What a difference! Most of the knotty pine is up on the walls with only the stairwell to go. The rooms seem bigger and brighter to me and I’m very happy with the work. The mill where I got the wood often has Spruce and Pine mixed together so […]
The dock is in and we keep rolling on!
We went to the Cottage Life Spring Cottage show and visited a number of dock vendors before finally picking Rideau Docks. They appeared to be a smaller company (family run) then many of the other vendors, but their prices were good and I liked dealing with […]
Here’s some good news from the federal government with respect to their proposed budget. They are proposing a temporary renovation tax credit for 2009. Now this might not affect a lot of people, but for folks like myself that intended on spending money on building materials or services this is a […]
Christmas isn’t far away now and I’m sure a lot of you are making plans for Christmas dinner. This year you might want to help provide some food for those that can’t afford a turkey dinner. Second Harvest is an organization that helps feed hungry people by picking up and preparing […]
There has been a lot of talk about the beer industry lately in Ontario. The Toronto Star News paper did a 3 part story on the Beer Store, which opened a lot of people’s eyes to how we, as Ontarian’s, have simply accepted whatever the government tells us. For those that don’t know about alcohol […]
Making a keggerator or keg fridge at home is rather simple as long as you have a spare fridge to play with. There are a number of people selling fridges in classified ads and at garage sales for $40 or $50 so look there first.
I purchased a keg fridge kit off of […]
It’s getting into the dog days of the winter here in Ontario. It’s dark and cold when I get up to go to work and it’s dark and cold when I leave work to go home. During the day I look out my window and it is grey and dreary. […]
Niagara Wine Route – Grimsby & Beamsville
A day trip that my wife and I take a few times each year is a tour of the Niagara Wine Route. The Niagara region of Ontario produces some of the best wines from Canada and I am lucky enough to […]
The 5L Heineken keg that has been recently advertised caught my eye and I was thinking of picking it up. It’s $35 CAD which isn’t unreasonable, but I thought I would compare it to the .5L tallboy cans that I often pick up from the local LCBO. Each […]
Today is one of the happiest days of my life because I was able to listen to the radio in my car for the first time in a year. I have a 1999 Saturn SC2 that I bought used 5 years ago. Everything has been great with my Saturn up […]
