HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. We hope all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. We did. We arrived back on the 3rd. That is the earliest that we have come back at Christmas. We were surprised that the weather is okay. It is only a little cold and today it is windy. We expected worse.
We spent New Year's Eve with Melissa, Darren and Signe. She is called pigne now as she is a little porker when it comes to food. She has gained over 2 lbs since Christmas. She now weighs 9 lbs 9 ozs.
Melissa and Signe may come for a visit in August. They have decided not to run the Restaurant/Bakery this year. It is understandable with a new baby. We will make due. Our other daughter Christine will be here and we may hire someone to help. We have someone in mind. We have to make some sort of accommodation for them, but the old float house will be renovated to make it liveable. It won't take much work.
We have been busy getting firewood. It will be nice once we get a proper heating system. Doug has a wood stove for us, but it is a matter of getting it over here. I guess it is quite heavy. We have two chimneys so that won't be a problem. We were looking at an insert for the fireplace but we do not think it would fit in the type of fireplace that we have. We are also looking into some sort of furnace or propane/diesel heater. There are many options. The propane heater we have now is not efficient and heats our bedroom toasty warm, but takes a long time for the rest of the house and uses too much propane.
Yellow primroses were blooming when we got home. They do not know what time of year it is. George will be busy fixing up the barge now.
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