Trip to MBG

 We don't get to go to the Botanical Gardens as much as we used to, but it was a beautiful day to go.  Perfect day for me as the hellebores were starting to flower in the stumpery!!!!

There were a few snowdrops, they are always early.  

Lots of witch-hazel and crocus

Construction project #????? Day 5

The upstairs bathroom was attacked on Friday.  Sam said the sound was horrendous!!!!  

Surprisingly, the cats are still coming out when the construction workers leave.

 

Construction project #????? Day 3

No walls left at all, just the framing.  I thought the bathroom might have looked bigger in this state, but it 's still small!!!

Kitchen looks pretty much the same, but they have taken down the ceiling where the water damage was

This was interesting:  They had attached additional wood to the joists under the bath drain

Then, they hung this pan between the new wood to catch the leak.  Apparently, it wasn't 100% successful.  You've got to wonder why they just didn't fix the leak since they had to remove part of the ceiling......

Construction project #????? Day 2

 So much for our back sitting room, now filled with tools

and a dishwasher, and a stove.......

The kitchen did not last long, the cabinets are already gone

We are hoping they can get rid of this whole soffit and open up the area here.  The sink and dishwasher are being relocated to here

Nice patch of black mold behind the kitchen wall cabinets that were underneath the bathroom

After removal of the drywall

At last we can see the whole window

Construction project #????? Day 1

Day 1 was pretty quiet. A lot of taping off areas, bringing in tools and getting set up.  The refrigerator was moved onto the patio, we will be getting a new one that is counter depth

No point trying to cook in here on my last day of the old kitchen

Can this cat get any sadder???!!!!  I wonder how long it will take her to get over the trauma and find the new location for her treat bowl???!!!!!

Getting ready for more upheaval

We are finally getting our kitchen and bathrooms done.  They are definitely in need of replacing and I cannot wait until they are done.  They are starting on March 1, so I have been clearing out kitchen cabinets and getting rid of a bunch of stuff.  I feel like I am constantly decluttering and still have way too much "stuff" that I just don't use.  So far, this is the pile that will be going to Goodwill very soon.....

Trying to sort out the shelves in the back so that I can fit all our food in there

Our laundry area will soon be a kitchen area

Totes full of kitchen things that we still need

Honestly, I'm just stuffing things wherever I can!!!!!

Winter finally arrives

We have been so lucky with the weather, then Winter arrived and we had a week of VERY COLD temperatures and snow.  It seemed to go on for ever, but really didn't last that long.

Our #1 job at the moment is trying to help the birds through the cold weather, hope we haven't lost too many of them.  It's quite the time commitment and not exactly cheap!!!!

Icicles from our water heater exhaust

Our neighbours moved during the Winter storm, glad that was not us