Master Bath....Looking Good!!

Mike has been tiling in the master bathroom since Christmas. It's alot of work, but it is sure pretty! This is the shower it is about 5x6. He will finish tiling all the way up to the ceiling. Of course this hasn't been grouted yet...a work in progress.

The tub surround and the floor are done and grouted, he still needs to do under the windows behind the bathtub.

Pepi is checking it out.

I really like the way this is all coming together! Very pretty!

He put this mosaic in front of the double vanity.

I still need to get the faucets and mirror for the vanity.

These are the stone tiles that will be on the floor of the shower. Cool...huh!!

Love it!!

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday! Happy New Year!! Happy Birthday!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season!

We had an enjoyable day with the family...minus our Manitoba kids. Next year I am expecting the three of them to join us too!

My birthday is right after Christmas, the 28th, then New Years and DH's birthday on the 2nd. I made Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls for Mike's birthday...instead of a Cake.

These are so gooey and yummy with cream cheese frosting...you can tell a couple are missing before I got my picture!

To celebrate his birthday we went up to Osoyoos for Root beer Floats.....Wow! Just look at the size of them!! And they are GooD!

The First Day of Winter!!

New Floors & Lights

The new house project is coming along quite well...the floors look great! They are reclaimed clear fir, from old houses...door and window jams, etc. The ceilings are tongue and groove knotty pine.

This is the chandelier in the foyer....

The Living Room...

The Kitchen...I love the schoolhouse light pendents over the island!!

Here is a picture of Mom out walking...

Mom and Dad are both quite healthy...they have good days and not so good days. Jimmy put up some Christmas lights outside of their house...Mom seems to really like them. I don't really think she can comprehend alot of things anymore. She kinda of knows it is Christmas time...but no longer even considers cards, decorations or gifts. Pretty sad situation :( .

Another Doctor Day

It must have been about the worst day we have had yet this winter, but after waiting 6 months for these Dr appointments ..we really didn't want to have to reschedule. Well the roads weren't really all that bad, it we left at 8am and got to Wenatchee at about 10:50. We met Jessie on the way up to the neurology dept. He hung out with us throughout the morning. First Dad had his appointment. His Parkinson's is progressing slowly, no restrictions on him at this time and no changes in his meds. He needs to come back in about 6 months. Dad doesn't think these appointments are of much use...but 2x a year isn't too much.

Next on to the CT scan...which is done in about 5 minutes tops. Since it is about 45 minutes until Moms appt we go grab a bit of lunch at an A&W/KFC.( Canada is really big on A&W's, and they have really good burgers etc. This one didn't hold a candle to the Canadian ones...it was good but not great) Jessie left us at the Clinic to go home, he had been up working since 2 am and was getting tired.Mom was pretty agitated in the waiting room before her appointment. She said she didn't want to see the Doctor...she didn't like him and she wanted to go home. I took a couple of short walks with here up the hall and back. A complete contrast to her behavior just 6 months ago. She was good as gold when we got called in though. The neurosurgeon said Moms' CT scan looked good, the brain's ventricles were a good size showing the pressure was where it should be. We asked about an adjustment to help here with her cognitive skills. The Dr. said they couldn't adjust it down anymore for that and that she had quite a bit of atrophy of her brain cells already. What a bummer...Mom won't get better mentally. She will have good days and bad days. She has no further appointments with the neurologist or neurosurgeon at this time. This part of life is kinda by the seat of your pants..no cut and dry program to follow. Now we need to find out how best to help Mom and Dad have a good quality and safe life, so I will be getting in contact with the State Aging council to try and get some guidelines. We headed straight home...the roads were somewhat better and we made it home by 5pm. A long day for us all.

The saga go on.

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

We had a nice Thanksgiving. Jessie, Jimmy, Mom and Dad joined Mike and Me along with all the sweet little pups. Things were a little loud at first...lots of barking!

Chip, Jimmy's little Chi is 6wks younger than Chopper, Jessie's Great Dane. What a difference in size! Chopper would love to play with everyone....but they aren't having any of it.

Chopper having a seat beside Dad.

We had a nice traditional turkey dinner with all of the trimmings. I enjoyed having everyone one home, but missed Kelly and Ryan. :( They are just to far to make it home.

On Tuesday Mom and Dad both have Dr. appointments in Wenatchee with their specialists, weather permitting. Roy seems to be hanging in there, still he is fighting with tiredness. Mom spends most of her day walking. She walks down the road, over to Jimmy's, around her house, and then does it all over again. She can't seem to sit still for long. She is having an increasingly hard time with her speech, and thought processes. We are growing more concerned about her ventures as the weather gets worse. Life is Tough sometimes.

PJ gets a New HoMe!!

On Halloween I got a call from someone interested in PJ. I sent them this picture of him along with a couple more and they said they loved him and wanted him. It was a 4-5 hour drive to get to my place, but they made it the next morning to come and get him. I am so happy that he found someone to love him so much!

I'm kinda missin him......