Home Improvements

With Papa's parents on their way, our family decided to make some changes to our home to make it more comfortable. Papa feels bad that everything was not ready for Gramma and Grampa but I am sure they understood how busy the end of the year was and how we enjoyed spending time researching Vietnam instead of painting walls.

So in short, Papa's office has become a guest room, Frunty's space ship room has become a family office, and Pit's dinosaur room has become a tv room. Our master bedroom has become the "dorm" room with beds for 4 people and our basement has become another guest room as Amy has moved out! Happy 2011. Our home is now a lot more user friendly with rooms based on function and quite eco-friendly. On super hot nights, we can all sleep in one room with the aircon on instead of cooling several rooms.

I guess this is not the most exciting topic but it reminds me of the changes. I became sad when Pit's orange and green walls got painted over. He told me today he wants the new colours to be dark brown and orange. Well, we'll see about that! I thought both boys were very generous to let their rooms be converted. Our home now sleeps 15 quite comfortably and with 5 bathrooms, we are hoping to host our entire family here one Christmas! (wishful thinking?!)

We are looking forward to Nonna and Nonno's visit as they arrive this Friday. Shortly after their departure, Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Paul arrive and the day after they leave, Scot, Ninon and Kyle from Toronto arrive. Hopefully everyone will enjoy our home and pool/steam room/exercise facilities as much as we do! As they say on RyanAir when you arrive in Ireland, "you're very, very welcome!"