Happy Birthday to Me

HK went up the tree to tie it off and cut off its head.

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me...I cut down a tree.
But don't feel bad for Mr Tree, he got too big too close to the house so he had to go before someone got hurt. 

HK put the pebble tiles in place. They will be grouted on the weekend. 

Laundry Room Tiling Starts

Henrik preps the floor drain before the tiling begins. 

The first tiles are lined up so they are square - though the room isn't quite square as usual :)

The tiles are sitting in their thin set now and will be grouted this week. 

Long Time No Blog

The cherry trim has been added to the bathroom window.

Bathroom cabinet doors are being built, these will get black plexiglass in the middle and an aluminum strip in the groove in the frame. 

Frodo is recovering from her poke at the clinic this morning.  Then she got another poke of cartrophen when she got home so it has been a rough day for the old lady.

The hearth is being prepped for the addition of the pebble stone tiles.

Wire mesh is attached to the subfloor for strength and then thinset mortar will be used to attach the stones to the floor.

Since the Oleson's cut down some trees to help improve our view, we took out a few more view blockers to improve it even further. These trees were in a clump that had actually been previously cut down by the former owners; the Arbutus trees had re-grown from their stumps. 

We will be having large bonfires as soon as things dry out enough.

Andrea has some splitting to do as a result of the tree falling :) it's always good to get more firewood into the shed for next year.