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At the start of 2017, only the foundation walls gave a hint to what the design we had on paper would look like in reality. And holy crap that footprint looked huge. The whole year was ahead of us and we had it all planned out. Looking back we’ve managed to accomplish a lot this… Read more: Our First Year Of Building: The Top 5 Things We’ve Learned

This weekend we had visitors! Our friends Sarah and David decided to come up to help out and enjoy a little fall camping. 

In late September we were lucky enough to have a visit from the well drilling legend himself, Herb Lang.  Herb has been providing water supply in the Peterborough area for over thirty years and it was great to have him drop by. 

The approach I took to building our new house was “how hard can it be” relying on what I had learned from working with my father what seems like only a few years ago. In reality that was as much as 40 odd years ago and I was very young (almost an infant in fact).

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with progress in some areas and delays in others.

We’re seeing more seasonal weather, and the drier days have helped to keep things moving along. Cladding is in progress and all of the water in the basement is getting pumped.  The level of detail that goes into every inch is amazing. I don’t know what we would do with out Tom, the main man… Read more: Drier days and a new gate

We’ve had a dry spell – finally! – so there’s been some progress on the house. The trusses are now up and the framing is mostly done, giving a better idea of what the overall shape and layout of the house is going to look like.

Since we started the journey of building our own home, we’ve received a ton of support and interest from our friends and family. So much that we wanted to share the journey beyond a few conversations and pictures on Facebook. We had started this blog when we were planning our wedding in Ireland, and then… Read more: Sharing our journey from dream to dream house

We have a new addition. After selling his Hayabusa almost two years ago, someone was all smiles when we picked this baby up from Thunder Road in Windsor. The first stop was to show my Mom and Gram. That’s my Gram sitting on the bike in the picture. I swear she almost knocked my Mom… Read more: The New Addition

It’s been a crazy few months since we’ve returned from our trip that we’ve neglected to share the beautiful slide show created by our awesome photographer Lisa, from Lisa Daly Photography. Better late than never. View the SlideShow Watching it, I feel like I’m still there. A huge THANK YOU to Lisa for capturing our day in such… Read more: Wedding Slideshow

Thought we’d share some highlights for those that couldn’t be with us. Writing this brings back a few welcome memories for us.

Better late than never! We’ve finally managed to upload several pictures of our trip as well as the wedding. You can find links to the galleries on the right hand side. Trying a new gallery plug-in, so please let me know if you run into any problems. Otherwise, enjoy the pictures!

With the wedding early the next day, we decided to take it easy. A group of us took a quick trip to nearby Ennistymon, a quaint little town known for The Cascades – an area of cascading water that travels through town. Not to mention the closest town with a bank and ATM. Next up… Read more: Day 10: Ennistymon & The Cliffs

Doolin is nestled against The Burren, an amazing geological area that is covered in limestone. This region, which looks somewhat prehistoric even today, is home to many old tombs and forts. We decided to do a little exploring. First stop, the Poulnabrone Dolmen. This portal tomb is believed to be more than 5,000 years old,… Read more: Day 9: The Burren

My mom and Greg’s cousin Neil arrived in Dublin and took the train into Galway. Since we were picking them up, we ventured into the city early to check it out.