Huybers Retirement Adventure: The Past 24 Hours

We have had many happy moments over the past 24 hours that I thought I would share them with you.

We woke up with the sun rising up and shining on the water … a sight I will never get tired of looking at. While we were having our breakfast something caught my eye and I turned to look outside. At first I thought that snow was falling, but then I put on my glasses. Much to my surprise I saw the front yard filled with white sea gulls! They were all walking around and pecking at the ground. For some reason it reminded me of monkeys grooming each other. They combed the yard for quite some time, then all of a sudden as fast as they came, they all took off and went to the next property down the road. It was quite the sight to see.

The next exciting thing to happen was several trucks came to our place to start prepping the site for our new garage! We are very excited about this. We found it odd that when we were looking for a house to buy in PEI, there weren’t too many that had a garage. We found out from our contractor, that people on the island don’t consider having a garage as a necessity, they think of it as a luxury. Coming from BC where I’ve always had a garage, I consider it a necessity especially with all the stories I’ve heard about the snow on PEI. I don’t want to be digging my car out of a snow bank just so I can go get a loaf of bread.

The trucks came and went bringing several loads of dirt. They dug out a hole then piled in some fill, then put more dirt in it to build it up, then rolled it and smoothed it out. The base of the garage is raised up with the sides slanting downward so the rain (if we get any) will go away from the building. Now we are waiting for them to put the footings in so they can pour the cement. It’s getting colder here on PEI so I can’t wait for it to be finished!!

We are still trying to organize the house. We have been transporting things from the moho into the house to use until our things arrive from BC. It’s been fun trying to think where things will go once it all arrives. Even though our furniture isn’t here, I keep changing my mind as to where I want to put things … “should the kitchen table go in the corner … no I think I’ll put it in the middle and put the china cabinet in the corner. No wait … maybe I’ll put the china cabinet in the middle and the table in the corner.” Decisions … decisions! I hope I figure it all out before it arrives! Lol

To end the day, we decided to go in the hot tub. The night air was so quiet you could hear a pin drop! It was a crystal clear night and the view was amazing! There were billions and billions of stars in the sky! I have never seen the stars so bright! Being out in the country there were no city lights, so it was pitch black except for the stars. It was incredible! We saw the Milky Way, the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, Orion etc. We also saw several shooting stars. I made a lot of wishes last night! It was such an amazing way to end the day!