How I Spent Family Day
Yesterday was President’s Day in the USA; here in Canada, three provinces have designated the third Monday of February as Family Day. Alberta has had it for 20 years, Saskatchewan for three, and Ontario just started last year. Manitoba has a holiday too, but calls it Louis Riel Day after a Metis leader from the pioneer era. (I’ve just read that business owners don’t like it much, as some have to pay employees holiday pay if they want to be open for business).
You see how new this is to us? The most obvious guess for how to spend the holiday is to do something with your family. Well, the only family member I have close by, so it came easily to me, that I could prepare a nice meal and take it over to share with him. I did that, and the chicken was especially delicious, but mostly I spent yesterday with an extra long devotional time with the Lord, and then catching up with several loose ends that need to be finished off. I didn’t accomplish quite everything on my list but I was pleased at how much I did get finished. I’m grateful.
Oh yes, Saturday was a productive day too. I managed to get a larger patch of ceramic tiles laid - 41 of the big ones - than I had first hoped for. That was satisfying after spending about three to four Saturdays just preparing for this. I will have to work the grout into the spaces next Saturday, let that cure for 3 days, and then - well, it would be nice if I could put some paneling up but I don’t have the resources for that, I’ll just move stuff over, so I can tile the other main corner of the basement. (Yes, I took a couple of pictures, but I’ll wait until you can see how much better they look when grouted and polished).
When I have the stretch along the south wall all done, I’ll set up my storage shelves there, and sort and filter as I transfer my stuff. That will free up the center of the room so I can tile there.
This is one of my little-by-little projects. The progress is slower than if i did it all at once, but eventually it will be done - maybe by the end of March?