as we declutter the basement, we have found a few things to move into other areas of the house… and our goal is to set the items up as they get moved, lol…
most recently, a light fixture that originally came from my parents’ apartment made its way into the den…
it got screwed into the wall, a smart bulb was added to it and connected to Google Home…
working nicely and it will be great for guests when the couch transforms to a bed;-)…
Tuesday, our neighbour, who had moved away, came by to remove a couple of very large planters that were filled with great soil… they had been using them for their veggie gardens and decided to take the beds apart and shovel the soil into their trailer to reuse at the new house as they are renting this one out…
happily I was allowed three wheelbarrows full of the great soil…
then it had to be raked across the grass to help level it out…
looks bad now, but I am excited to see how it will look in a few weeks…
had breakfast out and then we went to Home Depot, found plants, pots, and rocks… then it was on to Rona to check for different pots, and back to Home Depot to pick up the first one, lol…
when we got home the plant light that had been ordered had arrived…
at last, everything was potted, put together, and set up;-)…
I think it was a good birthday for the twenty-three year old;-)…
on Thursday, amongst all the shopping, we ran over to IKEA to pick up a lamp…
while we were there we came across a runner that was purple and gray-blue, and just the length I was looking for… on sale, it jumped right off the shelf into my arms…
when I got home I realized that the two ends were a shade of yellow and wondered if it would spoil the look…
but that bit of yellow goes perfectly with the wood on the wall…
it took a while for it to flatten out, but I am very pleased with how it looks…
it was a beautiful evening, so we walked over to Sam’s on Sunday night… we’ve been wanting to go, but hadn’t made it until then…
the menu was basically schnitzel and burgers with a few appetizers, salads and desserts…
we had burgers and curly fries… I had a schnitzel burger…
the patty was twice the size of the pretzel bun, so I cut it in half and brought the leftovers home for lunch…
everything was tasty and Sam, the owner, was very cute and attentive… it was fun to see how the regulars waited to say goodbye to him before leaving;-)…
this picture came up on my Facebook memories recently…
I can still remember that day… we were in Courtenay and drove up Mount Washington… there was no one else around as it was summer… we sat at the bottom of the ski hill for a very long time as we were both afraid of heights…
but we decided to go for it…
we got on the chairlift but the person didn’t put the safety bar down… we realized this as we were moving upwards… I think that the bars along the back and beside me, that I was holding onto for dear life, probably had dents from the grip I had on them😳…
there are no pictures because of the death grip… we were both terrified…
when we arrived at the top the staff person didn’t seem that worried about it, but did say they would ensure that the bar was put in the correct position when we descended…
there was still snow on the ground and the views were beautiful, but I was still nervous about going back down…
of course, we had no choice about going down… after being safely secured correctly, we made the trip down and I even enjoyed some of the views, lol…
but, once we made it back to town, we stopped and sat in a coffee shop for quite a while to let our nerves settle;-)…
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