Finally, a vacation fit for a Newfie

We’ve finally made it, the guest house project back at the farm has come a long way and the build out is nearly finished – time for a vacation. We’ve arrived safely on the island of Texel in the North Sea yesterday afternoon without much of a hassle....

Anyone need a new buffet??

We are putting up this piece of furniture on freecycle for anyone who wants it. I know most people who read this blog aren’t anywhere close enough to come get this piece of furniture but perhaps someone might be. At any rate, we wanted to give people from...

Plenty of work going on here today

The electrician came out yesterday and before he arrived in the morning, Stefan wasn’t really sure we had anything for him to do. But once the guy got here and we started talking to him, it became clear that we had more than enough work for him for the next...

What went on last Saturday

After we got as far along as we could on Friday, Covey came out on Saturday to make some further progress on the drywall. There was plenty to be done so he arrived at 8:30am and brought his son along to help out a bit. His son is 12 and apparently wants to follow in...

What happened last Friday

As we mentioned in our post yesterday, a lot has transpired lately and we just haven’t taken the time to sit down and take it all in. But we did take photos and there isn’t really much I can do around here with so many workers running all over the place SO...