Suprise, I am ALIVE!!!!

What have I been up to? Well, Dear came home for Christmas as you know, he was here for New Years, left for 2 weeks came back for a week , then came back for march break (Well, sort of the flight kept getting cancelled and he arrived a little late better late than never!) and just left again Yesterday. Wow that was a long running sentence or non sentence!

In between his leaving and coming back in January our basement flooded ...nightmare. We had a little January thaw and our sump pump decided it had the biscuit, in the middle of the night! Thankfully, we caught it not, however, before the carpet and part of the walls were saturated, hence, the picture to the left (Bedroom) and right (Bathroom). Notice the distinct lack of carpet and walls?. For 7 weeks, basically, everyday strangers treading through our home placing things where ever they want or need to, is not fun. The dust, the unavailability of the washer and dryer, our room or the playroom for the kids was a major inconvenience ...it was awful. I do have to say that Service Master (The company who did the clean up) was incredible and efficient. It was an great shock when it happened but a great relief now that the work is finished - just a few administrative things to finish up. The after pictures of the bedroom and bathroom are below.

What else happened....we found out we are moving, Dear was told before leaving we might be but it was not for sure. Yes, when Dear gets back this summer we are moving and we will not be living in Canada any more, well at least for a few years. That is somewhat exciting , heart wrenching and nerve wracking all at the same time. We have never lived outside of the country and finding a suitable school for our french children is proving to be challenging but I think we now have it under control. We have been actively trying to find a home in the area we are going to and figure out the finer points of an area I have never been to and Dear has only been once for 5 days!

While our lives were breaking into total disarray, I did manage to get a few constructive things done! I recovered the dining room chairs. They were quite disgusting as you can tell from the picture but now they are quite nice and it was so easy to do! I do not know why the boys had a habit of using the chairs as napkins but that habit has ended, I am very thankful for that! I also recovered the bench in front of the bath in the bottom bathroom picture - I found that little treasure at the VV Boutique (Value Village) for 5 bucks and the fabric for it - 1 dollar !

Finally, while Dear was home this time we managed to take some pictures of the family - above! Well, goodnight Dear I love you , I will talk to you soon. Goodnight all, give your Dear a hug and be happy he is home with you.