At Least It's not Raining

Can't sleep but this will be a short post.  Halloween came and went with no trick or treaters of course.  Out here not much chance of that.  I really miss Savannah today; missed going out with her and watching her just bull her way into people's houses after the first couple of doorbells.  She knows what she wants that girl!
They want to change Halloween to the last Saturday of October here; because they don't want kids tired at school the next day.  For the love of god, why bother?  So what if kids are cranky one day out of the year; let them have their fun.  I hate when the government wastes time on stuff like this, getting involved in something that they shouldn't interfere in, rather than taking care of what they were hired to do; govern.
Oh and a jacuzzi at the hotel is haunted; keeps turning itself on and off. Thankfully Jay didn't have to go in to deal with that one.  Maybe they called ghostbusters....I think I should go to sleep.

PS Debi is taking me to see Mama Mia when I'm back home for my birthday.  Yay!  I love Mama Mia.

It's Raining Again

Today we're supposed to get 50-70 mm of rain.  Thankfully, it's not going to snow.  Had our open house yesterday and only had one couple come through.  Although it's frustrating to put in all that work and effort for only one viewing; maybe they will be the ones to fall in love with the house.  Fingers crossed.  As promised, here is a picture of the bedroom with all the changes we made.

At least it gave us the opportunity to take Blue to the dog park so Jay could see where it is I've been hanging out and we also got Blue into the vet to have that weird growth checked out.  The vet seems to think it isn't anything important but we will be getting it removed in the near future.
I also went to a book sale and craft sale with Irene yesterday morning.  The book sale was okay; got a pile of books for $12 and the craft sale we didn't see anything either of us liked.  Charlottetown is very much a small town feel with the "everyone knows everyone" experience happening all around you.  These kinds of sales are just opportunities for people to meet up and stand around chatting.
At the dog park met another guy who just moved from Ontario; Hamilton to be exact.  We were discussing the practice of tail docking because there were three boxers and a rottweiler at the park.  PEI has banned the  practice, which I completely agree with; it's essentially only done to maintain breed standards and seems cruel and pointless.  Was surprised to find out that a community on PEI has banned the owning of rottweilers (and pit bulls) outright.  I've never personally met a vicious rottweiler; most of the ones I know have been huge babies.  Sounds a bit like an over reaction on the part of that specific community.
Really have to say that one of the things I love most about this island, is the crazy weather.  It can be quite extreme and it changes in a heartbeat.
Anyway, that's about all that I have to say for now.  Here are a few more pics of the cleaned up, open house ready, home.

Another Rainy Day

So today is one of those rainy gray days meant to be spent curled up with a good book; so I decided to paint the baseboards in my bedroom.  As you can see from the above, the room used to be pale yellow with the lovely brown trim they put every where in the house.  Now it's olive green with white trim.  I will post an after picture once the room is put back together.
I still, after almost 7 months, feel like a stranger in a strange land; not able to find common ground with too many people surprisingly.  The dog park is a godsend; Blue gets his exercise and there I do have common ground with the other owners.  The time spent there flies by and I have to say I've never been happier here than when I'm there amongst a whole pack of canines.
Finished the bookclub book and just now remembered that I have to send an e-mail giving my thoughts and impressions.  Loved it, by the way.  So now I'm continuing to read (re-read) the Game of Thrones series and just started Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller.  Thank you Irene for that one.