snow, DIY and the rest...

last week the whole week i have to work in the evening. and not only that, i have to wrok days too. well some days. anyway, it was a pretty busy week. then came the winter storm last weekend and last night, it snowed again. we had like 5-6 inches of snow. will have to shovel the side walk and take the girls sledding later on too. that will be fun.

i like this picture. didn't think that it would turn out this way :)

i have all these things that i wanted to post but entah eh..lupa pulak. but thing i know is that, i am saddened that misty is gone. i mean..i only knew her for a few days and still, i felt so bad. was telling my friend, that since i have met and touched her, it is as good as her being mine when i heard about her death. if i were to feel this way, what more kak za and john.

6 inches of snow. sakit seh badan kena shovel the sidewalk.

i have finished painting the office this blue colour. i think i like this blue more than the turqouise that we have in the hall way..looks like sometime in the future i will be repainting the hall way..hehehe. NOT!..i mean yes..but not that soon lah.. penat seh..i still have one more room left. and that is the guest bedroom. this chocolate colour. we'll see how it goes.

this is the nicest blue of all the blues that i have in the house. too bad kalau nak paint the hallway thiscolour, it will be quite dark.

our bathroom project, tergendala sebentar sebab the local store here sold us the wrong kind of mix for putting the tiles down. so had to pull up the tiles back and discovered that the paste is not even dried yet..dah kena cuci all the tiles. if not this weekend we would have put in the sink dah..but anyway, it looks so much better since the tiles did not move and it looks kinda even thooughout. we also bought a dishwasher. after 8 years on living here, i finally went ahead and bought one. took sean the whole day to put it in..had to do a bit of plumbing and rewiring of the circuits. we got it up and running at 1 am two nights ago. that was the night where i had stayed up till 2 am trying to pull up all the tiles and cleaning the paste off the floor and tiles. so now, insyallah the value of our house will go up when it comes time to sell the place.

this was before we took the tiles back up. the paste tak kering and we have to number the tiles . cerewet seh buat keje ni.

well, as for the next istallation of our vacation, it was new year's eve. and we finally get to meet the rest of the ciccotelli clan. it was fun. during the day we went for a drive all over westport. gi kutip shells at horseneck beach and then went to this arm. dah lupa pulak nama dia..blue berry beach or gooseberry beach..entah eh..i dah lupa. nak kena tanyer sean. tu lah kat horseneck beach jumpalah kulit ketam..heheh. i showed sarah..dia ni takut dengan ketam..so i thought by showing the dead crab nyer shell, dia tak takut kan. wahh..takut seh..so she cried..i pun apa lagi lah..i chsed her around with it..hehe.

another view of the wharf.

then went to this other place, which had a lot of houses. but one hurricane..kalau tak salah, hurricane bob..ni main hentam ajer.but i think it sounds right..hahah, and wiped out most of the houses at that arm. that is why the remaining houses is so few and it looks really creepy actually. during the day it is so nice. apa lahi..sarina and sarah kutip sea shells lagi lah :) then aleh2 jer i dengar..sarah was crying and i heard ' lobster claw, lobster claw'..rupa2 nyer..sarina found this lobster claw and was chasing sarah around with it. the claw pulak tu still ada isi dia..punyalah berbau. tried going to a rest but tutup..so went home and had lunch.

sarina buat warm up nak gi pungut shells. sarah pulak entah eh..i tak tau lah what she is trying to do.

pastu siap2 for the get together that night. kita sibuk kat dapur, john and sean with the kids sibuk dekat barn. masak kuah satay..kak za buat her famour popiah..let me tell you..it is so sedap :) and when john and the rest got back..he made quiche and celery sticks and dips and voila..party has started. patricia bawak her 'fresh food'..which is healthy i guess but i don't really care much for it. i guess healthy food is non-existent in my vocab..hahaha. talked to her a bit..but i guess i said the wrong thing to a vegetarian..i said the first thing that i leanrt how to cook properly was pot roast...ehehe. honestly..it didn't cross my mind to not say that..until later when i realise my folly. how insensitive of me. sean apa lagi..he got along well with everybody..talk and talk and talk. tu lah..kita dua orang bakar satay and kepak ayam kat luar..bau semerbak :) near midnite..bunga apai..i malas nak nengok kat luar..sebab it was so bloody cold...hehhe...seme balik lepas tu..kemas2 sikit and duduk berbual..and terus apa lagi..landing time :)

nengok..sarah dengan dia nyer lenggang lenggok. ni kira tengah plan ni..what can they do at this place..

anyway..i hafta go now. nak kena mop lantai in the bathroom..something about curing the grout. oh by the way..more pic at my multiply.