Dec 5, 2020 - Prepping for the 70th

Winter has arrived eh. Hope this finds all well and safe. Just a few seasonal pixs of the interior in a festive mood. I see my tremor adds a bit of special effects to them. Now that racing season is over had to find a place for some flags so voila the Bedford spa a la nascar theme was created. Enjoying the new abode immensely, in floor heat is especially pleasant. It seems to hold the heat really well, no more cold feet in the middle of the nite when you have to get up to answer nature lol. Not much more for tonite folks, again stay safe...

Nov 14, 2020 - Enjoying more every day

Hello all. I would say we are 99% in now and loving the new digs. A few more pixs for you all. Certainly enjoyed the hot weather streak we had. Did last grass cutting yesterday, usually blowing snow by this time eh. Hope this finds you all well and staying safe.

Oct 15, 2020 - We are in

Hi all. Sorry for not posting more but it's been a hectic time. Tv went, my hard drive expired so lost everything, a few delays on the house but we persevered and we are in. Storage move went well, furniture move was excellent and we now have our 2 good friends from NS here with us and they have helped us immensely sort thru all the stuff and find a place for it so we can now say we are in our new home. Grass is planted and up, 40 trees/bushes are in and growing so have been busy. Will post a few more pixs in days ahead. hope you all had a...

Aug 29, 2020 - Barrie KOA

What a year 2020 is turning out to be. In March we hurried home to quarantine away from the world to try and avoid contacting COVID-19. For the first two weeks it was just Glenna and I tucked away in our home. We started using Zoom to communicate with friends, and used Instacart to order our groceries and have them delivered to our front door. I started back to work after the quarantine was over. I basically interacted with my two brothers, and a few neighbours. When we couldn’t keep a safe social distance we would wear a mask. Masks have...

Jul 28, 2020 - Work continues

Evening all. Been awhile but work continues. Was a bit of delay with drywallers/painter but we're back. Floors going down, cabinets arrived today. Finish siding tomorrow, soffits/fascias after that. We are enjoying progress and pleased with our selections to date. Sorry for quality of pixs i must have had a shake or 2 going on, better ones to follow. Hope all are well and staying safe, it's ugly out there if you're not careful.

Jul 9, 2020 - Paint/siding

Hello all. As we are enduring this stretch of blistering hot weather work continues on new home. Drywallers done sanding, prime coat on tomorrow. Siding going on, layout for sun room and front porch concrete almost complete. Flooring, lighting, cabinets, counter tops, tile, utilities here and waiting so progress should speed up in next few weeks. shooting for mid aug move in or earlier. Hope all are well and staying safe.

Jun 6, 2020 - Work continues

Hello all, sorry for long delay between posts, bt here we are. Work continues on house, roof complete, electrical and plumbing done, walls insulated, gyproc going up as we speak. Weather has been perfect for tradesmen. Randi'w recovery continues well, none of us are 30 anymore either eh lol. We may not meet our July 1 date but that's ok. Hot tub ordered, floors, tiles, cabinets ordered so all goes well. Nascar racing has returned so all is well with me. Take care all and talk again soon. Ken and Randi send

May 8, 2020 - Work continues

Hello all. As you can see the steel for the roof is going on, doors and windows are in place and the rear sun room is roofed. We hoped to have roof finished this week but unfortunately the wind and COLD weather has slowed the pace today. Roofing acts like a huge sail in the wind so that's why the slowdown. Watching final virtual race this weekend from N Wilksboro NC then its back to real racing next weekend from Darlington SC. They are planning 7 races in 11 days so should be interesting. As well no practicing or qualifying, just unload off...

Apr 24, 2020 - Trusses up, taking shape

Afternoon all. We hope everyone is coping well with the new normal. I believe we will be here for awhile yet no matter what DT says, thank god he provides us with a daily dose of head scratching and belly laughs. Home build continues well. Trusses are up except for screened in rear porch. Sheeting next then the metal roof. I f you want to see what the finished product should look like you can use the link below to have a close look. We have made a few minor changes but this is what we are shooting for. Like most i imagine, getting lots of...

Apr 12, 2020 - Here we go stage 1

Happy Easter to all. The build continues well with outside done, most interior walls up(we only made a couple of amendments) and awaiting arrival of roof trusses on tuesday. Was good to talk to all this week and hear how we are handling this new way of everyday life. I believe we are in it for the long haul on this one. We did have one emergency this week, our television packed it so off i went to get a new one. Smart TV let me tell you, hard to believe what they can do. We are both good here, do a daily check to watch new house and stay...

Apr 5, 2020 - We made the cut

Happy Easter all. Hope this finds you all safe and healthy with what is happening around us today. Just a few pictures of work to date on new house. We had luck on our side this week as we were able to continue work as our job was already in progress. Pixs of forms, footings, insulation, plumbing, heating prior to concrete covering it all. Walls start tomorrow then roof trusses next week. Randi's surgery has been delayed due to what's happening, not for too long we hope. Watching Nascar virtual race from Bristol this PM, if you didn't know...

Mar 25, 2020 - Scary Time

What a week it has been. Glenna and I continued our trip north keeping as isolated as possible. After leaving South Carolina we only had two interactions with the public. We met the manager at the KOA in Washington,Pennsylvania to pay for our night’s stay and we handed our passports to border security to enter Canada at Fort Erie. We were really cutting it close as RV parks were forced to close to all new entrants the next day in Pennsylvania In the south the public was relatively casual about social distancing. As we moved north we noticed...