T-Minus One Month to Life Altering Event

As we roll into the final month of Catherine's pregnancy term, we have made some good progress in gaining some much needed knowledge on how to operate a house without a constant flow of electricity. The solution? Get a backup generator. Thankfully, we were able to source one through Quantum Renewable Energy that was made for setups such as ours. We are now the proud owners of a Generac 6kw monster.

Heat is FINALLY manageable, and we won't be facing the single digit temperatures (interior) that we experienced during NYE 2013. Hopefully, my brother in law and his wife won't be dissuaded from coming to StarBase when they plan to visit February 2015.

Finally, who knew that walking on a completely frozen Bay of Quinte at midnight with no creature in sight would be so magical? Ask Humphrey.

8 degrees and inside Jan

Staring competition between Nacho and Cat

Reminds me of a German hunting lodge

12 hour onion soup

Joe was smoke stalking. With wind chill, -40 degrees Celcius

Charmaine cuddling for warmth.

Sibling resemblance

The following snaps are from our weekend with Peter, Jessica, Patrick and Chris. This was MUCH warmer as we figured out the heating system. There was air stuck in the floor heating system preventing from hot water to transfer appropriately from the boiler.