New Beginnings

Sometimes it's the small things that make a big difference.

First it was the little swivel head spray thingy on the kitchen tap. We enthusiastically tried attaching the plastic thingy a month or so ago, but it kept 'blowing' off whenever I turned the water on - you know, just when you need it the most! This disappointed me greatly, but with Christmas upon us, I persevered with the original nozzle. However, shortly after the New Year rolled in, Peter very wisely asked the sage advice of our trusted Mr. FixIt himself (who just happened to be over for dinner i.e. Frank) and lo and behold, we have contact!! The precious little plastic swivel thingy is still holding on. Thank you Frank and Peter.


Then, last Friday night a little birdie told Peter about a special Saturday morning furniture sale at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. Unfortunately, we didn't make the 8:30 am opening, so perhaps we missed some of the larger items, but there was still a small selection of tables and chairs, curtains, some bedding and a few floor lamps. As it happened, I had been on the lookout for a floor lamp for our apartment and decided to take a closer look. The sign indicated the lamp shade would be free if we purchased a lamp - nice bonus. So we chose a rather handsome base but had to pick through the lamp shades a bit since some were showing their age. I'm quite sure some of them had wonderful stories to tell, but we didn't have time to start figuring out where all those stains, dents and rips came from as it became obvious the sale was about to close. So, we scurried up to the cash desk to pay. Turns out everything was on half price for the last half hour of the sale so we walked away with a new (old) lamp for $7.50!! We are now the proud owners of a piece of Fairmont Empress history - although I'm still waiting for the stories to go with it! We celebrated with lunch at Bon Rouge (which I highly recommend).

Life is good. Here's to new beginnings.