Ketchup
I met with our General Contractor this morning, signed a contract, gave him a large check, and did a happy dance! He ordered the cabinets today (a possible 3-month lead time). We’ll be able to house materials here starting on the 25th, after the pool table is moved out of the way. The ball is […]
Archives v 11.138563
This afternoon I spent 2 hours in a Zoom meeting with my contact at the Getty. This gal is lovely, and it’s amazing to get to know someone that knows, or knows of, many of my mom’s professional colleagues. She comes from an academic perspective re all these people, where as I come from a […]
House Shuffle
Our kitchen remodel, with significant structural input, is about to kickoff. We’re going to keep four of the eleven rooms ‘sacred’ (read ‘fit for human habitation’) during this process: The living room, our bedroom, the studio, which houses my DH work space, and my office, but not its closet. The other eight rooms will either […]
Stress Bomb
Today the stress bomb hit. When this happens my heart rate gallops along at an uncomfortable speed until I can talk myself down. Writing helps. Some of the contributors have been discussed previously, so I will not wax on about them. No water on the Island. Smelly water on the Island. A misbehaving washing machine […]
Island Water Shenanigans Update
I’ll start with a recap… On the 27th my tenant arrived home to no water. She deployed heat at the house plumbing walls, and our AN upped the heat in the pump room. By 11PM water was restored to the house.. There were MANY steps and communications between these three important milestones. So many in […]
On Getting Older
Recently I’ve observed rather a lot of bewildering or sad (to me) behaviors/statement/beliefs/actions about what one does, or doesn’t do, as we get older. This has included things like: Retiring to a place rather than living in the wonderful home one already has. Not only did our friends retire to a place, far from their […]
Water Update
Between heat sources at each sink in the house, and turning up the heat in the pump room, the water was flowing again by 11PM. My AN went to check on things at some point today. Not having heard from either him or my tenant, I will cautiously assume everything is OK. I am thankful […]
No Water
My tenant called just before 5PM to tell me she has only a trickle of water when she turns either faucet on, which then stops. She called from the pump house door, whose lock is frozen, and said everything looked good – No water or ice, the heater was on, and the pipes looked good. […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 