20 days later..

Hello out there!



Glad to be back in the blogging world! It has almost been a full month since my last "session"



Christmas is already on Thursday!! WOW! Where has time gone. Trying to keep up with last minute christmas greetings (yes, you will get one sooner or later fellow family members) Costco can work miracles when it comes to those kind of things.



We are also trying to keep up with our renovations! With our big waste of space.



Taking out drywall has never been such a hassle! Behind these cabinets lies a wall. Not just any wall, this wall is a pretty sturdy wall! Consisting of not just one layer of dry wall, but two layers. Not only does it have 2 layers of dry wall, it has a layer of panel board!!! Crazy people! anyone ever seen a stove beside a washer and dryer? who cooks dinner while doing their laundry? Must have been wonder womans basment... not to sure.





Not only was this room cold, with only half of it drywalled, and the rest of it bare concrete, but it was our storage unit, and my hockey space :) Unforatnately it has been taken away. We have the most amazing framer who has come in and framed the entire room. (AKA Jason V)



Can you believe that this is the exact same wall as the one above with cabinets? It has since been partially torn down for a giant doorway to the room beside. (those pictures will come shortly)


The other big news for the past 20 days is that myself, Lieneke and Jonah will be traveling to the "Motherland" to visit opa and Oma!! Lieneke and Jonah will be leaving 2 weeks ahead of me, and staying for a full month, while I will visit in the last 2 weeks of that time. We will fly back together.


Hope to write again soon!!!

Success!!

I feel like a fat jolly fellow, but without the costume and beard! A monday morning has never started any better!

Your all thinking "What's this guy on, and where do I get some?" Well, I have been hard at work trying to obtain something call a National Safety Mark. I started this agonizing task about 18 months ago. Filling out forms here and there, trying to design a proper drawing of a "Regulation" Vanbody, which all seemed to be returned with no luck.

About 2 months ago, The Head Honch told me that he would really like to see me try again, and hopefully have it by the new year. Once again I sent in an application, along with drawings, labels, pictures.... all of that good stuff. A month went by, and nothing came of it. I had lost all hope, and decided I would never get this blasted thing.

This morning I went to get the mail, and the dreaded envelope from Transport Canada was sitting there. I figured that once again it had been sent back requiring more information. To my surprise our National Safety Mark certificate was in the envelope!

WHAT A RELIEF!!! Should make for a nice surprise when the Boss comes into work tommorow from his holiday!

His house is in one peice, his car is still drivable, and he now has his NSM! What more could a guy ask for?