Dinner at the Old Mill
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Projects on 29. Aug, 2008 | 7 Comments
Person 1: “Let’s have gourmet pasta for dinner, shall we?”
Person 2: “Pasta sounds good, but there’s one problem.”
Person 1:Â “And what problem is that, pray tell?”
Person 2: “Our one and only pot is upstairs in the attic catching rain.”
Person 1: “Oh. Right. Corn flakes for dinner?”
Person 2: “I’ll get the bowls.”
Dundas Plowing Match Agricultural Fair, Dundas PEI
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Personal, Prince Edward Island on 23. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
Last month, we took a day off and went to some Canada Day celebrations.
This month, we spent the day at the Dundas Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair, which is, as their webpage touts, a “down home, real country fair.”
We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Highlights included:
Watching a pig scramble, during which excited children herded pigs into [...]
The Perks of Home Renovation
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 18. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
I’ve recently discovered a perk of living inside a half-finished house. Unpainted walls can be a lonely girl’s canvas.
So when you’re feeling homesick, grab a carpenter’s pencil and turn to the nearest wall. Let your mind wander to a loved one who happens to live 6,000 kilometres away, and commence doodling.
The only downside is that, [...]
Shingling a Steep Roof is Not (Quite) as Scary as it Looks
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Projects on 17. Aug, 2008 | 9 Comments
When we purchased our home, we knew that the roof was ancient and leaking.
Even I, who knew little about home renovation when we first moved in, could tell that the shingles were drastically deteriorated. Although I suppose it doesn’t take much to recognize that if a windy evening means that you’ll wake up to roof [...]
Meanwhile, Back at the Farm…
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors on 12. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
In my spare time I can be found writing: tapping my keyboard and scrunching my face up in deep thought.
Cameron, on the other hand, seems to accomplish much more tangible results with his limited spare time.
Our home is heated by wood-stove only, and, let me tell you, the Winters can get cold here on Prince [...]
Places to Sleep
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Projects on 06. Aug, 2008 | 6 Comments
This afternoon I wrote about places to sit; now I tell tales of places to sleep.
Our house has three bedrooms. All three rooms have been stripped down to the studs. Two bedrooms are still in stud-form: one bedroom is packed to the seams with our stuff, since we haven’t unpacked anything but the necessities since [...]
Places to Sit
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal on 06. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
When we moved across the country, we sold every piece of furniture that we owned (except my wooden hope chest, which was a gift from my parents).
Indeed, by the time we had our urban Victoria BC condo for sale (we marketed and sold it ourselves, the only way to go in a hot real estate [...]
Fun With Numbers: Hybrid Car Edition
Posted by Cameron in Projects on 05. Aug, 2008 | 14 Comments
This post was written by Cameron!
I’d like to introduce a new series here at Whimfield: Fun With Numbers. Often during my research looking for new ways of reducing our cost of living, I crunch numbers. I often find it fun to come up with different statistical scenarios, crunch the numbers, and see how things pan [...]
Low-power server
Posted by Cameron in Projects on 02. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
This post was written by Cameron!
One of the main goals we have with our house is to make it as cheap as possible to live in. With the cost of electricity being the most expensive in all of Canada here on PEI ($0.19 kw/h + $30 per month flat fee), we are looking for ways [...]
The Truth About Country Living
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 02. Aug, 2008 | 3 Comments
A BAT IN THE HOUSE THE FIRST TIME WAS A NOVELTY.
A BAT IN THE HOUSE THE SECOND TIME, WHEN YOU’RE REALLY TIRED AND JUST WANT TO GO TO BED, IS NOT MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME.
GOOD NIGHT.
