Look who’s back!
I am back to my weekly recap of the comings and goings of the Carr clan and man do I have a lot to say. Actually, I have lots to say, but little time to say it, so this one post will likely not equal the 4 weeks of missing content and that’s a good thing I would think. Who wants to go that far back anyway?
I will give you an idea of what has taken me away from my laptop for the missing 42 days in my Confessions blog and it starts with an H and ends with a ohh my god my back is sore. We got the keys to our house on the 30th of July and started what has turned from a 15-day mad renovation job to a whole lot of extra work with a handful of things still to be complete. The house is certainly livable and for the most part we are thrilled. TIRED and sore but thrilled!
The Nail
As the sun is setting on a warm July day, the workers are getting ready to call it a day. Construction on the first planed community in Ontario is going well, but the truth is with only 3 months into the project, the work will still be here tomorrow, and the day after that and for more then 4 years to come. 1,200 hectares of barren farmland converted to a large mix of residential, schools, industrial and shopping complete with parks, two man made lakes and a path way to connect it all.
Work is going well in phase 1 including work on a little street with 22 houses on it. Tomorrow they put the floor on two or three of these brand new homes, but for now they can call it a day. As a distant radio, tuned to CHUM, plays Bad, Bad Leroy Brown the workers do a quick sweep up. The guy with the longest hair reaches down and rescues a nail from the garbage and as he puts it in his pocket, says, “That’s the first one I will hit tomorrow”.
Things you think about when you are the removing 35 year old nails from the floor of your new home to run new wire to all your outlets and pot lights. Sometimes during the task of this massive renovation, my mind drifted about other inanimate objects sharing their life story with me… if only the walls could talk.
First day of class
I love the first day of class. I hate that it means that the summer is over, but I love the energy and excitement that a new group of students brings to the school and the smiles on the faces of returning students seeing their class mates, sometimes for the first time in months. First day of school is certainly exciting for the students but yes, for the teachers and staff too.
As for the girls, they love their new teachers, and aside from missing a couple of their best buddies in different sections of their grade, they are very happy to be back.
In closing
My favourite part of Julia’s new room is the care she has taken in arranging all of her most cherished items on her little bedside table. In fact, Jordyn has the same table in her new room with a carefully arranged array of items as well, but it is the little card on Julia’s table that makes me smile. You see in the summer, one of her best little friends left for new home and school in Milton and after her little summer “I miss my friends party” she gave Julia a hand made card that says “Don’t forget me” on it, and Julia has put it in such a place of hounour I don’t think she will ever forget. I think that is good advice!
Don’t forget to read my blog if you get a chance, and sorry I was away for a bunch of weeks.
Have a great week and all the best.
Jim