Reinders in Fredericton

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Painting Time

The goal is to paint about half of the inside of the house before the nice weather comes - so we can be outside having fun, and not inside painting.

Here is the run down (we will post photos later)
Living room / dining room: same colour - needs another coat or 2 and some patching.
Kitchen: same colour - needs another coat.
Upstairs hall: same colour - needs another coat.
Kids rooms: new colours!
Downstairs hall: patching and another coat or 2
Office: new colour required!

So far the living room has been cleared and patched - painting scheduled for this weekend!

If anyone has tips for painting the entrance walls in a spilt level, please let us know! They are about 12-15 feet high.....

-André

Glad we moved here

Well, last Saturday was a good day - my niece had to go to the hospital.

Now, before you ask, I DO love my niece. I describe it as a good day, because it illustrated one of the reasons we moved here.

FAMILY.

I got a call in the morning from my sister, who told me that my niece went into the hospital late the night before. She wanted to know if I could help her out. We gladly dropped everything, and I went to pick up my sister and her other daughter, and brought them over to our house. Larissa looked after the little one, while I took my sister to the hospital. I switched my sister for my brother-in-law, who had been up all night, and took him home for a nap. They came home from the hospital later that day, all seems well.

I am happy we moved here.

-André

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Ukrainian Christmas Eve

Last, but not least of the holiday festivities - Ukrainian Christmas! For the eve of this occasion, Larissa made an awesome meal full of Slavic delights! We has 15 at the table(s).

Here is Steven, lounging along our kitchen counter / eating area. He looks like he is ready to eat.

Randall, Mariecke, Jeff and Jenn (oh, and Steve too, in the second shot!). You can see the couch that was moved into the old dining area of the kitchen, in order to accomodate the tables in the living room of the house. Well, that is my new Kitchen Couch in Larissa's Bistro. I love it there, and we are most pleased to have the dining room set all together again in our old living room - where we eat together every night. Yay!

Jeff and Jenn, and of course, the big spread of food with everyone ready to eat! Well, everyone except Alex and me (Larissa) - Alex had a fever, and ended up tucked in bed just after the start of dinner. Don't worry - he had perogies and borscht the next day, when he was feeling better!