Author: lis

It’s been 8 years since I was hospitalized for a respiratory infection.  The ER procedure hasn’t changed much, even though my doc had sent a message ahead of time saying I should be admitted. Still 5 hours before I got upstairs.  Good times.

Doug posted a picture of the progress in the green  bathroom.  There was also progress in the primary bathroom.  Lights and medicine cabinets are nice, but I’m really looking forward to a toilet so I don’t have to go up and down the stairs at 3am.

I was sick of being in the house, and it was a lovely day, so I sat on the back patio all afternoon.  Saw many little feathered visitors come to the feeder, and to the bird bath.  I do have a fondness for nuthatches; they’re just so cute and perky.

Doug posted a pic of his side of the closet a few days ago.  This is my side.  Unlike Doug, I don’t really have a plan for it, and will figure it out as a move stuff, and probably rearrange it several times.

As others have pointed out, there seems to be an unusually high number of maple saplings around.  We are having some landscaping done soon, and that should take care of at least this area.

When Doug and I crashed at Bob and Kat’s place at the beginning of this renovation, we of course used their shower and towels.  And independently  fell in love with their towels.  I took note of the brand, and when we were ready to get new ones, we ordered from there.  They are decadent.

Oh no!  I have been marked with the White Hand of Isengard!!!* Help help!

Either that, or I was sanding one of my pottery creations and gut dust all over my hands.  It’s one or the other.

(*that’s a Lord of the Rings reference.  It’s not a Good Thing.)

Gandalf knows how to spend a rainy, cooler-than-usual Sunday over a long weekend.

After the first window showed up cracked, we had to wait a couple weeks for a new one. (This was, of course, after the very first windows for both baths turned out to be the wrong kind. These things are never easy.)  But now the Green bathroom also has natural light.

 

A few months back, the Newton mayor declared that the Italian flag stripe down the road did not  meet state safety standards, and it would have to be painted over with a double line.   This was in the very Italian section of the city, and people were pissed.  They went out and repainted it, then the yellow lines returned.    This year, we elected a new mayor, and one of the first thing he’s done is restore the stripes.