CedarHill Homestay

We love having visitors 'from afar' come and be part of our family for a short while or a long while!

Check our websites:

http://cedarhillhomestay.tripod.com/ for more info about where we are and what kind of Homestay we offer.
AND
http://cedarhillconsulting.weebly.com/ - this is the website for my business consulting/virtual office business


Monday, August 30, 2010

Almost September!

Yesterday we had our final Yard Sale before the MOVE - Ian, Grant and Sofia (our new Mexican Helper) helped set everything up, and at the end Ian, Heather, Sofia and I cleared everything up.  What did not sell we either put out on the 'free pile' or loaded in the van - Ian then drove stuff to Ryan's to donate to 1st Cedar Scouting, then to Value Village for the rest.  Some things they did not take - not sure why - so Ian added those to the free pile when he got back.  Luckily the weather cooperated and other than a bit of wind it was quite a nice day for a Yard Sale.  We netted $145, with no expenses as all I did for advertising was put a posting on Kijiji and a neon pink sign over the For Sale sign - good use for it now!

Back up a day - 5pm Saturday Grant and I were supposed to drive down to Victoria to pick up Ian after his summer working at Camp Thunderbird - but mid-morning Saturday Grant found out he had to go in to work for the afternoon - so I went down 'just me' to get Ian.  I got there a few minutes before 5 - actually surprised him I think with that - then after he loaded everything in we drove first to Sooke to see if there was an interesting place to go for dinner.  No luck - always has struck me as odd that Sooke does not have any nice restaurants etc with the wonderful views.  So we headed home, after deciding we'd detour thru' Cowichan Bay for dinner.  I parked in the town parking lot, then we wandered down the road looking for a place we'd not been to before that had seafood.  We ended up in a pub - on a balcony over the water.  Perfect evening, and good food.  Got back home around 9ish.

And - to back up even further - shortly after 8:30am on the same day, the phone rang, and it was Sofia, our new Helper from Mexico, saying she was on the ferry.  I met her as she came thru the arrival doors.  She is very nice, and her English is quite good - even tho she wants to improve it.

As it is now 8am, I'd better stop here and add more later - have exciting news about work.