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Well, I ran out of space with my hosting provider so I renewed the domain with someone else and moved all of my stuff over to Kyle’s server, which has unlimited bandwidth and space .. great right? Well, I didn’t back up Peatt.net properly and now I can’t re-import the old site, which means we may have to start fresh. Bear with us as we update!!
We spent the weekend in Montreal moving Evan, Ryan’s brother, into his new dorm at McGill. I came home to a bunch more ripe tomatoes and we are having a heirloom pizza for supper. I think I am still full from all the fabulous food we had in Montreal – Au Pied de Cochon last night and Schwartz’s this afternoon for lunch. On the drive home we even stopped at St. Albert’s for a few cheese curds.
Those little tomatoes that started growing a few months ago ripened as soon as the rain went away and are now ready to eat. I’m estatic. You can read about my summer tomato adventures here.
Ryan was travelling in the US this month and ended his trip in San Fransisco. Seeing an opportunity I met him there and we had great little get-a-way weekend. We spent a day in Palo Alto (Silicon Valley) for Ryan’s meetings at Stanford University and then we zipped over to the coast for our trip back to San Francisco (thanks Ram, for lending us the Porsche)! The next day we toured around San Francisco, included a trip down Lombard Street and some shopping at Union Square. On our last day in California we toured through Sonoma Valley and picked up some great bottles of wine. Ryan went back to Ottawa the following day and I continued on to Vancouver and then Victoria for work.
First signs of tomato growth
Happy Canada Day! Ryan and I headed down to Parliament Hill this morning for the noon hour show. It was a spectacular event and we have the sun burns to prove it.
We have also been in the house for about a month now. The yard is still a mud pile but I have tomatoes growing in pots and we are as unpacked as we can be at this point. We are really happy with the house and all the choices we made, but there is still lots to do. Next up: installing blinds. I feel a bit guilty about not having any better pictures to show you but I have put a few in Chez Nous for you to see. Check out the Foodies tab to see how I’ve been enjoying the new kitchen and fresh summer ingredents when making lasagna!
Hi everyone,
We have moved into our new house – more to come on that soon.
We have a new address and phone number! Our new home phone number is 613 – 822 – one five three zero (spelled to avoid telephone number marketing spiders).
If you’d like our new address please send me an email by clicking “Email Ryan!” at the top of the screen to let me know.
Ryan
Tanya and I have decided to spend the May 2-4 long weekend packing (2-4 not pictured!). We are in the new house in one week and are getting very excited. The boxes have provided an excellent vantage point for the cats – something they really aren’t used to since we are currently in a basement apartment. We drove to the new house today to check it out – our garage doors were on, our granite countertops were in and our cupboards were installed! Our Pre-Delivery Inspection is on Wednesday.
Anyways, back to drinking. … er … I mean packing!
Star Trek is back with the new movie that opened this weekend. Taking the original Star Trek characters this new film erases and re-writes their back story setting the stage for a number of Star Trek films to come over the next few years. The film had me crying in the first 10 minutes and cheering at the end. Ryan declared it was probably the best action film he had ever seen. The film student in me couldn’t help but notice the great contrasts 0f the film – the black infinite space was often broken by a blinding white light that consumed the screen. The action scenes, jam-packed with noise and movement, were often contrasted with opera music, silence, or just breathing. Aside from the esthetics, the film played on my favorite sci-fi theme: time-space confusion. This theme became more prominent in the Voyager TV series and is indicative of globalization and the current technological revolution. We saw the film on the IMAX and both agreed that that is really the only reason to go to the theatre these days.
One month mark today; we dropped by the site and gave the multitudes of Quebecois bricklayers some beer and pop. The house exterior is close to being finished!
Lorraine also sent us a picture of our “Peatt Pile” which is being carefully guarded 24/7. We were out shopping again this weekend so Lorraine and Skip, if you are reading this, we will make a deposit shortly (please inform the guard).
