Splash sitting on the foot rest of Colin's chair.


Ginny hanging out on the couch.



Pretty toes!


Shelly working on designing her Bunkie.


Shelly was having some back issues so Luke was trying to work it out with my rolling pin.


Luke and Shelly arrived at about 11:00. ......with our new generator in tow. Colin of course had to have a good look at it in the dark and he was very excited about what he saw.

On Sunday it was a work day for Luke and Colin. They set to work putting the generator into place and then building a little house for it. Shelly and I were sent to town for Water, stuff from Rona, a few groceries, get rid of the garbage and get gas for the generator. It seemed to take us forever to get all the jobs done.

When we got back we made sandwiches for the guys and took them up the hill.

Since Shelly can't reach her toes anymore I gave her a pedicure....if your feet have to be swollen they should at least have pretty toe nails. For dinner we had homemade spaghetti sauce made from tomatoes and veggies from Shelly's garden. We had a Greek veggie salad also from Shelly's garden. For dessert we had homemade brownies.

Burning out a Juniper root.


Colin contemplating his dock.....I have been told this is a necessary step.


Me and my cement mixer.

The result of the contemplating.


We spent some time this morning fiddling around with a house plan but we still have a long way to go. We really need to get the large rock cleared to establish just exactly how much room we have to build on.

When we went down to the water Colin started working on the dock and I embarked on the building of a Cement mixer and putting together a chainsaw. Both went together relatively easy although I needed Colin's help to adjust the tension of the chainsaw blade.......don't want to screw that up or someone could loose an arm.

After that I cleared away the last of the brush and burned most of it. Now I just have to scrape the moss off the rocks.

It was a tiring day but all worthwhile. Luke and Shelly are suppose to arrive later tonight with the new Generator.

We woke up to a rainy drizzly day outside so we decided it would be a good day to go into town to buy the wood for the generator building. I also needed to do some laundry so while Colin ran around and got all the stuff he needed, I spent some quality time in the Noelville laundry. The guy who runs it is quite cute and is constantly running around cleaning up after people and telling them how to use the machines. He is a bit of of a fuss budget but he runs a nice clean establishment.

By the time we got back it had cleared so we went down to unload the truck and Colin decided to do a little more work on the dock. I put the laundry away, tidied up and started dinner.

Colin went down this morning to continue work on the dock. I headed into town to pick up a few bits and pieces for him and to get fuel for the truck, propane and water. I also picked up a few groceries. A rather uneventful day .....but even those are good up here.

Today we untied the dock and pulled it out into the water so we could drop our anchors over. First we attached the chain and then dropped the one on one side and the other on the other side. Next we had to pull the dock back into the shore. Easier said than done. We ended up attaching a rope on and pulling it in by hand rather than trying to bring it in with the boat. It seems very stable. Now we can start on the rest of the decking on the shore line.

I spent most of the afternoon clearing brush off the building site. I am just about done. I also cleared a spot on another rock for the Generator building to go. Luke and Shelly are bringing it up this week-end.

After all the excitement of the week-end it was time to head back up to our lot to do some more work. Naturally there were a hundred stops on the way to pick up this and return that but we managed to pull into the driveway with just enough daylight to park the trailer.

It feels so good being up here......it's like a wave of calm comes over me when arrive. Can't wait till we are here permanently.

Sherri-Lyn serving punch.......wow she did a great job on the whole Shower!!!


Friends, Wendy Gottmers, Lydia Taylor and Gemma Wilson.


My great niece Staci, my sister-law Ruth , good friend Frances and niece Mary-Lou
The Booker Family ..... and yes we had the "Great Gampa" there too!
Valerie, Michelle and Baby Calista.


Karen Rogers at about 18 weeks and Tammy Nollert with only 4 weeks to go.


Susan Penner trying to cut a piece of yard that would measure around Shelly's Belly perfectly.


The gift table!!


Kristi Patrick and baby Calista....our youngest guest.


Shelly opening gifts.


My baby sock bouquet.


Shelly with her cake.


Checking out books for the baby.


Shelly's high school friend Gemma Wilson.....their due dates are a week apart.


Shelly and her school friends, from Left to Right....Tammy Nollert, Valerie Shafer, Shelly and Michelle Epoch......my you girls have changed!!

I gave Shelly a baby blanket that her Oma had made and she was checking for that special Oma smell.

Ginny and Bailey came after everything was cleaned up to check out all the new toys they got!

Shelly and her Nana.


Sherri-Lyn and I were out of the trailer by about 9:15. First we dropped off some stuff at the condo and I went up and did Mum's hair for her. Next stop was a quick bite to eat and then to the dollar store to have the umbrella balloon filled with helium .....at the great expense of $8.00! Next was the Grocery store to pick up the cake and the rest of the food. Back to the condo to set up the room and put up the decorations. We were just barely done when the first guests arrived. Naturally we put them to work helping us finish. Including Sherri-Lyn and I we had 22 guests an of course Shelly. We had 4 pregnant moms there and one baby. It was great fun. Shelly received some very nice gifts that she will need once the baby comes.

By the time we were all cleaned up again and the gifts all loaded into the car it was almost 7:30. Time for Sherri-Lyn to head home to Barrie. Shelly and Luke came over to the trailer and we had a great steak dinner. They left quite late but we had a nice visit.

Shelly has 9 weeks left before the big day.....so excited and can't wait!!!

Shelly, dashing across the parking lot!


Sheri-Lyn doing what she does best......taking pictures!




These fishing tackle boxes are serious business!!


Ahhh, now there is a gift!


Having a chuckle oever Cort and Sherri-Lyn's birthday card.


Luke with his Birthday Dessert.


Our group at the Restaurant.


Saturday was an action packed day. We left home at 10:00, headed into Fergus to show one of our rental units and then carried on to Toronto to meet Shelly at her work. Colin personally had to check out the generator he bought from Shelly's boss and then Shelly and I left to meet Sherri-Lyn, her Grandma and sister to watch Cirque Du Soleil, Saltimbanco. Due to construction, weddings with ambulances arriving, general bad Toronto drivers and then missing the parking lot entrance we were about 20 minutes late. Naturally with Shelly being pregnant she had to go pee first but we finally made it in. The show was amazing! Costumes, performers and the level of skill required to carry out the maneuvers was just incredible. Unfortunately they took our cameras at the door so there are no pictures. It was well worth the effort getting there.

After the show we all drove back to Mississauga and met with Colin, Cort and Luke for a Birthday celebration for Luke. We met at Lucy's Seafood Restaurant and had a great meal. Luke opened his gifts and had his birthday dessert.

When we were all done Cort took Sherri-Lyn's Grandma and sister back to Barrie and Sherri-Lyn came home with me so we could prepare for the Baby Shower tomorrow.

Shelly with 10 weeks to go and Tammy with 5 weeks to go.


McKennzie and her mom Melany.


Just look at those huge blue eyes!


Tammy checking out the Blanket Cake Shelly Made for her.


Tammy opening my gift, a Fisher Price Booster seat.

The guest of honour.....Tammy Nollert


Baby Mckenzie.


My best friends daughter,who is 6 months older than Shelly, is also expecting her first baby.
Shelly and I were both invited to her shower. She got alot of lovely things and Shelly and her got a chance to compare bellies.

I also got to see her sister Melany and her sweet daughter Mckenzie. I have not seen her since last year at Shelly's wedding shower.....she was only a few weeks old at that time.

I had a great time!

Cort's boat and Shelly's Canoe stored on land.


I could sit here all day.


"Yeah! Shed walls


As done as it will get this trip.

It was just Colin and I to work away at finishing the shed and loading all the stuff inside.

I got the chance to built my swing and it is very nice. Colin worked away at assembling the log walls on the shed.

At one point I walked up the driveway and found 2 huge woodpeckers in a tree in the bush. The picture is not that great but they were huge.....the size of big crows.

Our plan was to leave on Friday morning but the shed was not complete enough to lock all our stuff away safely out of the weather. We did not get the shingles on but we do have plywood on the roof and the doors have a lock on them. WE ended up leaving the lot with the trailer to head home at 7:00 that night. WE stopped just outside of Parry Sound to have a bite to eat and then caried on back to Elora. We were parking the trailer at 2:30 in the morning.

Today was time for the kids to pack up and get ready to go home. As Cort was helping down the hill at the construction site, I helped Sherri-Lyn take down the tent and load the car.

By 3:00 Cort and Sherri-Lyn were ready to go home. They came down to the dock to watch the dogs swim before they left. I was going to go in and get one of the dog toys that had floated away from the dock, so I took my glasses off to go in the water. Splash decided she was going to jump up on my towel ......where my glasses were.......that's right........into the water they went! Naturally they missed the rock ledge and went right down into about 30 feet of water *#@*$! Thank goodness I still had a spare pair.

By 5:00 Luke and Shelly said it was time for them to go home too. Gee it got quiet all of a sudden........and soooo much room in the trailer!

Shelly made a huge big breakfast for everyone and we delivered plates down to the Shed site so the guys didn't lose too much time eating at the trailer.

Cort was kept busy burning brush and Luke and Colin worked on the shed.

Later on in the day Shelly decided to have a nap and Sherri-Lyn and I went into town to do some errands. We went to the laundromat in town to do laundry as I can't use my washing machine on the trailer. We filled the water drum and bought some materials for the shed, groceries and fuel for the truck generator and boat.

At 5 O'clock Cort and Luke decided to call it a day and go fishing. Shelly and Sherri-Lyn went out in our boat but no fish were caught this week.

When we got back we made dinner and had some awesome zucchini from Shelly's garden with pork tenderlion done on the new grill by Luke.

Cort enjoys hot dogs.



Naturally there was time for a quick cooling swim.


Shelly watched the swimming but did not go in.


Sunday it was full speed ahead on the walls of the shed. Luke and Colin worked out a system for cutting the end of the logs and the worked tirelessly getting them all cut. Luke and Cort also worked on clearing the shore line of brush......Wow they did a great job!! With all the rain we had the moss on the rocks made every step a slippery prospect and inevitably Cort went down and so did Colin. No one was badly hurt but there were some cuts and scrapes.

Shelly thought that she should be able to help the guys at the shed but we had to insist that she be banished to cooking duty, after she slipped gracefully in between the floor joists of the sheds. She only scratched her leg but we didn't want to try for anything worse.

By the end of the day everyone was pretty tired from all the activity so it was an early night.

"Gropa" handing out treats!


Saturday morning Colin and I went down to the dock to mix the cement for the dock anchors. It gave us something to do while waiting for Cort and Sherri-Lyn to get up. While Colin was finishing with the cement I cleared a little more brush away from the shore line. Cort came down and helped me pile it up the hill.

We went up and had breakfast and then Cort and Colin went down to get the floor started on the shed.

By the end of the day the floor was just about ready and Colin and Cort had picked up the logs and the rest of the stuff for the walls.

Later on after dark Shelly and Luke arrived to round out the work force. It was interesting having 6 adults + a half and 5 dogs in the trailer.

In the evening there was some discussion about what Colin and I will be called by our new Grandchild. Since I have a dutch background we were thinking either Oma or Grandma. My lovely children decided that we could have the best of both worlds by calling us "Groma and Gropa" Not too sure about that one???
After we went to bed it rained really hard and I was worried that Cort and Sherri-Lyn would end up in the trailer but they stayed dry out there for the rest of the night.

Our new grill, freshly assembled.


Our name sign at the end of the driveway.


Colin and Cort getting Cort's boat ready to launch.


Cort and Sherri-Lyn's tent set up beside the trailer.


Today was an action packed day. By about 8:30 we were down on the dock pouring the anchors and clearing more brush away. Before we were completely done Cort came down and helped Colin finish while I cut some more brush.

We have a very large rock which just seems to be in the way for all our ideas to put stairs down to the water. We got out the big crowbar and Colin and Cort managed to knock it down to where it was not such a problem.

We came up and had a late breakfast/early lunch and then Cort and Colin headed off to buy the lumber for the shed. In the mean time Sherri-Lyn puttered around the trailer and I went outside to put together our new B-B-Q. I had it done in time to cook our steaks on for dinner.

The driveway is finally done and we moved the boat trailer down to where the house is going to go. More progress!

I also posted our name sign on the end of the driveway.....now it really feels like home.

We had to get more concrete today in order to pour the anchors for the dock. We picked it up and then Colin brought the boat around to the launch ramp to load it. Naturally it started to rain and we had to wait for a while in the truck for it to stop. It finally let up enough and we loaded it and took it to the dock where we unloaded it and covered it. It was too late by this time to pour them so we headed up to the trailer and cleaned up.

We decided to go and have dinner at the Inn on Wolsley Bay Road. All you can eat Haddock...and it was very good.

Cort and Sherri-Lyn arrived just before dark so we sat around for a while and had a chat and then went to bed as Colin wants to be up early to pour the dock anchors.

The trailer sitting in it's new spot on our lot.


First thing we dumped our tanks, and got the trailer ready to move to the lot. They nicely compacted the pad where the trailer is going and we pulled it in no problem. It’s actually quite nice and we have lots of room.

They continued working on the driveway today, bringing more dirt and grading and compacting what was there. It really looks very impressive but I am sure that the bill will be impressive too.

Next we went back to the campground and emptied all of our stuff out of the storage shed where we had been storing it since the last time we were here. By the end of the day we had everything moved over to our lot. Another tiring day.

Tuesday we finally got back to the lot to finish the footings for the shed. They are still working on the driveway ......a lot of truckloads of stuff has come in. They have built up the gully so it’s not such a big drop from the top of the hill. He has moved some very large rocks out of the way and taken down several large trees.

I also spent a large part of the day burning a huge pile of brush that has been cleared. We were both pretty tired by the time the day was over.

Interesting Fungus growing on one of the trees.
The water was very calm first thing in the morning.


As the drive way was not quite ready yet we had to carry the bags of cement for the shed footings down from the truck. The backhoe guy took pity on Colin and loaded them in his scoop.


One of the trucks delivering fill kinda missed the driveway so they had to unload it and then pull him out.


My feet in the water where the dock is going to go.


The Dock Being Delivered to the Launch Ramp.


Colin towing the dock across the bay to our lot.

Colin tying the dock to the trees to temporarily hold it in place.



The Cat starting work on the Trailer Pad at the top of the Driveway.




Colin measuring the spot for the shed footings.

Our Street Number on Boisvert Rd.


Yeah! We get to take down the For Sale sign!!


It seemed like I had just got to sleep when the alarm clock went off. We got ready and headed out to the lot. Seems the excavator was a little late getting to our job so we did a little bit of prep work on the shed location and then headed out to buy concrete for the base and also to arrange the delivery of the dock. It was either take delivery at 2:00 today or wait till the end of the week. We had to scamble a little to pick up the boat and launch it before they dropped the dock off at the Minettville launch ramp but everything went on schedule. We managed to tie it to the trees just as the Thunderstorm hit. In hopes of seeing the rain stop we headed out to the grocery store to get a few things and then returned. By this point it was raining even harder but we had to go down and make sure that the dock was secure for the night. By the time we were done we were both soaked to the bone.
By the end of the day Bob the Excavator had our trailer pad cleared and levelled ready for gravel and the driveway punched through to the back of where the house will go. He figures he will be pretty much done by tomorrow. Wow such progress for one day.....although we did not get the footings poured for the shed.

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Monday we got ready to leave and headed up to Barrie to pick some things up from Cort’s house and then on to Noelville. We were pleased to see that they finally opened the new 4 lane section right to Parry Sound. We stopped at the Golden Griddle just past Parry Sound for some dinner and then continued on up to Fish Tale Park. We have to be up and over to the lot by 8:00 tomorrow to meet with the guy who is putting the driveway in so we did the minimum possible to get landed and then hit the bed.

On Sunday morning we drove to the Hanover Airport and met with a couple we have not seen in several years. Victor and his wife Anne used to run the Europa Coach works in Milton back in the day when Ed and Colin were sports car enthusiasts. They have recently move up to Hanover area and built a home there. They own the Hanger beside the airport and have a really neat little plane in there that Victor is restoring. It was quite something to see. We enjoyed a good breakfast and some good catching up. While we were sitting there, a couple we know from Fergus flew in for breakfast. Needless to say we were surprised to see them.

We finished renovating our last apartment the day before yesterday!!! Hooray! Yesterday I took some time and actually cleaned up some stuff in our trailer. Since we had the carpet cleaner rented for 2 days I took the liberty of cleaning my carpets. They came up really good, when you live in such a small space the carpet you have gets a lot of wear and tear. Especially with two dogs.

On Saturday we are heading up to Ed and Frances' as I am going to do some sewing for their "Theater" room. That's work I don't mind doing and am looking forward to it.

When we leave there we will be heading up to the lot to do some work there. Will try to keep the blog updated but Internet is hard to come by up there.

One of the completed curtains. They looked so much better in real life.


The driveway looked like a Titanium Convention. Ed and Frances' nice new one in the foreground.

With the apartment work hopefully behind us for a little bit, we packed up the trailer and headed to Walkerton. I had promised Frances that I would do some sewing for her so this was the week-end. We arrived later in the afternoon on Saturday and got right to the job at hand.

Although the fabric that we had picked for the theatre curtains was perfect in colour and looks very rich, it was less than fun to work with. It curled slid and stretched and just was a general pain in the neck but with a little patience the results were wonderful!

I gave Frances a few lessons and soon she was sewing cushion covers like a pro! Over the course of a day and a half we got 3 curtains for downstairs done and a seat cover, 2 throw pillows 2 back pillows done for the couch in the new trailer. In my opinion they turned out very nicely!

In payment for my work Frances made some killer meals, one of Steak and one of Salmon.......very good!! They also bought me a stepping stone that glows in the dark to put up at the lot.