Cork Flooring

Our dear carpenter, Brian, installed the beautiful cork floor in the basement shortly before Christmas. They look great!

On January 2, myself, Mike, Brian, Nicole, the 2 dogs, and the cat all went to Mayne for the weekend. The girls laid around while the boys installed baseboard heaters. Mike almost got his eyebrows singed off in the process.

We took Arly and Mavi to the Lighthouse for a run around with the ball. At one point, Arly let the ball run down the cliff and there had to be a rescue mission involving me holding on the leash, and Brian, while holding on to the other end, slide down the rocks to retreive it.

At the end of the weekend, we left Brian there to continue his work installing trim and the cubbies in the basement bathroom and laundry room. We are so lucky to have such a talented guy working for us!

The dogs put up a bit of a fight when it was time to leave. Arly & Mavi - you're invited back anytime!

Grey Gardens Weekend

Weezie and I delivered approximately 900 lbs of wood flooring and 900 lbs of limestone tiles. Maria and her brother-in-law, Brian 'hand-bombed' all of the 7' boxes of wood, while I cut the ends open for the wood to begin acclimatizing to Mayne Island.

Then, Weezie and I painted the ceilings (again), the living room, entrance, guest bedroom AND unloaded the limestone.

At night, a bath in the new tub with the funky garden hose faucet and in the mornings, porridge and toast in bed substituted for the spa treatments we needed.

It's like we're moving again. Everything is in chaos, preparing for Brian to install the wood flooring this week. He's already installed the cork in the basement, as well as installing some doors and window trim. This place is going to look great. THANK-YOU Maria! Thank-you Brian!

The most fun part of the weekend was watching the documentary, Grey Gardens on Friday, and on Saturday night, Grey Gardens (the HBO movie) with Jessica Lang and Drew Barrymore. Weezie took charge of it all: construction progress, painting tasks and entertainment.

Now how will we keep ahead of Big Eadie and Little Eadie Bouvier? We easily polished off a carton of Ben & Jerry's "If I had a Million Flavors" ice cream on Saturday night and Maria discussed the possibility of breeding cats - Rice and Patches don't seem enough after watching these movies.

Maria left on the Sunday 8 pm ferry that brought Randy here. Caroline and John planned to visit but it didn't work out this weekend. The power went off during the early hours of Monday and didn't return till Tuesday evening. By the time we left at 5 pm on Monday, the place was getting chilly.