Busy week this week! We finally had our hardwood floors refinished. They turned out beautifully, and are well worth the investment.

That's all our furniture on the other side of the sliding doors.

Interesting how this project brought us together as a family. We had to move all of the furniture to other places in the house (thanks Scott and Kev for the muscle), relocate to a hotel for one night where we swam, hot tubbed and did 4 loads of laundry, spent one night at the Riley’s and had wonderful gourmet food and fabulous hospitality. We treated it like a slumber party, complete with giggling late at night when we should have been sleeping.  Even Macie was relocated there for a few days while the floors dried. The poor cats got the bad end of the stick with a few days outdoors (wah) but food was made available.

With no routine and no home base, we were pretty lost. When the decision had to be made on whether to stay away another night, we all unanimously decided that we wanted our home back, fumes or no fumes! We were homeless, albiet well taken care of, but those few days had us banding together. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.

Sans ruby slippers

Having some time coming to me and a good forcast for the week, I called Lori, who I knew to be on holidays. Help, says I. Please get me outta here! And we were off… with a last minute vacation granting (thanks boss!) and a deadline extension (thanks Editor of Haldimand Farmer’s Monthly) Donna, Lori and I hit Byng park for a little R and R…..

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Florida 2009 – Cape Canaveral

Kevin and I took the kidlets to FLA a little late in their lives.  Disney was a bust but we had a blast at Cape Canaveral and Universal Studios Theme Park.  It was c-c-c-cold down there (average 50 degrees F / 10 degrees C) that January, but warmer than Ontario!

We love having 4 teens!  It’s not very often we can get them all together.