There’s been a lot of work done on our house in the last few weeks. The current project that my husband and I are finishing up is a living room wall. It’s one that we knocked down a few years ago between the upper and lower stairway. Yes that’s right .. we’ve had a big opening between the basement stairs and the main floor!

So we’re building a wall now, but not a full wall like it was before because we enjoy the light that comes down from the upper floor that we didn’t get when there was a full wall in the past.

I think tomorrow we’re going to do the wiring for the light switch to the basement stairs and an electrical outlet in the wall. We had been using a cable raceway to hide the electrical cords going to the area in the past but now that the wall is going up we won’t have to do that.

It’s going to be so nice once the wall is up and I can finally look at the wall and the staircase as complete. Believe me it’s been years since I’ve sen the area looking finished! Next is the living room dining room ceiling and then a whole lot of painting throughout the house.

I was thinking about one of my brothers earlier today. It’s been a long time since I heard from him .. Christmas … almost five months ago. Wow … time sure has gone by fast, but that’s too long to not hear from someone. I think I’d better give him a call this weekend and make sure everything is ok.

He’s been busy getting his business up and running so I’m hoping that’s the main reason why I haven’t heard from him. When he had his old business he used to occasionally call me and a couple of other members of my family using his teleconferencing service to connect all of together at once. That was pretty cool because we could all talk together. Hm ..I wonder if he has that service in his new office. Probably.

Do you have family members that you don’t hear from on a regular basis? I shouldn’t talk I suppose. I should have called him before now as well.

It’s time to put on my thinking cap and come up with a fantastic birthday gift for one of my friends. It’s his birthday in two weeks and I want to get him a gift that he’ll really enjoy.

Think think think … Hmmmm well I know my friend is a musician. So is my husband, and my husband is aware of most of the musical instruments and equipment that he has but it seems that he might need a digital recorder. I was looking at various types and I’ve almost settled on getting him a marantz brand. My husband says they’re very good.

Other than that … hmmm I don’t think he needs anything else musical instrument wise. I’ll have to keep thinking. Any suggestions?

Some time in the next few weeks I really have to shopping for a new ceiling fan.

I know some people don’t like ceiling fans, but they really do help cool your house and save you money on your heating and air-conditioning costs if you use them properly.

We have a few ceiling fans in our house and naturally, the nicest one, the one in the living room the one with the three speeds, reverse, remote control lighting and a dimmer switch on the light just stopped working in the Fall. Now that we’re well into Spring and the weather will be getting warm soon I’m definitely going to want a ceiling fan in the living room that works – let alone a replacement light. I’ve been missing that light too!

I plan on looking at Hunter ceiling fans first, probably because that’s what the old fan’s brand is and I really like the style. It lasted 11 years and was used regularly so I don’t think I can complain that it wore out too fast.

Do you use ceiling fans in your house to stir the air in order to cool or warm your home?

Have you been watching Canada’s Got Talent? I have and I’m enjoying it immensely. I find that the talent that made it to the semi-finals is much more diverse than on the American version of the show.

I’m watching this evenings show and the last performance is a native hoop dancer. There was also a dance troupe that performs tributes to tragic life events which sounds depressing but it’s really beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like that on America’s Got Talent.

Surprisingly there’s fewer rock bands and solo guitar/ singer performers getting through than I would expect. The one rock band that I liked had an amazing drummer. I think he played a set of Dunnett Drums. Unfortunately they didn’t get through. However I think the good things about these shows is that even if the people performing don’t make it all the way to even the semi finals or the finals if their talent is shown on national TV it might help them get started.

Well I must vote for my favorite performers from tonight’s show. There were six performances and I really liked three! I should only vote for one though if I want to give an act a serious chance of making it to the finals. Oh what to do, what to do! If you watched the show who got your vote?

I can’t believe that it might snow tomorrow. It hasn’t been all that warm this month, but SNOW???? That’s crazy! Here I was thinking how nice this spring was overall – I mean my garden is growing and blooming so nicely and oh the weather in March was as warm as May and June.

Hopefully it really starts to warm up again soon or else I’ll start to wish that we could give spring a dose of xomax so it would shape up! LOL

Are you having strange weather in your area too? Was it warm and then cold and then maybe warm again? It’s so strange this year!

I think I need to do some serious shopping this weekend. Earlier this week I had a meeting in Human Resources at my workplace to see where they might place me if I come back – if they have a job for me, and due to my recent weight loss and lack of recent clothes and shoe purchases I really had to scramble to find something nice to wear. As it was the shoes I chose to wear have left my feet sore to this day! Owwww!

So at the very least I must buy some decent dress shoes this week. Not pumps or high heels necessarily, but low heeled dress shoes that I can wear with nice pants or perhaps a dress. Something versatile.

I’ve been holding off getting new clothes because 1. I think I’m still going to lose a bit more weight, and 2. It would be nice to wait until I’m back to work and I have more money to spend on clothes etc. Of course I could be like one of my internet friends who just got one of those quick loans from a company or something called title loans Arizona when she needed some money fast. I don’t think I’ll need to do that though – hopefully not anyway ..

Anyone want to go shopping with me this weekend?

It looks like there’s going to be a lot of work done on a house down the street from us. It’s actually a house that I used to complain about when we had bad renters beside us … because the bad renters used to go to that house all the time to do “illegal” things if you know what I mean. We called it the crack head house.

Luckily the owner of that house wised up and kicked his renters out about a year ago as well and now it seems he’s going to either gut the house or tear down part of it. I saw a skid steer parked in front of the house earlier today so I think they’re going to bulldoze part of the house.

With renters in the house for so long I wouldn’t be surprise if the inside is in bad shape.

I’ve had a Kindle now for about two and a half years. I think my Kindle was the second version of the Kindle, but given the new versions that have come out and other ebook readers I’m seriously considering getting either a new Kindle or some other type of ebook reader.

I’m not thinking of getting a new Kindle just because I want all of the new features … no, it’s because my current one is acting up a little bit. Or at least I think it is. It sometimes takes a while to turn a page or to go back to the Home page. It’s just slower all around. I’m starting to think that the battery might be getting old or something.

So … if I do get a new ebook .. should I get a new Kindle or should I get a different kind of eBook reader like a Kobo or something else?

I went to walk into my kitchen a couple of hours ago and it was in complete darkness. The light in the oven exhaust hood finally went out.

Off I went to find a new light bulb for the fixture. I knew it took a normal light bulb but what I didn’t know was that I was about to have a lot of trouble getting the light in place! All the have just a little bit of light in the kitchen without having all the overhead lights on. Sigh … In the end I had to get a screw driver and take out a couple of screws and flat washers just to get at the area with the light.

Now I’m not happy with the light that I put in. I put in CF bulb and I think the box said “day light” color .. but my kitchen now has a greenish light cast and I HATE it. I don’t think I want to use the rest of the lights in the box. Too bad they’re so expensive! Maybe I can trade them for some I like better.