Mom and Dad come for a visit

Our first moving day (June 25) was a busy, busy day. I mentioned that I left my camera on the bed, so… how… you may wonder… did I get photos of us moving?

My wonderful Mom brought her camera with a load of dishes and other breakables in her van. Dad came along to look at some structural stuff for me (mostly the heating). I posed by the dishes shortly after they were unpacked – I'm not taking any credit for any of the work, other than taking the photo.

We have big, big plans for the place, including a Central Boiler outdoor furnace. If you don't know about these things and you have a bit of land you really need to check these out (www.heatforless.ca) The idea is that you burn corn, wood or biomass to heat a water jacket in the outdoor stove. Then the hot water is piped into your house where it warms your forced air, your in-floor heating or even your hot water tank. We're hoping to hook up a hot tub to the stove as well!

Anyway, Dad will be helping install the stove and needed to know where everything will be going. I think he has a good idea.

After we unloaded the van, Sherry and I took Mom and Dad out for coffee and dessert and they headed back to Sarnia. Mom and Dad were both pleased with the house. It needs a lot of attention to make it into a Bed and Breakfast, but it has great bones and a ton of land to work with.

We spent a bit of time organizing the space and then headed back for a well deserved rest in our own beds. Here you can see just a few of the boxes that Mom and Dad drove down for us!