Hello!

Hi again!

Another week has gone by....

Still no major home projects on the go, although I did get the flower decoration put up on the left of the door.

The flower box on the left hand side of the porch railing fell down yesterday. A few weeks ago, the one on the right fell down, so now I've got to figure out a better way to keep them where they belong!

The weather has been nice.

K has been doing lots of boating.

Across the road from our house is a field.

If you go through the woods on the right, you get to the water.

Last week, K put the boat in at the landing down the road and brought the boat up to this spot so we can just walk down to get to the boat. 

Friday afternoon, K, N & I went for a little ride. 

We saw a Bald Eagle, but he (she?) flew out of the picture! 

Here's K paddling to get us out of the shallow water. 

C wasn't with us because she went to a friend's house after school. Then she had a 4H party at the Bowling Hall until 9:00!

Saturday night, K and I went to Charlottetown for dinner at Papa Jo's and to see Scott Thompson (from Kids in the Hall).  He was funny!

Yesterday, K and N put the boat in at the landing and then N drove the boat all by himself from the landing to the woods.  Plus, he drove the car in the field! (K had driven the car down the side of the field so they could bring the electric motor back to the house.)

Have a wonderful week! :-)

Update

Hi!

Wow!  It's been almost 1 1/2 weeks since I've written!

How's it going?  I was sick last week with a sore throat so, I haven't done many projects.

Last Wednesday, C's school had their Heritage Fair.  

C teamed up with her friend to do a project on the History of Gymnastics in PEI.

N had Beginner Band Day on Thursday.  This was a showcase where all the beginner bands from PEI got together in Summerside to play.  It wasn't a competition.  N's band has 20 members and one band has 117!  They had to dress up and N did not want his picture taken!

We had a nice weekend. Friday was a day off school plus K took the day off, so it was a long one.

The weather was sunny and warm yesterday, 10C (50F), so K and the kids took the little motor boat out for a ride.  

I didn't take any pictures, but here's the boat after.

 Fishing season started Friday, so the water was busy. 

K started digging in the front for the circle drive.

We're working on taking out these steps.

 I hung up the flower wreath (temporarily) yesterday, 

but it fell down.  I need to re-attach the ribbon.

You can still see it under the driftwood hanger.

I took the evergreens out of the window boxes. 

The front of the house looks so blah!

Maybe this is the year I paint the front door!

Have a great week! :-)

Box (Kreg Jig Project #4)

Hi!  How's your Hump Day going?
Mine is good!
It's sunny, but cold- Neg 8C (17F) with a windchill of Neg 16C (3F)!

The other week, C got decided she didn't need her doll house/book shelf anymore.
This is how it looked when it was all set up as a dollhouse.  

The top part had been removed when C wanted to use it as just shelves.

Why did C want to get rid of such nice shelves?
Well, she needed an empty wall to practice hand stands!

So, K and I took the shelves apart and left the pieces in the hallway for a bit.

Then, I decided to make a simple box for shoes, to go under the front room lockers.

And I used the Kreg Jig!

Luckily, these pieces didn't need cutting!  I just kreg jigged the top and bottom to the sides and one middle divider. I didn't even bother to re-paint it.  This is the bottom so you don't actually see the windows and door painted on!

Here's underneath the first set of lockers.

(I'm noticing I still need to paint the side and put in baseboards...)

This is the box, with shoes in it. It's hard to see, but there are boots on top of the box.

It slides all the way to the wall.

In front of it, is another shoe holder.

I have two other boxes to make to hang up in the front room closet.

However, these pieces have to be trimmed. Plus, I have to install the 3/8" plywood wall before I can get them up, so I haven't made them yet!

Have a great day! :-)

Bonfire

Hi!

How was your weekend? Good, I hope!

The snow mas (mostly) melted here and we had our first bonfire of the season yesterday!

N got the fire pit out from under the front of the house and took it to the backyard.

Here are K and N lighting the fire.

While the fire is being lit, C is busy kicking the soccer ball, 

 walking around,

and practicing gymnastics.

The fire gets going so well,

 

we end up roasting hotdogs for lunch!

Have a wonderful week! :-)