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June 29, 2003

Renos continued some more

Our renos continue!

The front and back tiles have been installed. Not a great photo but I wanted to put some pics up before I go to work.

Yesterday we received the hard wood that will go into the two smaller rooms and the hall way.

We bought a rug for the living room as well as matching runners for the hallway.

Even my plants seem to be doing well.

Posted by songdawg at 7:58 AM | My Life

June 29, 2003

I am back. It was a great retreat, I learned a lot about relaxing, calming my mind and about the Dhamma (teachings of the Buddha).

Vennerable Punnaji

Participants from the Light of the Dhamma

Our sandals all lined up outside of the meditation room.

The retreat was located in a Catholic retreat centre, lots of catholic statues, crosses and paintings.

I have to go in to work to put an application into production. Back to regular life.

Posted by songdawg at 7:50 AM | Buddhism

June 21, 2003

June 21

Happy Solstice!

We are going to the BlueGrass Solstice jam later today. Should be a great time. I think Marshall's bringing Rosalita. I will most likely finish working at 1:00 so we'll head off after that.

Tomorrow I am off to a week long meditation retreat led by Venerable Madawela Punnaji Thero.

Posted by songdawg at 7:27 AM | Buddhism | NBCMS Jamming

June 19, 2003

Entrepreneurs?
No one had stopped to get their cars washed when I passed by. It was a shocking site to see on Whyte Ave during rush hour traffic.

I still don't know what to say.

Posted by songdawg at 7:34 PM | Funny and/or Cool

June 17, 2003

Marshall's cd artwork is done! Next step is sending it to get manufactored.

We went to Thorton Court patio to celebrate - it has the best view of the river valley.

Posted by songdawg at 9:15 PM | My Sweetheart

June 16, 2003

Good news - the carpet was ripped out and the hardwood underneath looks great. Tomorrow it'll be finished! Here are some (crooked sorry!) pics of the living room and bedroom.

Before (pics from when we first moved in 3 years ago):

Now:

And bedroom:

We heard a couple of reno horror stories - we have been soooo lucky.

Posted by songdawg at 9:43 PM | My Life

June 16, 2003

The C Word: and how I learned to love it (website)
How a woman who used to grit her teeth at the C word learned to love it through a book, an inspirational author, and a bonding experience.

Posted by songdawg at 7:33 AM | My Life

June 15, 2003

July 15, 2003

We are in reno mode - everything is falling into place and going smoothly.

We've spent most of the weekend getting ready for Monday when the bedroom, livingroom and dining room get the carpet removed and the beautiful (hopefully) hard wood underneath gets refinished.

We also picked our tiles for the front and back entry way:

and the lino for the kitchen and stairs:

The bathrooms were finished this morning and the smell of glue etc. has almost faded away. Hoorah!

Our Fat Albert spruce was also planted in our front yard - it looks so small. I like the blueish tint to it. And because it is still young the needles are nice and soft.

Hopefully by mid July we will have everything finished and can kick back and enjoy the summer. That's the plan anyways.

Posted by songdawg at 4:21 PM | My Life

June 13, 2003

Rosalita

After 30 years of dreaming, 3 months of intensive research and 4 months of waiting for it to be built, Marshall got a National guitar. We're calling it Rosalita - it has a pretty wild rose engraving.

Here are some sound bytes:

Posted by songdawg at 7:21 AM | Comments (1) | My Sweetheart

June 12, 2003

.NET Rocks

I listen to a internet radio show on Microsoft .NET called .NET Rocks. I sent them kudos on their show last week. This week they read my email on the show - cool eh? They said it made their day, hearing them read it on the show made mine.

It's the show for the Week of June 9, 2003 - Chris Sells (Again!). They read out the email at 22:15. What a hoot!

Posted by songdawg at 7:14 AM | Technology

June 10, 2003

It's about time.

I am busy this evening trying to download the video Marshall took this weekend and burn it to cd. Also starting to pack so that we'll be ready for the floor renovations. I am tired and low spirits - I think it's the weather. It's so cloudy and dreary.

Posted by songdawg at 6:34 PM | My Life

June 9, 2003

June 8th

We went and played at Katie's Krossing yesterday. It's a cool place close to Ardrossan that is in a train. In each car there is something different: a kitchen, dining room, antiques store, rest rooms, a stage which faces a sheltered area outside. There was a BBQ area where everyone had bison burgers and ice cream. It went well, and Marshall video taped his first Grassumentary - I think he's a natural (maybe a new career direction?).

Here are some pics that I took.