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February 7, 2005
Tried, Too Tired
It took me the entire day, plodding along with an upset stomach, to finish cleaning, vacuuming, and priming the office floor yesterday. On Saturday, Richard finished the trim around the second window and caulked them with latex. We discovered that the "paintable" silicone he had been using resists even the hardiest primer, so all the trim I've been finishing over the past week needed sanding and caulking to redo anything with silicone in it. I'm still not done all the inside edges nor the baseboards, which have tonnes of nail holes to fill, but here is a pic. |
Hi all. Since my last posting that flu I mentioned has taken hold of Richard one more time, and he hasn't shaken it yet. On the contrary, he was still coughing up a lung this morning when I woke up from an awful nightmare in which someone was gripping me by the throat... to find my throat sore. Which would explain why I was ready to go to bed at 9 last night.I'm afraid I don't have new photos of the office; it was dark by the time I finished priming the floor, and with the poor lighting in there and my total lack of energy, I didn't get the first coat of "cardamom" paint on there, so not much to see anyway. I'm going to try painting it tonight, though, despite the poor lighting, because I suspect I won't have ANY energy left by the end of this week if this cold knocks me off my feet the way it did to Richard. With such a long drying time on this deck-quality paint, I have to get the second coat down by Wednesday morning at the latest if I want to move in next weekend. Assuming I don't spend next weekend curled up with a box of tissue. I knew we couldn't keep up the pre-Christmas momentum for long, and neither of us get that excited about the little chores like caulking nail holes and touching up paint splodges, but I had hoped we'd be further ahead by now. We did have an exciting little conversation before he left this morning, about our master bedroom/ensuite bathroom renovation. Just dreaming - it won't happen for a while. Oh, and some good news - we sold the 30' 5th wheel trailer to our neighbours, Bud and Maxine, for their vacation property. I think they'll take it away next weekend, once we've unpacked our stuff; suddenly the front yard will look huge. And it will pay for one of several things on our growing list of expenditures. Hurrah. Richard is away with the camera, I'm still stalled on the renovating with the onset of this cold, and there are no other distractions in the way of wildlife, weather, or machinery, so that's all, folks, at least until next weekend. |
Posted by anita at February 7, 2005 5:12 PM
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Just a quick update: it snowed today, a small accummulation; the neighbours next to us, also recent arrivals to Poplar Road, are hooked to our well for the time being because theirs broke this morning; I have fended off this flu (knock on wood) and got the first coat of caramel brown on my office floor; and the first hot pink flowers appeared today on my kalanchoe. I bet the crocuses are already up in my mother's garden. Here it is cold again, but the snowfall was beautiful this morning. Funny, the snow melted off the neighbour's roof faster than off the backs of the llamas. They must have fur like polar bears. I enjoy watching them graze in the woods. A quiet day today.
Posted by: Anita | 18:17 09 February 2005
Yup, the early crocuses have been up for a while, early! The snowdrops are always the earliest of course, but the hellebore and pale pink camellia are also early this year. Frosty nights and sunny days this week, a nice break from rain.
Posted by: Marja-Leena | 21:58 10 February 2005
Ha guys i love what you have done with the place
looks great keep up the good work
Posted by: Pete&Nadine | 21:57 24 February 2005