J: it’s been a while since we added some reasons for looking forward to moving into our house…
Reason #83 – being able to tell Johnnie to go play on the trampoline when he gets too much (we bought the kids a trampoline for their anniversary present in May, but we don’t have anywhere to set [...]
November 6, 2009
you wait a week, and eight come along at once
November 6, 2009
another brick in the wall (part two)
Hey teacher…
Some more photos – R got a chance to go inside again today (we don’t have a key right now) and got a few shots – PLUS our house now has a number!
October 28, 2009
cooking with gas
J:
Reason #85 – only 5 minutes to the KH (and only 3 sets of traffic lights) instead of 20 minutes and 15,000 lights.
Reason #84 – we will have two cookers, but only one of them will be in the kitchen
To elaborate, we had to buy our cooker in advance because the kitchen designer needed the [...]
October 25, 2009
some reasons from rosie
Reason # 88 – Having a REAL breakfast bar!
Reason # 87 – Having a HUGE closet
Reason # 86 – NO MORE SHARING ROOMS! Done with that for the rest of my (single) life.
October 23, 2009
90 days limited guarantee
Reason #90 – being SO much closer to Twice the Deal Pizza (and the Lancer)
Reason #89 – having our own phone number
October 21, 2009
less cash on gas
Reason # 92 Being local to everything I do. All my activities (apart from the school) are located in the south of St Catharines, and right now we live at the northernmost point in the city. (about a 3 minute walk from Lake Ontario). So I spend a good amount of my time travelling – to the Kingdom Hall, to the ministry, [...]
October 19, 2009
family photos
J: So R promised that I would upload some photos of her parents’ visit on the weekend. Well somewhere somebody is enjoying a long weekend, so I’m only technically late. Enjoy…
October 19, 2009
space – the final frontier
# 98 Everybody has enough space to hang all their clothes
# 97 A whole room for bags, coats and shoes Woo hoo!
# 96 Space in my kitchen to store food for a week
# 95 Being able to buy a book and not have to get rid of one to make space on the bookshelf
#94 The [...]
October 16, 2009
friday again
R: The end of another week. Four children in bed and asleep by 8pm on a Friday night. The definition of good parenting. Please allow the smugness. It will have evaporated by tomorrow morning by which time there will be four children running around the house causing kaos and at least one of them shouting [...]
