January Catch Up

Already more than week into 2019!

Christmas was great, spent it with family which I am so grateful for.

The plastic wrap ball was a big hit, lots of laughs. Remember the cobs of corn? Well...they are gross...absolutely gag inducing when opened...the smell. The youngest son unwrapped them from the ball.

Husband took a small bite and declared "tastes like canned corn" ewww.

We had some family in for Boxing Day. We had a very relaxing and laid back Christmas, it was so nice.  

We celebrated out 31st wedding Anniversary on the 30th of December. As always, very low keyed. We are long past the stage of exchanging gifts or cards. We did go out for supper a few days before, Steak & Lobster....it was yummy. 

Hubby took a weeks holiday over Christmas, so we had some time to do a little kitchen refresh.

We replaced the old stainless steel sink with this one. It is deep and extra large. The hardware store had a great sale on, 50% off. Took us about 5 hours to install it, the counter top needed to be cut to be able to fit it. Also there were no water shut offs under the sink, so that took some time for Hubby to install them. The taps we had bought NIB (new in box) at an auction sale, we paid $10 for them, they are online ranging in price from $499.00 - $269.00, so we scored on that purchase. Was not too sure if I wanted the soap dispenser installed or not since the one I had in our previous house could only be refilled by removing the bottle from under the sink....I am getting too old for that! This one fills from above which makes much more sense. The water here is horrible, leaving the old sink stained. 

Happy to see that sink gone!!

There was a great sale of 25% off handles, so we replaced all 40 of them in the kitchen. See a theme developing here lol. Going with black accents with all the oak. The old handles were oak and brass, and grubby from years of use.

Once the "sunshine ceiling" is removed we will be adding black trim to the cabinets. 

We have had some cold days -25C, pretty but cold. I was on FB and saw a post about "whore frost".....umm thinking they meant hoarfrost lol.

We completed another puzzle, we picked up a few after Boxing Day for 50% off. 

The next couple of weeks is going to be busy for me. We are taking a truck load to a Antique & Collectible Auction, so have lots to sort through and clean up. I will be sure to share pictures.

 Will also be switching around some rooms: moving the spare bedroom to the basement, my "selling room" from the basement to the upstairs old spare bedroom, all the Christmas treasures into the old "selling room". I want it done, just not by me lol. Will share the progress with you all.

Until Next Time.....

Live Long & Prosper!!!!