Craig and Sara's Virtual Presence

We use Bull Frog Power, if you live in Canada, here is why you should too...

If you still buy bottled water, please watch this.

William Peter Heggie was the 500th baby born at Stevenson’s Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Ontario on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2010 at 6pm and weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces.

This might be the earliest ever swim in the "pool" at Dad's place in Port Sydney. March 15 and the weather has been beautiful the last few days. When I did the swim it was +10oC in the sun, and today it got up to about +16oC in Muskoka!

In only 10 days, Craig has almost finished the new main floor bathroom. Starting from scratch, everything is pretty much done except the painting and trim. It took about a day to plan and buy everything including the sink and toilet. It took a day to frame and install the door and rough in the plumbing. It took probably another day (off and on, late at night) to complete the plumbing. Shig did the wiring in about 2 hours and the drywall has taken another day total (off and on, late at night).





Lessons learned:

1. When you plan the framing for such a small area, make sure you have room to get the drywall inside before you close everything up.
2. I have always said this, but never from experience: avoid doing your own drywall whenever possible! It is one of those things that anyone can do, the tools are cheap, and the materials are cheap. The problem is that moving the boards around is cumbersome and error-prone. Mudding is an art that requires a lot of practice to be able to do well.
3. If you can do it, lay out everything on the floor before you start to help plan. For example, in this case I laid out boards to represent the walls and doors on the floor and then I placed the vanity and toilet, etc. so we could play with the exact design of the room before I finalized the design. This helped us decide to widen the bathroom by 6 inches past the pantry, because it was really just too narrow otherwise.

Shig Nakamoto and Donna were in Ottawa last weekend visiting the Nakamoto-Berry's. Shig completed the wiring in the new bathroom and Craig and Sara got some free time on both days! On Sunday, everyone enjoyed a lovely brunch at the Courtyard with live guitar music and some excellent food and company.

Craig made it to Calgary for a very quick visit in December. The Calgary Christmas party was held at the River Cafe.



Jonathan, Paul, and Craig made it out for one full day of mountain adventure (hike, pub, hot springs).

Craig Nakamoto was seen hiking along the west coast during the first big snow storm in Ottawa in December.

Sadie was baptized at York United Church on Sunday.







Gabriel was on hand to witness the event.

Sage was sick this Halloween, but ended up going 'trick or treat'ing to our neighbours a few days late and most people still had candy left!

Sara celebrated her 40th birthday this October.

A quiet supper with the family.



A surprise party with friends and neighbours!