior door installed. Girls Molly worked most of the day. Maggie worked in the morning. Right after work – she picked up a…
Lab Work The ‘good doctor’ is having me tested for a wide variety of things (like cholesterol, uric acid, etc). I got most of the lab work submitted today – including more than a few tubes of blood. Girls M & M off to school as normal. Molly jumped in with Maggie so she did…
I spent the day on Merva. This was, for the most part, on the dock at the Farm. I did a little cruise about on the way there and again on the way back. On the way there I towed a large sail boat to my mooring buoy so they could sort out their engine…
Kevin has been busy; applying fire stop caulk, installing insulation and getting vapour barrier up. Feeling quite snug and loads of sound dampening already. Sound bar (Z bar) will be used to dampen the sound even more.
Merva Put some new paint on the bottom of Erin (Merva’s tender). I also put some new varnish on the transom. Started preparing the mast for new varnish but soon decided to remove the mast for this. I was surprised to find that it is cedar. It came off quickly and I soon had 2…
Deerhorn Multiple deliveries over the last few days. The place is full of material for insulating and then drywall. I need to call a painter and get something scheduled. Girls Maggie graduated from high school!