Day 217 - Slept in the house!!

Day 217 was back to work Monday for me but Sheldon took it off. He was out at the ranch with a load of stuff by 9. The carpet fellows soon arrived to to finish the carpet!

I asked him the next day for a list of things he did since the computer is in town and since we are out there it is hard to get to. Here is his reply :-)

• brought a load of items from rental in horse trailer to house and hauled in
• soffit outlets installed and in service.  More plates as well.
• Feeders set up and bales in them ready to go.
• Gathered H2O troughs and brought to house.
• Started fireplace, gathered some wood
• Unloaded things from trailer with you and Kaylin
• Went back to town and returned with 1 load, help from Craig
• Back to town and returned with 2nd load, help from Craig
• Drank some beers and went to sleep

while he was cruising the field he saw we did not go without tree damage

At noon Kaylin walked to my work and her and I grabbed Subway for lunch and headed to the ranch. We got the fire going and kept it roaring the whole day since we still have not main floor heat.

 

Kaylin unloaded into cupboards

 the broken patio table

 setting up the ramp to the storage trailer

 Kaylin moving boxes in

 the roaring fire

 both moving in furniture

 the girls resting.. of course

 and she vacuumed

 ramp to boxes

 the whole basement she vacuumed too

 then had the urge to be a gargoyle!!

We all removed the preserve window film after the Gienow guy came at 3:30 and installed screens and handles. Andy the soffit guy stopped out to check the damage and get stuff ordered to repair it

 Kaylin found dog sitting drawers

the evening sun setting just before we headed to town to drop Kaylin back home and head to town house to load more stuff

Asher getting and giving kisses to Coco

Craig and Amanda came at 7 ish to help load and move.

Back at the ranch the boys unloaded trailer and  inside I unloaded boxes and did laundry in my new set for the first time!. The boys made a 2nd run to town unloading it too.

Then it was social time around the fire where Asher fell asleep in my arms. They headed back to town at 11:30. We assembled our bed by midnight but neither of us could sleep. Must have been the stillness of the night sounds cause Lord knows we were tired. But very successful day and sleeping in the new house was a treat.

Day 216 - Galeforce Winds!!!!

Day 216 was unreal for wind. Plus 16 but so windy. Blew our glass table of the deck busting 2 legs, a few shingles and 10 feet fascia, the large water tubs blown over fences and all the tubs scattered everywhere through the fields but we got lucky, downtown Calgary was shut down due to large glass windows blowing out. We just got home here are 7:00 from supper and passed a 40 foot evergreen a couple blocks down blown right over roots and all across the street.

 I snapped these shots the next day, here is the one tree

 and right across the street is another with the top snapped off

At the ranch today we continued to clean and unload boxes. I got up at 9 with Britt and Sheldon getting up later. A good breakfast of bacon and fried potatoes (S also had a big bowl of cereal) and it was time to load the horse trailer. Gas, Tims and a stop at work to print a copy of Britt's project delayed the arrival at the ranch until 11. Mom came out soon after having done her shopping for Travis.

the almost clean island to start the day

Sheldon worked on the back closet while Mom washed the entire laundry room top to bottom allowing me to unpack items to store in there

 Britt worked on unloading all her clothes and setting up her dream closet

 I unpacked food in the pantry too

 and in my bathroom cabinets

 lovely.. so exciting to have it near yet closed

 Mom cleaning the main bathroom, this woman is a work horse even with a bum knee

Sheldon at our late lunch break (2:30) with eyes full of dirt from going outside and mayonnaise on his face.. LOL

Britt washing the basement window casings

 the finished closet

 the slate from yesterday

 Mom hand washing the back entry tile

 and making the office doors sparkle

 Britt cleaning the railing

Sheldon checking the stair light programmer after he and I built another shelving unit for the media/audio components

 this is after 2 days of vacuflo use.. holy cow heh?

I gave the slate a 2nd coat, looks lovely I must say

 then I cleaned the entry light, making it all pretty. Mom and I scrubbed the front door glass too

After all her hard work, at 6 we took Mom for supper at The Station,  THANKS SO MUCH MOM!!!! We could not have done so much without all your help. At seven it was back to the town house to load the trailer again. Aaron,Kaylin & Shaina came over to help to. At 8, Aaron, Sheldon and I headed back to the ranch with the load. Destruction was everywhere from the winds, the KCF bucket and sign was smashed and stuck up against the chain link school fence, DQ lost part of their glass sign, other signs tripped over and trees everywhere crashed onto the ground.Wind was recorded at 149 KM/HR at the top of the Bow in Calgary and they say higher in out lying areas.. explains lots of damage.

At the ranch we quickly unloaded and started back to town only to find Shaina and Kaylin coming down the lane. So we jumped out and walked back to the house to help them unload. I unpacked boxes while Dude worked on her room and the others visited and enjoyed a few cold beer (after A&S moved the extra stairs to back wall)

 

the recycling pile grows daily!

 SNOW! what strange weather

9:30 back to town in snow if you can believe it.. and still plus 4!! Time for a shower and paralyzers, I blogged and packed more boxes ready for Sheldon to take out tomorrow morning. He has taken the day off as we have 8 trades coming to finish up and he has many outside jobs that can be done in this balmy weather.