Ocean to Prairie

I know, I know, I'm getting lazy at blogging. Its been a busy week at work and we were away last weekend. Anywho, amongst my adventures out here I have realized a few more things: RR #8: Turn signals are optional. I don't even want to get started on this one. It's a long rant! RR #9: Being the only car at a 4-Way stop is quite intimidating. RR #10: Being the only car on the highway is intimidating! RR #11: One will pass a RTM house at least once a week on the highway. I get quite the thrill passing a massive house on my way to work.  A small post today. I'm tired...

As you know I've been tackling the job of restaining our dining set. Since I'm off for the next few days VACAAATTTIOOOONNN!  and there isn't a chance of poor weather for the next while, I thought I'd get to staining these suckers. The stain we chose has the stain and polyurethane in one:  Mixwax Polyshades  in Bombay Mahogany. Now, we should've realized with the keyword 'Mahogany' that the stain would have a hint of red. Hint of red is an understatement. The swatch we based our decision on was much much  darker. When I opened the can I laughed cause it looked like I stole a pint of O negative from  Canadian Blood Services .   Please donate blood! I thought maybe the stain was like hair dye-- the colour is scary and misleading at first, but you still get the desired outcome. Well, after a few coats, the stain is still pretty red. Since we were shooting for something more along the lines of espresso (with a hint of red), we're going to do a final coat ov

Tis the Civic Holiday long weekend (BC Day back in Victoria!) here in Saskabush. I thought I'd take the weekend to finish up a few projects and get some things done around the house since Bear and I weren't going 'to the lake' like everyone else in Saskatchewan seems to do. In November Bear and I purchased a dining set from the  ReStore  in Lloyd. The chairs were marked up, as was the table. We decided it would be great to refinish the set and stain the wood to match the rest of our living area wood furniture.  Again, that was in November. I was gung-ho at the start and sanded one chair. The day I decided to sand was windy and I was not a happy camper. We didn't have access to the garage at our old rental and I didn't want to sand inside the house, so I held off for better weather.  Better weather came, as did a new house! I put off this project for so long that I had actually forgotten we were refinishing the set. That is, until I purchased another item for r

Last night Bear and I made deliiiiiiiiiiiish floats. Now, these weren't your ordinary float. These were floats made with Kraken rum, and home made vanilla ice cream. YUM. To make such a delicious treat you will need: 1 awesome glass 1 355ml can of Coke (we used Coke Zero, watching our figures, you know)  1-2 oz of Kraken Rum As much vanilla ice cream you desire Pour the rum in the glass first, then add the ice cream, and lastly the Coke. Give the drink a bit of a stir before you chug down-- all the rum is still at the bottom! Enjoy! xo