Thursday, December 21, 2006

2006 - The Year in Review




It's hard to believe another year has passed. The onslaught of Christmas themed newsletters - from Kyle & Natalie, Frank & Betty, Ralph & Vivian, and Bob to name a few, has motivated me to wax philosophic on the year that has passed.

Too often it seems time just flies. I guess it's a good thing. In our case, anyway, I know I feel that way because we get so busy. But when you get so busy it's easy to forget what you've done. A quick look at the blog history glosses over some of the general things we did in 06. I'll try to fill in some details on a month-by-month basis here:

January


  • celebrated New Years 2006 in Orillia with Mike and Shirley (I know, that was '05, but who's counting)

  • broke up concrete floor in basement and roughed in bathroom, new floor drain, a/c condensation drain

  • eliminated all remaining knob and tube wiring in house

  • replaced main support columns in basement with steel teleposts

  • roughed in furnace room, closet, bathroom walls in basement

February



March



  • see: http://bradsprojectblog.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html

  • continued Bob's Bug restoration

  • purchased 1976 VW camper (Westfalia)

  • patched body metal on 1974 VW Thing, listed for sale and sold!

  • Vanessa traveled to Montreal with her Mom, Sister, and Niece

  • got historic vehicle insurance for the '72 and '76 through Lant Insurance

April



May



June



  • see: http://bradsprojectblog.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html

  • fixed steering problem on the '76

  • purchased and installed DVD/TV/STEREO system in '76

  • designed and installed front hitch on the '76 for a bike rack

  • camped at Rock Point Provincial Park

  • attended the June Jitterbug in Niagara Falls

  • camped at McRae Provincial park

  • went to my cousin Ann's wedding

  • got delivery of supplies for the garage project

July



  • see: http://bradsprojectblog.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html

  • visited Gary Scott Breithaupt's island and enjoyed boat ride

  • camped at Six Mile Lake

  • did one week camping trip from Oshawa to Orillia to Killbear Park to Manitoulin Island to Bruce National Park to The Pinery to the Kitchener-Waterloo Bug-Out and home

  • did tree cleanup at Sherry and Kevin's island

  • purchased '96 Sea-Ray Sea-Rayder

  • first trip in boat was for a weekend at Sherry and Kevin's island and more tree work

  • fabricated and installed hitch for '76

  • continued work on garage

August



  • see: http://bradsprojectblog.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html

  • continued work on garage

  • spent long weekend at Sherry and Kevin's island (wakeboarding, tubing, general mayhem)

  • camped at Emily Provincial Park, boated to Bobcaygeon

  • went to Dylan's 1st birthday party

  • went to Shirley's family reunion in Powassan and camped

  • bought Vee a Canon S3 IS digital camera

September



October



November



December


posted by Brad @ 5:47 p.m.