Sunday, September 14th: a big job finally done - with a lot of help from some great people!

Conditions at 7:30 pm: slightly overcast and 14'
Expected tomorrow: mostly sunny and a high of 18'

I'm a little early this time but we're just ever so happy with the progress that was made this weekend.
Lloyd got a call on Friday that the cement would be poured first thing Saturday morning - starting at 7:00.  He was able to get the night off work so he'd be here.  And bright and early it was. We were both up early as I had some things I wanted to get ready for the guys to eat later, and Lloyd had a couple of last minute things that still needed to be done in the garage.

 A little before 7:00 Bernie showed up and they were all ready to roll when the cement truck arrived pretty much on time. The fellow who was going to be smoothing out the concrete arrived as well and brought a helper with him. Shortly after the cement truck arrived, so did our friend Jackie and his wife Helena  as well as Bernie's friend Pious.  Needless to say we had great help. Brenda had arrived earlier prepared to do whatever she might be needed to do but there were lots of guys out there, so she and Helena helped in the kitchen.  And I must say I was ever so grateful for that help

We knew it wouldn't take very long and there would be a  pile of hungry men needing to be fed. We made sandwiches and set the table with a veggie tray, potato chips and cinnamon rolls. I was surprised at just how quickly the job took.  They were in the house eating a little after 9:30. Of course, Grant, the fellow who was responsible for making it nice and smooth had to spend the better part of the day here, working on it from time to time to ensure it dried evenly.

And what an amazing job he did. It looks wonderful.
While the guys were working on the final finish,  I left to help with a wedding at the Rec Centre.  When I got home, Lloyd and I went out to see what the end result was. It's wonderful! Nice and smooth and finally finished!  Still some trim work to be done in the garage but that will come. So a big thanks to everyone that helped - we really and truly appreciate it.

Grant  told us we could start moving stuff in on Sunday, just not drive any vehicles on it yet - yeah, like that's ever going to  happen!  

Summer 2012

It was raining when we got up Sunday morning and I think Lloyd needed a bit of a break away from the garage. It had been a pretty stressful week for him trying to get everything all sorted round. So instead of starting to move things back in, as planned, he went fishing with neighbour Frank instead. They headed out to Georgetown to catch Mackerel. I did some laundry in the morning then headed out to the craft room, where I happily spent pretty much the rest of the day, only realizing the time when it was after 6:00.  We put together a quick but tasty supper and then called it a day.

Summer 2014 - well done Lloyd!

He's anxious to get started on moving things in but he also wants to take a bit of time to plan out how he wants things organized. Like he said, now comes the fun part. Even though it's a lot of work it's also pretty exciting. I know how it felt the day I was able to start moving things into the upstairs!









As mentioned on Friday, the Van Gaals were guests at a dinner on Friday evening to celebrate Island Heritage Farms.  They have a lovely plaque to put up where they choose to commemorate the legacy that is their property - Windy Isle Farm! I'm always surprised by things on this island and one of those things was the number of farms that have had the same owners for over 150 years - I think Brenda said there were 91 farms designated. That's a lot of family and island history.