Stressors
I have accumulated, over the last few weeks, a collection of stressors, not many of which I have any control over… My left peroneal nerve damage is suddenly improving. The improvement began after making a follow-up appointment with my doctor… While I do not indulge in a lot of woo-woo, one has to wonder if […]
Settling in?
I was unable to get together with the neighbor directly north of mom’s property while on the Island. We email. Today she let me know that mom stopped asking her (via voice mail) to check in on the house after four voicemail requests, in mid-August. Mom was asking the neighbor to let her know how […]
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Eleven
Getting up before 7AM went a long way toward an unhurried exit from the Island. I use a thorough but short checklist to make sure the house and property is closed up securely when leaving. To my delight Paul the pest guy showed up at 8:30. I thought he was treating the house a week […]
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Ten
I am done painting. If this were my house there would be more painting to do, but it is a rental, and I am finished. Aside from the powder post beetles derailing placing the property On the rental market this trip, the only thing I did not accomplish was putting a few coats of clear […]
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Nine
I only stepped out of the house twice today to put things in the truck that were no longer needed this trip. Otherwise it was full-time paint. The blue trim is applied to everything it was destine to spruce up, though it needs touch-up (see last post). The woodwork around the north windows has two […]
Short Paint Rant
The entity that deemed it necessary to rescue us from the horrors of latex paint fumes has rendered water based paint ridiculously inefficient. This miracle odorless product won’t cover primed surfaces with less than two coats, which means I’ve essentially painted this house three times.
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Eight
Today’s pace was more relaxed: My high school friend came out to the house mid-morning, and we visited for over two hours. It’s like no time has passed. During that time the bat-man stopped by. Talk about geeking out! We learned a lot from him. He lives, eats and breaths bat. He’s going figure out […]
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Seven
I’m fairly sure I can put the can of primer away. I am hesitant to lean on that statement too hard, less another piece of wall in this small house suddenly shows up cackling at me… Tomorrow’s paint-push (white semi-gloss) are the hung doors, the master closet trim, half the master bedroom door casing, and […]
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Six
The day’s first task was to put the master bedroom closet back together. While my DH worked on that task I continued to sand nail hole fills. Getting the closet doors back on took both of us, and contortions on my part. The only way to get the doors off was to remove them from […]
September 2018 Island Trip – Day Five
Today was another day of slinging paint. Both closet innards and the master bedroom closet doors are done (the second bedroom’s closet doors are clear wooden bi-fold and don’t need paint, thank heavens). I treated myself to an additional paint brush and some cheap rollers (the sort one is not compelled to clean, but to […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 