Friday, May 14, 2010

Another week in May...

It's been a week since I posted anything hereon...is that a word? Probably not, anyway I'm happy to report the DISHWASHER was taken away by a nice lady of the neighborhood who hates washing dishes and has never owned a dishwasher! How cool is that?! She came by the house a couple of days ago to report that she was the machine's new owner and that she wondered what might be needed, "perhaps a hose", to get the machine to an operational state. Apparently (caution...this IS SEXIST) a man is not handy in this particular household, nor is she...maybe. Time will tell I guess, maybe, with luck I'll hear about the dishwasher's adventure again soon. So every single item I had placed outside on the street has found a new home. Recycling at it's best!
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Our home insurance was cancelled on THIS house early in the week...why? Oh well trees overhanging branches, roof tiles curled up, leaky roof gutter. Huh? So I went to work on each area of concern and today finally trimmed back the branches from the neighbor's trees that were overhanging our roof. Hmmmmmm, and today a NEW insurance company just took us on with no such complaints. Huh? Yes, I had completed all the tasks outline by the OTHER insurance company but now dear Kelly and Audrey have found, negotiated and completed our signing up with the new company. My sweat hadn't dried yet. Shit.
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I went to work day before yesterday on the new Mantle after the one we got in Petaluma last week got such a negative review from our dinner guests (The Slugs) last Saturday. Shit again. Anyhow...yesterday I built out a new mantle in the overall style of the MISSION (Arts and Crafts) period...1900 - 1920 or so in the US.
I WAS proud of the result but oh boy did I get a negative response later in the day (Wednesday) when Audrey and Kelly commiserated on my creation. I was disappointed to say the very least. A night's sleep didn't help me much. So this morning Kelly and I had a chat about how out of whack my whole design was...now I was thoroughly bummed out. Too dark, not HEAVY enough of a look for the individual components, so many negatives that I felt the best answer was to demolish the effort and try, try again with a new design staff...Kelly and Audrey. I eventually calmed down and Kelly and I came to an opinion to continue to work on the mantle, add things temporarily and get more info from sites on the web and the many reference books we have on the Arts and Crafts building period in the US. Peace.

Muddy Waters and Friends...oh the Blues is SOOOOO good!