In over my head?

I decided since I seemed to be on a roll with the main bathroom that I would start the demolition on the ensuite bathroom.  My mom had made the good suggestion that I should start now just in case anything needed to dry out.  I started with the hard part- the shower.

Looks innocent enough, right?

 I'm pretty sure that no amount of 'drying out' is going to help this shower!

Thankfully most of the studs appear to be sound but its shaping up to be a heck of a job...

I think there's a possibility that I'm in over my head with this one.                                                                      

Taking Matters into my Own Hands

I've been absent, yes I know.  A lot has been happening around here for the last couple of months.  Plenty of waiting and stress and renovating and wondering and more waiting.  What have I been waiting for you may wonder?  Well as you know my husband K works in China.  The company he works for has decided they need him in China full time so what does that mean to us?  It means we are moving to China!  We have known this for almost three months but the answer to "when are we moving to China?" has gone unanswered all this time.  First it was "before Christmas" and then it turned into "after Christmas."  So...I took matters into my own hands.  I put the house up for rent, I put the animals up for sale and I kicked my butt into high gear to get the renovations I have been struggling with for months, done!  The house is rented for December 1st so that gives me less than six weeks to finish everything and get us out of here.  Where are we going?  We are getting in the truck and driving out to BC to spend our first Christmas in five years with our families!  Merry Christmas to us! 

I 'heart' presents!

Way, way back while I was on Quadra Island for our visit this summer, my dear friend L gave me a belated birthday present while we were out for dinner.  She is super talented this friend L!  She made me an adorable pair of moccasins which I love love love!  Anyway she and another friend just opened up their own store on beautiful Quadra Island so after you drool over the pictures of my lovely moccasins, you can check them out at Polluted Pixie on Facebook!                       

 So go check them out here and see all the other great things their store has to offer!                                                                            

The downsize has begun...

This post is a little belated.  It probably should have come before my last post but oh well.  Life is chaotic right now, I'm lucky to get on here at all! 

After thinking long and hard, we have decided to sell off some of our cows.  So two weeks ago we spent a couple of hours loading two very unhappy mama cows and their calves plus Beauty into a trailer and said farewell to Cinnamon...                                                              

T-Bone

Licorice and Anise

And Beauty

They are off to another farm to hang out with a herd of Highland cattle. 

Sir Loin is up for sale as well and the people that bought these cows very nearly took him as well because he's so handsome.  As time wears on and those answers that we're waiting for(that I mentioned in my last post) get answered we might be saying good bye to the rest of the herd.  I'll keep you posted on that!

Waiting...

Big changes are in the works for our family over the next couple of months which we are all super excited yet apprehensive about but still waiting for final details.  Waiting...I don't like waiting.  I like knowing.  This is how I'm feeling right now...

"...You can get so confused
that you'll start into race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
                                                      The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting..."

Excerpt from Dr.Suess' "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"

A wander in the woods

We've been getting out for some lovely late afternoon walks in the trails down below our house.  The Fall colors are gorgeous!                                  

Squirrel Nutkin                      

Can you spot the Beaver?

Zama and Dexter

K and the kids

We collected a bag full of brightly colored leaves for a Fall project that I hope to blog about soon!