Life marches on
The bathroom is finished (well almost finished).
New bathroom shower
It is a truly comfortable and beautiful room, and Jerry and I made it ourselves.
New Bathroom bath side
The wood stove is installed (almost installed).
New wood burning stove
In a few minutes I will cut Jerry’s hair. Then I will have lunch with daughter 1 at the Lummi Island Civic Club (all ladies). This afternoon, after the luncheon, I will finish packing and then cook dinner.
What I am taking
Next I will play Mah Jongg with our island group. Tomorrow morning all three of us (Jerry, me, daughter 1) will go to the doctor to have Jerry’s stitches out (he had some minor skin cancers removed). Then we will go to Costco to buy a video camera. Then daughter 1 will drop us at the airport where we will catch a bus for Vancouver where we will board a plane headed for New Zealand. We will lose the 14th of November. On Sunday morning we will arrive in Auckland at 6 AM.
I will take my laptop with me, and I hope to be able to post sometimes in New Zealand. Perhaps I will learn to post videos.
I’ll be thinking of you all.
Have a grand time and when you come back you can have a bath in your new bathroom, then snuggle up with Jerry in front of the log burner.
Cosy or what!
Friko
12 Nov 09 at 12:44 pm
Have a safe and enjoyable journey. I’ll bet there will be times that you wish you could step into your own lovely bathroom. It must give you great pride to know that you did it all yourselves.
Darlene
12 Nov 09 at 3:32 pm
Oh, I’m jealous! I’ve wanted to visit New Zealand for forty years, never got there. Look at the Southern stars for me!
dale
12 Nov 09 at 3:53 pm
Gorgeous bathroom with all your artwork too, and cozy stove! Are you flying from Vancouver, Canada? I know the flights to NZ are now direct from here, so we are thinking of a trip sometime with our dear friends who are originally from NZ. Have a fabulous trip!
Marja-Leena
12 Nov 09 at 6:08 pm
Happy trails, looking forward to blog posts from NZ!
And that is one gorgeous bathroom
Annie
12 Nov 09 at 7:39 pm
Bon voyage!
Hattie
12 Nov 09 at 11:47 pm
You all did a great job on the bathroom and shower. And that stove really looks cozy!
Hope you have a great trip. Look forward to hearing from you from time to time and I know you all will have an enjoyable trip. You all will be getting there at the beginning of summer so that will be nice!
Alan G
13 Nov 09 at 5:52 am
The bathroom looks gorgeous!
It never occurred to me that you would lose an entire day traveling to New Zealand, but it does make sense. I hope you have a wonderful time in that beautiful country - I wish I could go with you.
Jan
13 Nov 09 at 6:21 am
The bathroom looks beautiful. Have a great time on your travels. I look forward to hearing all about them.
Smart Mouth Broad
13 Nov 09 at 7:18 am
How can you possibly leave that gorgeous bathroom?
Bon v’s on your trip, tell us all about it!!
XO
WWW
wisewebwoman
13 Nov 09 at 9:02 am
Oh, what lovely, juicy stuff. A new shower, a new tub, a new stove, and best of all a New Zealand.
Mage B
13 Nov 09 at 9:08 pm
Anyone know where Old Zealand is?
Duchess
13 Nov 09 at 10:24 pm
Oh - New Zealand! The very top destination on my wish list! I’m incredibly jealous! Also? I need a total re-do on both of our upstairs bathrooms. Have any extra time to work on them for me? Ha!
Twenty Four At Heart
16 Nov 09 at 12:08 am
i recently got a pellet stove and it is great. Keeps my house very warm. If I wanted to keep my house this warm with oil it would cost a fortune.
Shawna Seltzer
20 Nov 09 at 1:02 pm
It all looks wonderful, Anne. I wish the installation of our bathroom and woodburner were as close to completion!
Looking forward to bulletins from NZ.
Dick
27 Nov 09 at 1:38 am
Duchess, I’m thinking Old Zealand might be Zeeland, in Holland.
Tessa
4 Dec 09 at 9:23 am
That is an AWESOME bathroom — I wish ours looked like that!
Dennis the Vizsla
24 Jan 10 at 2:13 pm