So NB went to Vancouver and came back. We're both overworked and dead tired now. We have too many things to do before the vacation, and we haven't had a good night's sleep in what feels like years.
Now that there's been some rain, we've confirmed that there is a leak in the new sunroom. We've called the sunroom people and they said they'd send someone out to look at it sometime. I hope it's soon, because we're about halfway done the sunroom floor now, and would just like to finish the job and forget about it. But since water and wood don't mix, we have to wait until the leak is fixed.
Apart from the never-ending sunroom troubles, we also have other problems. It looks like our roof is deteriorating more than NB expected, so we have to start calling roofing people this week so that we can get it fixed as fast as possible. The garage is probably going to need replacing very soon because the roof is visibly sagging and the door will no longer close all the way. We're looking at a lot of repairs and renos in the next little while, which is a giant pain in the butt and expensive to boot. We're not happy. Oh, and the car has started making funny noises so we need to take it in (for the third time) before we go to BC.
We did get to lay a little more hardwood this weekend. Since some of the tools our friend lent us aren't actually his (and need to go back soon), we had to go and buy a compressor and brad nailgun. While we were out, we also got a bike rack. We tried out the new compressor on Sunday, and it seems to work nicely.
In addition to everything else, I've also had a setback with my tomatoes -- almost all of the ripening romas and the one ripening Jet Star have succumbed to blossom-end rot, while the tumbler tomatoes have funny blemishes on them (they look bug-related to me). It's very disappointing. At least the cucumber is still producing enormous fruit (bigger than the two of us can easily eat) and it looks like the banana pepper plant will give us a bumper crop of peppers.
So, that's the news from Edmontonia. I'm depressed just having to write it all out. :P But we have the Heritage Festival to look forward to, and we'll be celebrating our Yam-a-versary with a nice dinner out tonight. We're thinking of maybe buying a couple of yams at the supermarket, putting little hats on them, and taking them out to dinner with us. It seems appropriate for some reason.
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Hmmm - sounds like you are in need of some Island Farms Extreme Moose Tracks ice cream - chocolate ice cream with fudge filled chocolate cups and chocolate fudge pieces.
Yes, all those capital assets that are so much fun to buy require regular ongoing maintenance that is no longer fun. Hence, politicians like to announce a fancy new bridge, but after it is built they let it deteriorate and fall down. I suppose then they can stand up like heroes and announce another new one to replace it.
Dang Dad - another lecture.
Oh well, your leak is probably fixed by now and the garage will certainly stand for a while before it falls down.
Speaking of stinky capital assets, our computer somehow damaged the MBR. And the computer didn't come with Windows CDs - just that dumb image on the hard drive that you cannot access when the computer refuses to boot. Lots of fun.
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