more snow!

another day ... another white day i should say.

snow fell for several hours today as we made our way into town ... most of the roads have been plowed and mounds of snow still exist on every street corner.

my paper route went smoothly this morning ... on the cooler side ( 26 degrees ) ... and it went well .. no falls!

the boys enjoyed watching the snow flurries from the front window ... and the gusty winds blowing the powdery stuff off the neighbours rooftop added to the mystery of it all.

i am sad to say i am not able to publish pictures from my digital camera as we are here in BC with only our laptop and my desktop houses all of my digital downloading software ... so pics that are posted are from our archive or from someone else's camera.

BUMMER ... got some great shots of Ms Page in her new cape today out in the snow )=

will add it when i can (=

dressed in white

well they say it doesn't snow on Vancouver Island ... yet 10 inches of the white stuff on my porch railing begs to differ.

it has been below freezing for 2 days now in Victoria and we are a scene of white.

no school, no garbage man, not alot of anything but shoveling happening here.

our new home

we arrived on Halloween .... and in a few short weeks we have: pulled up old carpet, stripped walls and walls of wall paper, ordered (and received) a new couch, chair, ottoman, TV and bed.

and the projects have only just begun ...

the cats are adjusting ... and as long as i am within 6 feet from Smudge he is in good spirits!

i took on a local paper route, twice a week, just 66 houses in all. so i get out a bit, meet the neighbours and climb a few dozen of stairs (=

page has taken up knitting and now has plenty to do inside on the stormy winter days.

she has also been on several outings ... researching a new health club as well as the best grocery stores in town.

December will bring our first house guests .... Christy and ken, from Ellensburg, will be visiting the 10-12th and page's dad, from Boston, will be in town for a week through winter solstice.

after that we roll up our sleeves and are "full steam ahead" .... our intention is for the remodeling projects to go smoothly and for them to be complete within our one year anniversary here.

as of now, our plan is to: gut the basement, tear up the remainder of the floors to install radiant floor heating throughout the house, add a few photovoltaic panels (if we find them feasible) (=, tear down the existing back decks and rebuild, add on a laundry room and office downstairs and unless i can figure out another way for an excavator to get out back, we will probably move the entire workshop and of course we will need to add a hot tub to the backyard.... and then there is the rest of the inside of the house (=

thanks to the neighbours for all their support ... Jan loans us just about anything ..... and Hilary welcomed us with some grub baked goods!! YUM!

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