The hallway and stairway were the bane of my existence for about two weeks. What we thought would take a couple days to paint literally took almost two weeks. No matter how I painted the paint seemed to leave these shadows of where the sections overlapped and looking the other way it almost looked white in these spots. It didn't make sense since we had used this paint throughout our house and didn't have any problems until the hallway. Trying different paint and using an extension pole helped eventually and it's as good as it's going to get because I'm not going to paint it for a long time again.
The last room we did before everyone got here was our living/dining room. Thankfully we didn't have paint issues so it was a matter of moving around all the junk that was piled in that room to get to the ceilings, trim and walls. I think that the color we chose for this room is one of my favorites in the whole house. We need a few more "home decor" pieces in this room but it's pretty much complete and how we want it. We kept my parents old massive coffee tables but my dad just re-stained them a darker color to match our furniture. They help fill the room and will be great for playing games on with a big group of people.
After all our cleaning and fixing things up we were ready for the Christmas festivities to begin. On Christmas Eve my parents and brother and his girlfriend came over for some gift openings. My mom spoiled us like crazy once again but I was surprised how she held back on getting clothes, this year it was all about Wii games. The next day Chris and I had our own Christmas in the morning and made sure all the beds and air mattresses were ready to go for the family when they got here. We went and picked up all the Falks at the airport in the afternoon and came home to a turkey feast at our place. We fit 12 people around our table, probably the most we'll ever have but it worked and it was delicious. The next day we were crazy enough to go into Vancouver for the day. Why I say we were crazy is because it was Boxing Day and we went to Metrotown, one of the biggest malls near Vancouver, and let's just say it was nuts. I did find some snowboarding boots (which I got refunded $40 more just a week ago) so it wasn't all for nothing, except that they were cheaper last week than on Boxing Day. Anyways, we wanted to go to Stanley Park and see the horizon of Vancouver from across the bay but it was way to foggy to see anything across the water so we headed to Metrotown earlier than expected. We all went out for supper to Red Robin and then the boys left us and went to the Canucks game as us girl drove home and watched a movie. The next morning we went to Cultus Lake and did some family pictures in the sunshine. The whole time everyone was here it was beautiful and sunny so now they can never say it always rains in B.C. That afternoon we had a mini Braun gathering at our place as the Williamson's and Colin and his girlfriend Amanda all came over. We ate food, played games and had a good time. The last day everyone was here we just relaxed at home. We stopped by Chris' school for everyone to see and of course the guys had to play some basketball. We ended the night by playing a murder mystery and Kevin ended up being the murderer, of all people it had to be Kevin. The next morning we were already driving them to the airport and that was that. It was a quick visit but a good one and we were really happy for them all to see our new place and fill up all the extra space we have.
Once the family had left we had one day of doing laundry and relaxing before we headed down to The Glen for New Years with Eric, Carmen, Mike and Sarah. The first day was filled with games, movies and relaxing and the second day we headed to Baker and snowboarded in some nice fresh powder. My new boots worked great and I remembered how to snowboard really quickly. Carmen and I spent most of the day together so the boys could go off and do their fast between trees and whatnot stuff they do. When we all got back we were welcomed by Sarah who had made us some good but very very very spicy chili. It was pretty funny because we were all sitting there with red faces, blowing our noses and taking off layers of clothes as Sarah kept apologizing for how hot it was. It definitely gave us a memory to remember. After the spice cooled off we headed down to the hot tub for a little bit and then came back and played some games as we waited for the New Year to roll in. We celebrated the New Year with Christmas cracker explosions and sparkling apple juice and at about 12:20 we were all in bed.
Christmas and New Years flew by and now it's already the second week of school. I've only worked three days so far but am expecting much more in the next couple weeks as people start getting sick again. The days that I don't work I spend making my 2009 yearbook and a book for our Europe trip so that keeps me busy. I'll be happy once I get more work though. Chris is back at school, coaching basketball and really enjoying the group of guys he has to coach. We're heading to Kelowna next weekend with his team for a tournament so that should be fun. I turn 28 tomorrow, when did that happen? 28 sounds old to me. Hopefully this year will bring new adventures and not too many trials, we're looking forward to it.
2 comments:
The house looks amazing!! (How's the plumbing issue?)
Hey I love the reading nook.
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