Necessary steps in a long Journey east!

Yes I know that I promised a weekly update on The Roost and a progress report on the future home of JaJeJems!  However, when reality sets in, as a family, we have two homes to sell and a major move to face before we can start the fun of setting up The Roost. So like it or not we have had to step back a bit from the excitement over the new business venture and set to work on getting ourselves out of Ontario and into Newfoundland.  As you can see from the picture above, my mother has sold her home. It all happened in 3 days, if you can imagine, and her closing date is June 14th.  Needless to say she will be "camping out" with us for a while as her new place in Lark Harbour won't be ready until the end of August.

Here is a picture of the cute little green house that she is buying, right down in the harbour.
All of the furniture that we are taking from both houses will be shipped to Newfoundland in two weeks, arriving on June 19th.  Then once we have downsized our house and staged it adequately, it will also be going on the market with the hope that we will all be able to be settled in Newfoundland in the early fall.

Well back to The Roost for a moment. As promised when Roy and Blake finally arrived back in Ontario after two ferry cancellations, they had lots to share including some lovely pictures of the inside of the building.   The main area on the ground floor is 30 feet by 50 feet and as you can see by the pictures below is bright and spacious with lots of possibilities.  That's the up side of things!  

Blake in action scrubbing the floor

Trying out the view from behind the counter

Lots of floor space!

In reality, in 3 weeks this lovely spacious room will be filled with all of our worldly possessions (well at least all that we are taking with us).  We will store everything in The Roost until my mother's house is ready for her.  Once she is settled, we will be renovating an apartment for ourselves in the basement of The Roost, living in the cottage as long as the weather stays nice. After that we can start to think about setting up our little business!  But never mind, it will all come together in the end and if all goes as planned The Roost will be operational in the Spring of 2014.  So with that positive thought in mind, let me leave you with another glimpse of the beautiful province that we will soon call home.

Springtime view from the cottage