Woke up at the crack of dawn to find that Shlomo had had a large bout of incontinence in the night… ALL OVER the dining area carpet that I spent most of my previous visit to Fern Lake shampooing. Chree did wonders with some Spic N Span… before she even had her coffee. Rain all morning. Installed shelves in one of the hall closets, doubling the amount of storage available for non-hang-up clothes. Used Goo Gone and a razor blade scraper to good effect on various stickers and sticky things left over from The Beast’s last owner. Steve and Carole Osmer (my boss for many, many years both in the Coast Guard and then afterwards as a contractor) stopped by for lunch and a tour of the property. Hamburgers on the grill became Sloppy Joes on a bun due to the rain. Chree wanted more sunlight where The Beast is parked, so four trees (including the cherry that bit The Beast’s back bumper) went from vertical to firewood. Chainsaw ran almost perfectly. Gathered rocks for a fire pit to be created where the car turnaround has been, but won’t be needed with the sun-blocking trees removed from the driveway. Had pistachio ice cream with fresh strawberries and whipped cream for dinner. Yes, that was our ENTIRE dinner…
12 June 2009
Woke up at the crack of dawn to find that Shlomo had had a large bout of incontinence in the night… ALL OVER the dining area carpet that I spent most of my previous visit to Fern Lake shampooing. Chree did wonders with some Spic N Span… before she even had her coffee. Rain all morning. Installed shelves in one of the hall closets, doubling the amount of storage available for non-hang-up clothes. Used Goo Gone and a razor blade scraper to good effect on various stickers and sticky things left over from The Beast’s last owner. Steve and Carole Osmer (my boss for many, many years both in the Coast Guard and then afterwards as a contractor) stopped by for lunch and a tour of the property. Hamburgers on the grill became Sloppy Joes on a bun due to the rain. Chree wanted more sunlight where The Beast is parked, so four trees (including the cherry that bit The Beast’s back bumper) went from vertical to firewood. Chainsaw ran almost perfectly. Gathered rocks for a fire pit to be created where the car turnaround has been, but won’t be needed with the sun-blocking trees removed from the driveway. Had pistachio ice cream with fresh strawberries and whipped cream for dinner. Yes, that was our ENTIRE dinner…
