of mice and zen

Ok, so I know you are really annoyed with me now but I still don’t have pictures of our place yet. There are two reasons for this : 1. I am a perfectionist and it isn’t perfect in here yet and 2. I still haven’t had a chance to get a new gallery working. In the meantime here is a photo of Miette from two weeks ago. I was looking for somewhere to put her while I cleaned her cage and the kitchen radiator/windowsill worked very well. Miette really enjoyed it and I happened to get some really nice shots.

Things are coming together well here for the apartment. No painting yet but my co-worker can lend me her brushes and rollers so we just have to try and pick the right color, borrow a ladder and get the paint mixed. We had a few things to sort out this past two weeks. The screens were ripped in the living room and bedroom so Dan took them out and the landlord fixed them. Unfortunatley they were incredibly dirty so we had to a mega-cleanup after the new screens were installed. Then the bathroom tub drain stopped working. We tried to play bricoleur/euse bu putting DRANO down it, but had no luck. Yesterday we called the landlord and she sent a plumber to clean it out. The landlord is an incredibly good building manager. She got back to us right away and even let us know that the plumber might be late. I could tell when we saw the building that it was run well and it’s something I really appreciate.

We’ve been trying to find a place to put our bikes and Dan bought a wall mounted rack at MEC last week. He moved things around a bit and the new arrangement is much nicer. With next year’s tax refund we’re thinking of getting Bromptons but in the meantime we need to keep them somewhere.

I bought some fresh herb plants at Marché Jean-Talon last week and bought a wood planter box yesterday to put them in. In a fit of insanity I also bought some seeds for oregano, thyme and rosemary so we will see how the manage. We don’t have any space outside so they will have to stay on the windowsill.

We went swimming at the nearby pool on Wednesday night. I really like the free pool concept! Last night we were supposed to go swimming too, but ended up reading in the nearby park instead. I really like this neighbourhood!

It’s the construction holiday in Montreal which means whatever public services had reduced summer hours just got reduced more. On Thursday night the bus didn’t come at work and I had to walk to the metro. It happened on Monday too, but I was lucky enough to get a ride with a co-worker. It’s strange though, as this has never happened before. I just hope it doesn’t happen again next week…