Thanksgiving “camp”

Posted on by Ian C.

Our friends Pedro and Laura come up for Thanksgiving, staying with us, sharing Disney, and joining their friends for Thanksgiving – this year we joined them.

Thanksgiving with Dan & Anne, Chris & Roxy, and their family and friends, is an amazing experience – a huge “camp” is set up at Disney’s Fort Wilderness but it’s so much unlike a camp, with full ovens, fridge / freezers, drink coolers, food warmers – and everything under tent too! And the food, both the choice and deliciousness …

The campsite
Everything including the kitchen sink
Ovens
Setting up
Food warmers
Lining up for lunch
Salads
Thanksgiving sides including amazing sweet potatoes
So many meat choices (pork, beef, venison, turkey …)
Incredibly delicious spicy deep fried turkey
Children served first
My meal!
Leftovers
Time to eat
Friends (including organizer Dan at the back)

A slow month at Stanton Estates

Posted on by Ian C.

Progress seems surprisingly slow over the last month on our new home – at least partly because the recent work included all the electrical wiring, and there’s a lot of it!

At the end of last month, most of the windows were installed, and the huge sliding doors at the back – though the big one in our future master bedroom was missing (and is still missing today!). Today, our visit showed us that the front doors have been installed (and also the “cabana door” to the back, which will one day have a cat door for Chloe:

The last month also included further plumbing work, along with all the electrical wiring; progress at the future fuse panel gives an idea:

 

Today we also found a huge pile of roof tiles in front of our home; a long way to go till they’re installed on the roof though: