I am making two small raised beds for vegetables out of an old wine barrell. I just got back from Home Depot with river rock which should help with drainage. Now I just need to go get some plants.
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Lance and I did repairs today. Nothing much to report except that she’s not in good shape. The big news is that Mount St. Helens is going off again. I learned about it as I was biking home yesterday, people were standing out on their porches to watch. I had three people yell at me,
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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.
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
Sorry this was so long in coming. Here is our new counter. I’m sorry I didn’t do a before picture. The low tile on the right of the picture is to accomodate the electrical outlet. The dark line around the sink is where the edge of the iron shows.
Our kitty has long since ceased being radioactive but she continues to find ways to be expensive. Before the hyperthyroid treatment, Maggie had a small lump on her neck that was about the size of the head of a pin. It has grown. We took her in today and it’s a tumor. Sigh. She’s going
Lance and I picked up the 715 pound crate that my Little Shop puppets are shipped in. We took it to our new workshop space and opened it to reveal chaos. The puppets were badly packed and severely damaged. Grr. So, I’ll have to do a major rebuild to get them in working shape for
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.
Besides running errands for my next project, I also went to a meeting for the Historic Irvington Home Tour. I’ve done the layout for the program book for the past several years. Last night I took the poster and tabletents (those little information cards that stand on the tables in restaurants) in for approval. They
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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
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
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Our kitchen counter has been decaying around the sink since before I bought the house. In fact, at one point things were actually sprouting in it. I pulled the counter apart, which, since it was rotten, mostly involved vacuuming it away. I’ve got the new frame
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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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.