Rob…
…is forty today. ‘Nuff said.
Rob
Not a birthday dinner
David and Eve invited us down to their home last night for a dinner that was not in honor of Rob’s fortieth birthday. Don and Yan joined us in not celebrating Rob’s birthday, which is on Tuesday, so this could not possibly have been a birthday party. Eve gave Rob a leather jacket, not for
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Remodeling
All of the work that I’ve been doing with the Historic Irvington Home Tour has inspired us to start thinking about the next phase in home improvement. We love the new light fixture in the front hall, and the restored floor in the kitchen, so we’re looking at other ways to take the house back
Finding Neverland
Rob and I took a break from work to see Finding Neverland at the St. John’s Dome close to where my studio is. I loved it. The performances were uniformly strong, the film was beautifully crafted and I wept like a baby at all the places the director wanted me to.
Fire Drill
I had to run out to the studio tonight to pin together a piece for Martha to stitch tomorrow. When I got there, I turned on the florescent lights and immediately heard a crackling sound followed by a burning smell. Yikes. I turned them off and turned on the flashlight that Rob had brought from
A giant fish
I went to Lewis and Clark College today to meet with Jonathan Gibson, who has written an opera called Carp and Diva. I will be building the carp. Afterwards, I biked over to meet Rob and Wayne at the tennis courts and then we came home. I had a couple of funny moments on the
Garden party
We had a small gathering in our back yard today, because the weather was so lovely. Everyone admired the new floor and counter, but only because I forced them inside to look at the new surfaces. Rob and I just got back from The Life Aquatic. It was a lot of fun. This is also
Editing
While Rob went off to play tennis, I spent a happy day editing short stories and my novel. I have to write a summary for it and a query letter, but I think I’ll be able to start sending it out in a couple of months.
Weeding
The weather has been unabashedly lovely. Which meant that I charged out to do some yardwork. Actually, mostly I went out because Rob had already done some and I felt guilty. In the process I remembered that I suffer from allergies, something which has not bothered me for the past two years. Why? Because I
We have a sink!
The sink is in place. I’ve calked the edges. Rob is reattaching the drain as I type. I’m so excited; I’ll be able to wash dishes again.
Grout
I’ve done all of the grout work but…we had an issue with the faucet. Rob had taken the faucet off to allow me better access to the backsplash. We needed to get a new part for it while it was off so we went up to Home Depot. While we were gone, the water came
Counter and Oscar
Honest. I’ll put a picture up soon. I just haven’t had clean enough hands to use the camera while working on the counter. All the tile is in except for the bits around the faucet. I’ll do those and grout everything tomorrow. I would’ve finished tonight except Rob and I went down to the Celsi’s
A series of mundane tasks
Rob went to the winery today, which left me to focus on things like laundry, finishing the last of the baseboards, and sorting out things that have been put into the guest room. I’m sure everyone has a room like this. We call it the guest room, not because that’s where we expect overnight guests
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The Incredibles
If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s really, really good. Go. Go now. Rob and I just got back from seeing it at the Kennedy School. We biked over. I’m so out of shape; it’s pathetic.
More baseboards
We’ve been moving furniture back into place today as I finish each section of wall. It has been very satisfying until I hit the section behind the refrigerator. Granted, no one will see this area, but there are not right angles anywhere. Nothing is straight, so a lot of my cuts will have to be