House Update....No 3...And New Neighbours.....

Well,

It is about that time again to update you all with the next instalment (yawn!) of our house build with more pictures....the second level of our new home is now being installed so check out.....well...see for yourself below:









We have met in the last couple of months most of our new neighbours...Heather and Malvin, Kevin and Margaret, Diane and Tom, Darren and Collen, Harry and Jen...wow, can't believe we can remember all these names!!!


Anyway, our immediate neighbours are Jen and Jeff, a couple in our age group with two kids...they are a really nice family....picture below of Elaine and Jen outside Jen and Jeff's home...



Stay tuned for more updates (please no more house build pictures, we hear you cry!!)

Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball And Other Things....

People,

Hope you are all ok and keeping out of trouble. Brian went to his first baseball game yesterday (Saturday 20th September 2008) at the Toronto Blue Jays Stadium, the Rogers Centre, AKA the Skydome. It was a really good day out and the crowd was fantastic.
Sporting events here in Canada are a family affair and everyone in the family goes to watch them, babies included!

Brian went with his close friend Bob, and they made a day out of it. First, they went to some of the shops in the Eaton Centre. The Eaton Centre is an underground shopping centre, so that even if it snows 'up top', you won't get cold!

From there, they walked around the streets of Toronto, taking in the sights like Younge St, the longest street in the world.

Then, it was on to the Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays were playing the Boston Red Sox.

Pictures are below:

Brian waiting for the game to begin!

Bob is also waiting....

Let the game commence!!

They show you on an electronic board the scores and and that sort of stuff....check out the speed of a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox displayed on the board below:

The Blue Jays won 6-3, and the crowd went mad!!! Boston Red Sox is a very good team, so well done to the Jays!!

Off on a quick tour of Toronto and surrounding streets via an old London bus. And lastly, via boat Bob and Brian went around Toronto Island, which is off of Toronto Harbour...check out this picture below of the CN Tower and Rogers Centre from the boat.....lovely!!!

A great day out! Thank you Bob!!!

House Update...No 2

All,

The house build is going along nicely....the framing for the house is starting to go up...so below are some more pictures:

Stay tuned for more updates......

An Example Of Good Customer Service

Hi all!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the good weather (well, it's good here in K/W, Ontario!).

Our buyer agent (estate agent for those in the UK) had sent out invitations to all her clients for a spa day....on her!!! Yes, you read that right!!!

We visited a resort called Le Scandinave in the Blue Mountain area of Collingwood, Ontario to have a relaxing time. Transportation was also provided for us as well to and from the spa resort as well as breakfast and lunch...we did not pay for a single thing!!!! Collingwood by the way is about 1 1/2 hours drive north / north east from Kitchener.


Here is a picture of us when we just arrived.....








The spa contains 3 outside hot tubs, 2 cold pools, a 3 tier steam room and two saunas. It was just a nice day to kick back, chill out and do nothing all day...and we did not have to pay for it...another picture is below:








We made more friends on this trip (again!!) and even met some of our new neighbours who we will be living near shortly....another picture is needed....someone is relaxing below....

Now a comment to the UK readers of this blog:

Can you imagine an estate agent taking you on a spa day, out of their own pockets, and you did not have to pay for anything....yeah...ok...good luck with that!!! We think not!!! A lesson to all back there......CUSTOMER SERVICE IS IMPORTANT!!!!

Canadians, like the people down south (the yanks) know a thing or two about customer service. We have written a letter to our buyer agent thanking her for taking her own free time out to organize this for us....NICE!

Must go now and catch some sleepzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............

ABC.....123.....CNE!!!

Hello again everyone,

Yesterday (August 31st 2008), we attended the CNE, the Canadian National Exibition. The CNE is basically a fair in Toronto which has been yearly event for 129 years so far. It has grown in size every year and and has lots of events for all the family, such as rides, free shows, bands and stalls to buy everything from electronics to homeware.

We were invited by our really good friends Bob and Lorie and their two kids, Elyhsa & Jeff. We had such a great time with them.

Again, as with most of our entries, we have included a selection of photographs that were taken which are below:


Oh dear......





Below is a picture of a sand sculpture





From left to right, Bob, Jeff, Elysha and Lorie enjoying a break at the CNE below





A picture of the CN Tower in the distance........

Ladies, you should peel the banana first before eating it!!!

We saw a couple of free shows,the first one was an air show which lasted 3 hours!!! Some pictures are below, but we don't have a very good camera for these type of fast moving pictures, so they were all taken with a bit of luck involved!!!







We also saw an escape artist show close up...well, as close as you can get with all the crowd as it was sooooo busy:















All this for the cost of 9 bucks!! A good time was had by all!!!

House Update....No1

Folks,

Just a quick update here to say that the foundations of our new house are starting to take shape. You can see for yourselves within the pictures below.....until the next house update...