When Robb was about a year and a half, we bought an old schoolhouse in Ontario that was our weekend home away from home. It was basically just one large room with a tiny bath and kitchen area in the old cloakroom, that still had the hooks on the wall.
The most memorable time spent there was when I was eight months pregnant with Gwen and we went for the July long weekend. I went into labour after lugging wheelbarrow loads of tall grass we'd cut, had to pack up quickly and make the over two-hour journey back to Toronto, arriving home after midnight. Gwen was born a few hours later on July 1st. My doctor had told me to stay in the city, so I never did tell him that we'd gone away for the weekend. I'm glad Gwen stayed put until we got home!
Imagine my delight seeing our schoolhouse in the October issue of Canadian House and Home magazine...transformed into a home. The woman who owns it has left it as one large space, with a walled bedroom area and the kitchen still in the old cloakroom!
The most memorable time spent there was when I was eight months pregnant with Gwen and we went for the July long weekend. I went into labour after lugging wheelbarrow loads of tall grass we'd cut, had to pack up quickly and make the over two-hour journey back to Toronto, arriving home after midnight. Gwen was born a few hours later on July 1st. My doctor had told me to stay in the city, so I never did tell him that we'd gone away for the weekend. I'm glad Gwen stayed put until we got home!
Imagine my delight seeing our schoolhouse in the October issue of Canadian House and Home magazine...transformed into a home. The woman who owns it has left it as one large space, with a walled bedroom area and the kitchen still in the old cloakroom!
