Progress

So to give you an idea of how much they do in a house in two days to get it nearer to completion. I thought I would give you a snapshot of the last two days in the process of building the house.
On Monday: They hung two mirrors
On Tuesday: They patched a hole in the wall the size of a toonie.

What is to come tomorrow? Hmmm...not to sure.

Back Again

So the house is not yet ready for habitation. I sat outside on the front step with Mackenzee today and it was nice, the neighbourhood is quiet, the view is somewhat nice except for the ugly blue house across the street and the ugly green house behind it....should I mention we have an eyesoar of a red house behind our house? Yes it is like being surrounded by a rainbow.

But it was nice just to sit outside on the front step and watch her run around on the sidewalk and just express her curiousity for everything. She was trying to pick the rocks up off the driveway...it was kind of cute because she would just look at me and ask me for help to pick up the green rock she was trying to get out. No such luck though, it was stuck (because of the finish on the driveway) and so she would just move on to the next rock.

So spending time in the peace and quiet of the new neighbourhood was quite nice. But unfortunately we still have not yet moved. We do however have a neighbor with a dog who barks and barks and barks...but not every neighbourhood can be perfect. So we will just wait and see when we can move.

This ol' house

So it looks like the house is almost ready for habitation. It has been a very long run if you ask me with a lot of obstacles in the way but it seems that the ol' house may finally almost be ready.

After having spent almost a month doing the flooring, I must say that it does look good inside. There is still minor work to be done inside the house before it is completely ready. And no that picture is not the house. Building a house in lethbridge you get the lots that are basically stacked one house next to another with little room between. There are houses to the left, to the right and all around the back of the house across the yard. It does not permit for very much privacy.

Though I did decide when I moved in, the first thing I was going to do was construct a fence on the one side (because there is no neighbor on the other side yet) and then plant really, really tall trees to shelter the yard so that my neighbors on every side cannot just sit and watch me in my backyard when they feel like it.

We'll see, there is still lot's of work to do around the house. We'll see if the move in date gets moved up yet again.

The Simpsons

So to add to the hysteria of the New Simpsons movie coming out soon, I figured I would share some factual information with you.

As it turns out through geneological searching, (according to my cousin, who said my uncle conducted this search). Matt Groening is my fifth cousin. How cool is that?

Being related to the creator of the simpsons is a really neat thing. Now mind you, every person who I ever told didn't believe me but now that it has been geneologically proven, it has to be truth right?

But I haven't caught myself up in the hype of the simpsons movie, sure they were ok to occasionally watch on t.v. but some of my friends are die hard simpsons fans and for them this movie is the most spectacular thing to happen all summer.

A few of them have resorted to getting their pictures outside of the "Quick-E-Marts" that have popped up all over the place. Drinking Squishee's and Buzz cola has become a popular past-time for a few as well....it's all the hype of the simpsons movie. It's a little over the top to promote a movie.

Life Soundtrack.

So I stole this from Courtney's facebook cause I thought it was neat and I have done the email version of Life Soundtrack before, but since I updated the ipod, I figured it was time to get a new lifesoundtrack.

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie

Opening Credits:Nails for breakfast, tacks for Snacks - Fall Out Boy
Waking Up: So Long, So Long - Dashboard Confessional
First day at High School: Ring Ring - Mika
Falling in Love: Lie to Me - Daniel Powter
Fight Song: Stuck in the Middle - Mika
Breaking Up Song: Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
Prom: Everything to lose - Cheyenne Kimball
Life: Oh Mother - Christina Aguilera
Mental Breakdown: More than a Memory - Hoobastank
Driving: Build God, Then We'll talk - Panic! At the Disco
Flashback: Riot - Three days Grace
Getting Back Together: Feel so Alive- Ashley Parker Angel
Wedding: Take me Away - Avril Lavigne
Birth of Child: Where would we be now? - Good Charlotte
Final Battle: Used To - Daughtry
Death Scene: The road I'm on - 3 doors down
Funeral Song: Speed of Sound- Coldplay
End Credits: Snow (hey oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers.

So time goes by

Well I have returned from my restful, uneventful week in Winnipeg. It was so nice to sleep till noon and then lay around the house for the rest of the day and do absolutely nothing. We did watch movies in the afternoon when we weren't out and about doing things. I was able to see a few family members of the extended family that is out there. And to see my cousin Bonnie's adorable little guy Tirian. He is so cute and he can out stare anyone...don't challenge him to a staring contest you will lose! (and he is only like six months old).

Friday was lot's of fun, we spent the afternoon scurrying around Winnipeg and then we went to see the new Transformers movie. It was really good actually, a future DVD purchase for me. Then we went back for Rob's birthday party that Adrienne had so carefully thrown together via facebook...heehee (love it!!) It was nice to see their friends that I hadn't seen since their wedding.

I did have a nice restful vacation in Winnipeg. Now it's back to work and life. I spent the majority of my day today cleaning tile and scrapping up grout. I finished the two bathrooms, the hall laundry closet and as well the kitchen. Tomorrow I will finish up with the front hall and then we are going to start putting tile on the two sets of stairs. We will see how that turns out. So far it looks pretty good. Then hopefully things will speed up with the house and it won't see like to far off into the distance that we can move in. We'll see!

Well till next time, I am tired, so I am off to watch a little bit of the learning channel.

Yes that is right, I am leaving on a jet plane.....remember the song? Everyone knows the song! I unfortunately don't have it on my ipod anymore...(took it off because I needed to add my new music and didn't have the room). So I had to make room...haha

Anyways I'll be in Manitoba until next week sunday when I fly back home again. So until then my blog may/or may not, be updated. But I hope to have a good week with some R&R and seeing family who I haven't seen in awhile and catching up with everyone. So it is off to the old country for me! Have a good week!