I spent most of the week working on the wood for the faux beam (you can see the results below). Sunday through Wednesday after work I spent staining, beating up and varnishing the wood that would \u2018face\u2019 the soffit we built to conceal the plumbing for the bathroom.\u00a0 Tuesday, I got the underside nailed up in place and the insulation in. Wednesday and Thursday nights I got the sides up. Let me tell you there was some frustration and expletive and\/or deletives, but in the end, while it isn\u2019t perfect, I am very happy with the results. There\u2019s some touchups and crown molding that need to happen, but the big part of the looming job has been surpassed. Now, it\u2019s on to the window framing.\u00a0 Then the tile backsplash. And then, the bathroom.<\/p>\n
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Hockey has started back up in earnest. Which is good news for my waistline. I play 3 nights a week all year long, except for the two transition times between \u2018seasons\u2019. Once in April, and then again in September, I will go 3 to 4 weeks without playing any hockey. And during that time, I usually tack on 5-8 pounds in a hurry.\u00a0 Going to the gym every morning isn\u2019t quite enough, but now that I am going 3 times a week again, the few extra pounds should disappear in the form of new stink on my equipment. Plus, I sorta like playing.<\/p>\n
And now onto rawk show talk! Today after we finish this off, we\u2019re off to Toronto for See Vous Play<\/a>, which is a free concert for those who got the advance tickets (if ya\u2019 didn\u2019t sucks to be you). It\u2019s being put on in part by one of my favourite podcasts<\/a> done by CBC Radio 3<\/a> which features the best Canadian independent music. Fittingly, the show is being headlined by Joel Plaskett<\/a> who is someone I\u2019ve wanted to see live for quite some time. The other three acts are pretty great too – fans of the band Metric<\/a> would surely love seeing their singer, Emily Haines<\/a> do her solo thing. Personally I prefer the solo songs. At any rate a fantastic show, and for FREE<\/b> no less. I am looking to gank some cool CBC Radio 3 schwag. And oh yah! perhaps dinner at Salad King<\/a>!<\/p>\n Off we go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes as you can see from the picture I am getting the baby belly and then some!!!! I am now officially 6 months and feeling large and in charge. But it is all baby which has resulted in the never ending gender predictions from everyone. Most are guessing a girl (because I am carrying high and all out front) although I do have two people saying they are positive I am having a boy. We will find out soon enough. The little one was very active last weekend and then decided to make sure we did not feel 100% secure and slow movement to almost nothing for a day and a half. Not fun for a couple who have been through more losses than anyone should in a year. So I called my midwife (can I say again I love our midwife!!!) and she had me come in right away, not because she was concerned but she knew that I would feel so much better if I could just hear that magical heartbeat. And sure enough the baby was strong and active. Just as a way of showing us who is really in charge as soon as I left the midwife\u2019s office baby bean gave me their Riverdance routine. Since then the little dancer has been bouncing away in there every few hours. I am sure my nights are going to get even more restless soon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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