the Mailman Family blog: October 2006

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Two rainbows

What strange weather we had this weekend! Very high winds, sun, rain and hail. The only thing we didn't have is snow. Hopefully you can see the two rainbows over cottages 4 to 7.

The rest of the rainbow

The other part of the rainbow over cottages 1, 2, and 3.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

It's hard to believe but 3 years have zoomed by and our little NBG (non-bilogical grandchild) was 3 on Friday! He loves helium balloons and I think he's going to get a lot of enjoyment out of the work bench we gave him. He loves tools and helping Papa. When we left, he was busy helping Papa put the bench together. Luca was 6 months old on Saturday and is growing like a weed too!

Aaron's Tuesday visit

Tuesday was sunny and warm so we were able to play outside - favorite Teddy had to come out too! We have a family here now from Columbia and they have a 2 1/2 yr old boy - even though 'Juan Sebastian' speaks only Spanish - the kids still had fun playing together. The Mom is working at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Cornwallis for a month. We do get to meet a lot of interesting people here!

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Our new diningroom

The color we chose for our kitchen/diningroom is call 'Thyme Garden' and it's Debbie Travis color - i am a huge fan of Debbie Travis. The diningroom had wood wainscotting up half way and it made the room seem small - its not a huge room to begin with. We (as in Brenton and Gary) tore the wainscotting down and then Gary had a lot of repairs to do as the gyproc had never been finished. He did a great job and then I painted it. We painted the trim white and we are going to put up crown molding . I absolutely love the color and Gary likes it too, though he says "I liked it before too!" He's such a good sport - I think it up and he helps me make it happen! Now I need some new fabric for curtains - I think I'm going to make a roman shade - a trip to Halifax to find fabric!