It’s Here
We didn’t’ break 19º today. The morning started south of 15º. The up side is that the day was sunny and clear. The down side, temps in the teens aside 😂, is it was difficult to stay warm. The heat pump struggled, prompting my DH to put a little electric heater under his desk, and […]
It’s Comin’!
The anticipated weather I kept mentioning while on the island arrives tomorrow. The unknown element is whether we’re going to get Wet, Very Cold & Snow, or Dry, Much, Much Colder and Sunny. My favorite weather dude posts at least three times a day, keeping us all on the edge of our seats. There are […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 7
Getting to bed earlier allows one to get up, without pain, earlier! I was up and on it early enough to catch the 10:30 boat, rather than the 12:10. My exit included tossing 30-pieces of firewood into the back of the truck, 25 of which will need splitting. That is my DH’s job! I went […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 6
Today was much lighter-weight from a task point of view, at least on paper. A bunch of things got done, including: Touch up painting in the dining area where the track lighting used to be. Cleaned the brush after only two soakings. We need a mess of throw-away brushes for paint jobs like this! Caulking […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 5
In no particular order I: Removed the brick from the truck and placed it along the top of her slope. Stella’s garden will have the most eclectic edging of any garden I’ve put my hand to! Took the shop vac to the pump room and removed all (visible) trace of the former rat that I […]
Shelf – II
A picture is worth a thousand words, so I will write less, and post pics 😏. My DH and I deftly, carefully maneuvered the behemoth into my study, maneuvered it upright without thwacking any lights (and taking advantage of the skylight recess). I am thrilled to have my mama’s bookcase in my office space. It […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 4
We didn’t do a whole lot before leaving for some lunch in town prior to my DH catching two ferries. More on that… It was (and still is) raining to the point where I was kinda offended. A lot of what I wanted to do was outside and/or involved ladders. You will never find me […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 3
Well, we did stay up to see in the New Year, promptly went to bed, and, you guessed it, slept in again 😂. Leftover prawns and Parmesan omelets fueled us up for another day of getting things done. Our AN and his treasure of a wife stopped over for a visit before we launched into […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 2
As is our usual pattern when entertaining, we stayed up very late after our friend left, and then slept in equally late 😂. Tho not feeling urgent about accomplishing lots of things, we did, with many ThankX to my DH (the patient one) for swapping out both the exterior ‘prison yard’ light at the east […]
New Year’s 2024 Island Trip – Day 1
We had an easy trip up. My DH dropped his car at the mainland ferry parking and joined me in the truck for the ride over. The afternoon was easy, yet we got some good stuff done! We emptied the drier shed of all our belongings except for a vise, which my DH will remove […]
