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DRIVEWAY

We have a drive way people!!! We have driven on our peoperty with our car!!!

A few days worth of heavy equipment operating and numerous truck loads of fill and we have a culvert and driveway. We can't explain how excited we are!!

Jed, the heavy equipment operator, did an amazing job pulling the stumps and everything that got in the way of flattening the earth. Then, he flattened the earth! We have a property ready for development!!!!!!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation marks in the world. Hahaha.
(The pile of stumps and roots, etc)

(our flat property, ready for us!!!)

We also had a hurricane - which didn't impact us very much - windy and rainy for a couple days. We kept power and no damage so we were lucky. Many communities weren't as lucky and PEI just got power to some places just today so... we are really lucky and thankful! 

We also went to Halifax for a night. It was nice to get away. We had a hotel with an awesome pool so the kids loved it. We did a little shopping - clothes for me and the girls and a new chainsaw for J... and then home again, home again, jiggity jig. 

I started work Oct 3 and its been good so far. Our new Nanny, Isabé started as well and the kids have been doing well with the transition. Lets hope it continues to be a good arrangement.

Weve been busy... but honestly, people... we have a property ready for our dreams to be planted! Yahoooo!!!

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