New House Pictures

Things are still moving along well and we are still planning on being in the new house Oct 31!

Which is a good thing, since I started to have regular contractions on the full moon! They were Braxton Hicks contractions (not the real thing) but they were regular for a bit and 5 minutes apart! Baby needs to go back to head down though! Flipping to breech at this point was quite the unwelcome surprise!

Here are some interior shots. The flooring is in and the kitchen should be by Monday!







The house is still going to be ready on time - WOW!
Stay tuned for more house updates!

WOW - Its coming up fast!!!

Things are coming along!

Sorry it has been a while! Growing a baby and building a house at the same time is pretty busy!
Bob and I are trying to keep life calm and uneventful (ha ha - you know what we mean though!)

You can't see a lot of what is going on inside the house, but changes are happening! This is a picture from a few weeks ago. The house now has mudded drywall, siding on the sides and back, stucco coming soon for the front, the first coat of paint is on inside and the flooring is in boxes inside. Flooring gets installed next, then the kitchen! The actual stairs are in and the banister posts are clamped into position. We have purchased all the light fixtures for upstairs, which they say they will need in about a week.
I can't wait to see what the floors look like!
Baby is also still growing, I am bigger than this now, and will post more shots soon.

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We're moving to North Bay

In November. In case you didn't know. In case we didn't have enough things on our plate.

The good news is that Critical Illness Insurance paid off our Temagami house. Soon it will be called 'the cottage'. That frees up a few hundred dollars a month to put toward our North Bay mortgage. Maybe even leverage some equity out of it for a down payment.

Here's some photos of what we're building, so far.

Hi Sarah!

We'll, you've drawn me back out of blog-hibernation. Here's a little update for you and for anyone else that is still out there listening.

Anna is doing well. She's 21 weeks pregnant now. Morning sickness is past and she's getting kicked and punched a lot. I've felt Fuzzy kick twice. Yes, we call our baby 'Fuzzy.'

I'm busy with work, and meetings, and an online course. In amongst all that I'm trying to get out for a canoe trip next week. This afternoon, after I get off the computer, I'll head up into the garden and plant some things. The Temagami grocery store was giving away unsold tomato and basil and other plants earlier today.

My sister Lisa was up for a visit. She just left. Was nice seeing her, but too short of a visit.

Of course, Anna and I are moving to North Bay in October. I suppose we haven't mentioned that here. Yes, we're building a house. What made us decide to do that? Price of gas, time commuting, lack of childcare in Temagami, more employment options for Anna.... We're keeping the house in Temagami (to be called 'the cottage'). The new place will be a bungalow, ~1300 sf, walking distance to groceries, work, downtown, park. I'm really looking forward to this, but leaving Temagami will be hard. We love the sense of community here.

I'll put up some photos of Anna (especially her belly!) and the house (aka the hole in the ground) real soon.

I still plan on writing a finale post that will wrap up a lot of my cancer experience (thus far). I'd like to re-read the blog to remind myself of what I went through. Only a few months ago, but chemotherapy seems like ages back.

Oh, and the North Bay Firefighters' Calendar was released yesterday. Again, if you want one and haven't let me know yet, leave a comment here or email me. We might be having a webpage set up where you can order online, but I'll let you know. See here for an article from baytoday.ca. (That's my back in the middle of the poster on the firetruck.)