Playing with the new camera at the Ottawa Horticultural Society

Tanya and I went to Southern California last week (June 29-July 4) – here are some pics from our Wine/Food/Beach vacation!

Itinerary:
June 29 – Flew Air Canada YOW-YYZ-SNA (Upgraded to executive class – woohoo!), picked up our cherry red rustang convertible, stayed at the Hilton Costa Mesa in Anaheim
June 30 – Drove to Temecula, did some outlet shopping in Lake Elsinore, some wine tasting, and stayed at the South Coast Winery Resort and Spa. Ate some spectacular food
July 1 – More wine tasting, toured old town Temecula, ate more spectacular food and drove to Ranchos Costa Verdes, stayed at the Terranea Resort and Spa
July 2 – Went hiking along the cliffs and beaches around Ranchos Costa Verdes, visited the glass chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, ate more spectacular food, stayed again at the Terranea Resort and Spa
July 3 – Visited the Abalone Coastal Reserve to see the tide pools, went to the beach at the resort, stayed the night at the Terranea Resort and Spa, drank too much.
July 4 – SNA-YYZ-YOW (upgraded again)!

A few dead links here or there, but the gallery is back, the posts have been restored and things are looking up!

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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!!

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!

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).

Tanya and I have taken the plunge into home ownership – we are building a new house in Riverside South (Ottawa). The closing date isn’t for a year, though! Plans are attached. More to come.

Site Plan

Floor Plan

We are looking forward to seeing you all in one week! Tanya and I have been busy preparing; we also have a new phone number: 613-627-5179.

 My mom passed along a great site about the resort; I encourage everyone to check it out before they go:

http://www.unofficial-barcelo-maya.com

 Merry Christmas,

Ryan and Tanya

Tanya and I recently returned from Victoria where we spent a great week with family and celebrated her sister’s wedding. Tanya was the maid of honour (ahem..best woman). You can view pictures of the ceremony and reception by clicking the photo gallery link on the right.