Archive for August, 2007

Autumn is arriving

Although you would never know it by the weather, the summer is slowly coming to an end and autumn (or fall) is on its way.

The temperatures are still really nice, in fact on Wednesday it was 32C, a bit cooler today at 25C, so really pleasant and the forecast says it will be like this for some time to come. Apparently July and August have been some of the hottest and driest since records began. We have had hardly any rain and the farmers are really feeling it, as our the lawns and wells.

Yesterday we were driving along and noticed that some of the trees are starting to change colour. This is both good and bad: good because it looks stunning in the autumn here, and bad because it does mean the end of summer.

On another note, Chris has started to attack our future home cinema room. He is boxing in the areas that will carry the projector and sorted out a lot of the wiring. He has also started the dry walling, so things are progressing. We are in no hurry to complete it, so can take our time. (I keep saying our!)

Basement Reno 2

Now that we have put our house hunting on hold, we have decided to renovate another of the rooms in our basement.

Last year we renovated half the basement, but left the other as we just did not know what to do with it. Well, the other day Chris had the great idea of turning one of the rooms into a home cinema room. We had considered this option before but never got around to it, so we are going to do it now.

We should get a lot of enjoyment out of it as we like watching films and if or when we do decide to sell it should be a selling feature to the buyer – particularly the man. The woman will hopefully like the kitchen and the man the home cinema – there’s marketing for you!

So, that is our new project – did I say “our”?

Currently the room looks like this…Stay tuned for updates!