Grass??

So, you think owning a new house is all roses? Well, actually it is! All you have to do is build a deck, fence and put in some lawn. Ceci and I decided to also install Air Conditioning. I know, not very environmental BUT it is a 13 SEER unit that is slightly larger than we need so it won't have to work as hard. We have been debating putting in AC for years, even when we were living in Brooks but just never did. I have found this summer in Calgary to be unbareable however, we are not able to sleep well at night and it was beginning to impact our quality of life.
So, putting in all these things you take for granted on an "exsisting" home really begins to add up, it is not cheap! We also had to water seal our front porch, our design is fantastic, it has a HUGE front porch, very nice place to sit in the evening and watch the world go by. Next on my list is a fence which should be up within a few weeks and then a deck. Finally rounding off with some grass!

This year, Ceci and I have been talking about what to do for Christmas, I think we are going to make the trip back to Bolivia again for the festive season. We had a fantastic time in Cocha with C's family, we were thinking of staying home and having a X-mas in our new house with just the two of us but, we think the holidays is all about being with family so we have decided to start shopping around for tickets.