Change in the weather and Mother's Day

Sunday ... Happy Mother's Day

Received phone calls for Mother's Day. Kristi and Jason will be down next weekend so we will celebrate "Mother's Day" then. With Garrett and Kat over in Squamish it's too hard to come for just the day. Kristi has said she will cook dinner next Saturday night for us and our friends Steve and Dianne Colibaba for my belated Mother's Day. What a nice treat for me.

Ray decided that we should go out for a drive to somewhere we have not seen and go for lunch. It was decided to go to Cherry Point and stop by the Cherry Point Winery. We took Freya with us as she loves beaches and it was a much cooler day at 16C.

Very limited parking

Our favourite artist, EJ Hughes, painted this same view.

Next we stopped in at the Cherry Point Winery. We hoped to have lunch there but they only have very limited seating for the Bistro and they were totally booked up with reservations. Oh well, off to our favourite Fish and Chip place, Original Joe's in Duncan.  We haven't been impressed with the wine from this place, so didn't bother to go in for tastings.`

Ahhhh great fish and chips.

Back home we relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. A great Mother's Day.

Monday morning a little breezy but still sunny. It will change overnight according to the forecast for a day of rain which the forest around us sorely needs. The shorts and tank tops will be put away for the next week I think, and the jeans and t-shirts will be back out of the closet. lol

I spent the day in Duncan purchasing items to restock my "larder" in preparation for company this weekend. Also managed to finally get some clothes shopping in for summer clothes. Had a very successful day and was back home by 3:30 pm in time to put some leftover potting soil on the bare spots on the lawn and spread the new coated grass seed. This time hopefully the grass will fill in. The rush was on as it was supposed to rain overnight and be cooler with showers for the next few days, perfect for grass growing weather.

Tuesday, it was off to Nanaimo for me for a doctor's appointment and then back home. The landscapers were back this morning to pressure wash all of our concrete in preparation to seal it on Friday. We won't be able to use our driveway until after the long weekend to prevent any staining. Fortunately our neighbours on both sides are going to be away and have offered up their driveways so our company will have somewhere to park ... the motorhome will fill the cul-de-sac! (Got a call from the landscaper's tonight ... as it is not supposed to rain tomorrow they will seal the driveway then so we will be fine to drive on it for the weekend.) The cleaned concrete looks great.

It rained on and off all morning but stayed raining all afternoon so good for the forests. Wish it would rain every night but be sunny and warm during the days.

The electricians came by at 2 pm to install the lights in Ray's shop and to put another couple of lights in the A frame on the porch to highlight our etched glass, it looks fabulous. They will be back to put the plugs back in the wall in the downstairs kitchen once Jason finishes the backsplash.

Good thing Ray's "Bat Cave" frame is sturdy! lol

Wednesday, woke up to cloudy skies so the driveway sealing can happen. Ray's off to Ford to get the wiring repaired for towing the boat, the part finally came in. I went out to check out the driveway and there are too many pressure washer marks so it is not clean enough to be sealed so they only sealed the back patio and the two sidewalks down the sides of the house. They will be back on Tuesday to wash the driveway again and then apply the sealer.

Our son-in-law Jason arrived at 9:30 to install the downstairs kitchen backsplash. Kristi and Jason chose the backsplash ... they did not like the pebbles stuff we already had. He sure did an awesome job. There were enough tiles over to put a bit of a backsplash in the bathroom too. Thanks so much Jason. Jason will be back Friday morning to grout in the tiles and then voila it is done.

Here is the before picture:

Ta da!

Thursday morning foggy but not raining. It is expected to start raining this afternoon again though, just in time for Steve and Dianne to arrive for the weekend. With Kristi and Jason also here it is shaping up to be a fun filled weekend.