Immigration Journal

The story of two people who emigrated from the UK to Ontario, Canada July 2006.

Plaster, paint and poo!

This week we have been trying to get as much of the basement done as possible so that it will be ready when our visitors come.

You will see from the photos I have posted in my album that things are progressing quite nicely. All the drywall has been done and primed. I have painted the sunroom in a nice sunny lemon, which looks really nice. We are going to put wood on the ceiling so that should really make he sunroom look nice.

Today I also bought some furniture to go in the sunroom, which can also be taken outside to the patio, so that room is near completion.

The fourth bedroom that we will be using as an office is also near completion. The walls have been painted; just the finishing touches to do and that room will be done.

The stairs were a nightmare to complete as the person who fitted the original stairs had offset them from the wall and they weren’t straight. We have had to completely redo the stairs and it has taken ages to get them to look decent. We are just about there now, so that is a relief.

The large room that you enter at the bottom of the stairs of which part will be a library (well a large bookcase anyway) just needs painting and finishing.

The huge family room will have to wait until after Christmas as we will not have time to complete before.

We had the carpet people out yesterday to quote for the stairs and the main room at the bottom and it will be fitted next week.

At the weekend we visited a fellow ex-pat who happens to live nearby. I won’t mention any names but we had a nice visit with him, his wife and two lovely children. The eldest little girl was a delight and wanted to show us the whole house, all her toys and read all her books to us. However, she soon got bored with us and went off to play on her computer. Thanks xxxx for your hospitality.

We had our septic tank pumped today – bet you wanted to know that! We had no idea when it was last done and were advised that it should be emptied about every 4-5 years. As the house was 4 years old, we figured if it hadn’t been done before it probably needed doing now. Better to be safe than sorry. It turned out it was pretty full, so a good job we called them out. It was rather stinky whilst they did it though!!!

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