Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Family Christmas
Well...hello again folks!
We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas, and Santa bought you everything you wanted, as you were good little boys and girls!
Anyway, we spent our Christmas with Brian's aunt, Greta. This was a special event, as Brian was meeting with his cousin Shane for only the second time ever, the last time they both met was when they were both about 5 years old.....35 years ago!!!! GULP!!!
We also met Tana, Shane's girlfriend and Tana's mom and dad, Jean and Jim and we a great time, eating, drinking, more eating....well...you get the idea!
Check out the picture below:
From left to right:
Shane
Greta
Tana (sitting on floor)
Brian
Jim
Jean (sitting on floor)
All in all a great time with family!
Take care and see you all soon!
We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas, and Santa bought you everything you wanted, as you were good little boys and girls!
Anyway, we spent our Christmas with Brian's aunt, Greta. This was a special event, as Brian was meeting with his cousin Shane for only the second time ever, the last time they both met was when they were both about 5 years old.....35 years ago!!!! GULP!!!
We also met Tana, Shane's girlfriend and Tana's mom and dad, Jean and Jim and we a great time, eating, drinking, more eating....well...you get the idea!
Check out the picture below:
From left to right:
Shane
Greta
Tana (sitting on floor)
Brian
Jim
Jean (sitting on floor)
All in all a great time with family!
Take care and see you all soon!
Friday, December 18, 2009
We Are 1 Year Old Today!!!!
Errr....
Better explain this update!
Hello folks!
Today is the day, 1 year ago that we moved into our fantastic home!!!
Those of you that have visited know what it is like....those that haven't....stay tuned as we will get pictures up on the blog of the internals of the house (just need to tidy up a bit!!!!)
We could not of wished for a nicer neighbourhood, with our neighbours who have now become friends!
Take care and see you soon.
Better explain this update!
Hello folks!
Today is the day, 1 year ago that we moved into our fantastic home!!!
Those of you that have visited know what it is like....those that haven't....stay tuned as we will get pictures up on the blog of the internals of the house (just need to tidy up a bit!!!!)
We could not of wished for a nicer neighbourhood, with our neighbours who have now become friends!
Take care and see you soon.
Friday, December 11, 2009
You Know That White Stuff Called Snow.....
Well....it's back!!!
Good day folks! Just a short update to let you all know that we have had a snow storm in the last 3-4 days, and with it 15-20 cms of snow, with more to follow.
Oh well, better go and clean up the driveway!
See ya all later!
Good day folks! Just a short update to let you all know that we have had a snow storm in the last 3-4 days, and with it 15-20 cms of snow, with more to follow.
Oh well, better go and clean up the driveway!
See ya all later!
Monday, November 16, 2009
No Snow.......YET!
Another update to you all, to say that we have not had any snow yet, temperatures over the last week have been very mild, some days rising to 15C! Whoo hoo!! HEATWAVE!!!
We will just have to wait and see....
See ya!
We will just have to wait and see....
See ya!
A Lesson To You All
Folks...good day!
Elaine & I have been quite stressed lately.....and here is why:
We could not say before, but we employed the services of a contractor who basically did not finish work for us, which was all quoted verbally...in other words, no written quote! This contractor had completed works for at least 3 people in the court where we live, so we thought 'no problem!'
We even met the guy and we liked him a lot....but.......
He never turned up when he said he was going to turn up!
The job was left unfinished for about 6-8 weeks!
We even hired another contractor to finish the work quoted, and on two occasions, he turned up just before the second contractor was going to start work. GO FIGURE!!!
This started to get nasty, as we were willing to pay him, but only for the work he completed. Well, let us just say that he threatened to take Elaine & I to court. I even contacted lawyers about this!
Well, I am pleased to say that this situation got sorted out amicably without legal proceedings, as the contractor did not have a leg to stand on!!! The case would have been thrown out of court.
I would like to publicly thank my wife, Elaine, as without her sticking to her guns and not letting us be bullied, as because I was so stressed, with the job situation with my previous company and then this, it was too much, and I was ready to give in. The contractor was going to take us to court for $170 CAD!!!!!
Can't you believe that?!? That does not even cover the court fees!!
This is the first and the last time we employ contractor services without a written quote.
The moral of this story is: Always get a WRITTEN quote for any work you plan to do!
We have found another contractor, who is absolutely brilliant, to the point where our neighbours within the court are going to use him.
Well, I thought I'd share that story with you....hope you are not too bored from reading this long update.
Until the next update, take care.
Elaine & I have been quite stressed lately.....and here is why:
We could not say before, but we employed the services of a contractor who basically did not finish work for us, which was all quoted verbally...in other words, no written quote! This contractor had completed works for at least 3 people in the court where we live, so we thought 'no problem!'
We even met the guy and we liked him a lot....but.......
He never turned up when he said he was going to turn up!
The job was left unfinished for about 6-8 weeks!
We even hired another contractor to finish the work quoted, and on two occasions, he turned up just before the second contractor was going to start work. GO FIGURE!!!
This started to get nasty, as we were willing to pay him, but only for the work he completed. Well, let us just say that he threatened to take Elaine & I to court. I even contacted lawyers about this!
Well, I am pleased to say that this situation got sorted out amicably without legal proceedings, as the contractor did not have a leg to stand on!!! The case would have been thrown out of court.
I would like to publicly thank my wife, Elaine, as without her sticking to her guns and not letting us be bullied, as because I was so stressed, with the job situation with my previous company and then this, it was too much, and I was ready to give in. The contractor was going to take us to court for $170 CAD!!!!!
Can't you believe that?!? That does not even cover the court fees!!
This is the first and the last time we employ contractor services without a written quote.
The moral of this story is: Always get a WRITTEN quote for any work you plan to do!
We have found another contractor, who is absolutely brilliant, to the point where our neighbours within the court are going to use him.
Well, I thought I'd share that story with you....hope you are not too bored from reading this long update.
Until the next update, take care.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Moving On....
Folks,
Just a quick note to say that Brian has moved on from his previous company, and joined the makers of the Blackberry, Research In Motion. He started today, Monday 26th October.
Wish him luck!
See ya later!
Just a quick note to say that Brian has moved on from his previous company, and joined the makers of the Blackberry, Research In Motion. He started today, Monday 26th October.
Wish him luck!
See ya later!
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