We've been busy, to say the least. School and work aside, there never seems to be a dull moment. We spend a lot of time at the swimming pool. Corinne has taught Skye to swim - he's a little fish! The darby and joan club has played a couple of shows, including a recent opening gig for Halifax-based Calendonia. Check 'em out. On top of everything else, we've started our house renovations. I took a week off work (first paid holidays ever, yay!) during Rin's reading week to get a start on our renovations (see my Sketchup post below). All in all, the renos are going well. The walls are down. The breakfast bar is up. We have been amazed at what a difference these renos have made in our lives, despite the fact that there are still holes in the floor and ceiling. Removing the walls has completely changed the space on the first floor of our house. It's so great to be making dinner in the kitchen, while carrying on a conversation with Skye, who's playing in the living room. The place is much brighter, friendlier and...well...cooler than it was before. There is still a lot of work to be done - including slate and hardwood flooring, but even as it is, I wish we had made these changes years ago! Here are some pics.
The first sign of light!
Kitchen wall coming down...
The breakfast bar under construction.Other than that, life ticks along. I've spent this entire week learning how to use the Linux operating system. Pretty cool stuff. After spending a week with this open-source operating system, I am pretty impressed with its stability and simplicity (in terms of its architecture, if not its usability). Still, it seems there would have to be some kind of massive sea-change for people to move away from the Windows juggernaut. Maybe someday windows will become so bloated and complex that users will drop it like a hot potato. Most people don't know that the Internet is largely built on servers that run a Linux or Unix OS. Now if only the OSS (Open Source Software) movement could gain some headway in the home PC market!
