Kathryn came to work with me today, again. She also came to work with me 2 weeks ago. Why?
Two weeks ago she had interviews for a position where I work. Today she was in to accept a job offer.
She starts working full-time in September.
It’s not at all what I expected but I’m thrilled. I can’t wait for the next 7 months to pass.
Congratulations Kathryn!
Today is the start of the Chinese New Year 4706.
Happy New Year!
February 6th is Ronnie’s birthday.
I tried taking a few pictures of him at New Year’s but he wasn’t very co-operative.
This is what you get when you won’t “smile for the camera”!
Happy Birthday Ronnie!
Grimace doesn’t like snow. She doesn’t like the cold. I can understand that. She likes to go outdoors but on snowy days this is what happens. “Let me in. Who put this cold white stuff here?”
She is however a very active (hyperactive) cat who needs more space than our home has. When she can’t get out she runs at full speed through the house. She bumps into things, slides across the hardwood floors and sometimes her paws screech as she comes to a stop.
How to handle a hyper cat? Make a kitty run for her. Dave shoveled this path along the back of the house.
And this path along the side.
Now she can go out the patio door, run back and forth and jump up on the fence to chase the squirrels and taunt the neighbour’s dog.
At least when she comes back inside she is ready for a nap. We keep hearing of cats who sleep 20 hours a day. She isn’t one of them!
Our friends Jean & Helene gave us this wall decoration for Christmas. I think it should be Dave’s motto: “Let it snow”.
Here’s what the past week has brought us up at Tremblant since the last rain: 34 cm or 13 inches. The BBQ seems to be what we measure the snowfalls on.
Thank goodness we have a fireplace to warm up to. Now if they could just figure out how to make it snow in the mountains and not in the city it would all be perfect.
Sure it’s cold outside but why do I feel chilly inside? The addition to the house is built on a cement slab. We installed in-floor heating to take away that basement cold floor effect. It works wonderfully when it isn’t broken. You have that warm fuzzy feeling as heat radiates from the floor up through the room. You feel chilly when it doesn’t.
We called in the repair guys. Our expansion tank (in red) is leaking. They pointed out several things wrong with the initial installation. This was done by a professional who our contractors claimed was the best. I guess he had a bad day.
1) The expansion tank (water!!) should not be near the electronics.
2) There are no shutoff valves. It would be much easier to replace the tank if they could simply turn off the water.
3) There is no pressure gauge so we have no idea whether the system is operating properly or not.
4) The pink box needs to be rotated 90 degrees. We found the instruction manual given to us when it was installed (Dave keeps everything). It specifically states to NOT mount it as it has been done in our case. It even has a picture of what NOT to do with a big red X through it.
The price to fix it seems high. Dave is contemplating doing it himself with the help of my Dad. It might be worth the $$$ to get it fixed sooner rather than later. There’s also the hardwood floor to be installed. Add to the list the fact that it’s snowing like crazy.
I think skiing will win out this weekend over heating & flooring. Besides, it’s not our only source of heat and we’ve been walking around the extra wood planks all week without injury. Snow on the other hand, is here today and gone next week (are they really calling for rain again?).