NOTES FROM THE GARAGE Part II

Well, unfortunately, I am NOT writing this to you from the garage. Seems that yesterday, the guy who put down the first 2 coats of sealer either didn't add enough hardener to the mix, or laid it on too thick. Because when the other guy showed up this AM to put the final coat on, the buffer was pulling up little rolls of the stuff. AAAAAAAAAAAARGH! So everything is on hold till tomorrow, when they will try again. Oh, and that's not the end of it! Evidently, the final coat is one that smells VERY strongly of formaldehyde. Because I have such a sensitive nose, I may have to spend the night at a hotel. Lovely. And we can't put any furniture back on the wood for a couple of weeks... nothing like having your dining table and buffet hutch in your living room for a few weeks! So now I'm off to finish taking ALL non-tinned food out in the garage new living room. ***sigh*** PS ~ If I'd known what this was going to entail, I would have just had the damn wood ripped out, and put in tile and/or lino!!!

NOTES FROM THE GARAGE...

Now live ~ coming to you from the garage! Yep, you heard right, folks... we are banished to the garage. We are getting our wood floors refinished, so we've set up camp in the garage, complete with 2 "desks", comfy chairs, 'puters, an ice chest full of food & drink, the beasties & their kennels ~ almost all the comforts of home! The sanding is all done, and they've just put the first coat of finish on ~ can you say STINKY?!?!?! It smells like someone just spilled a couple of gallons of acetone!! As soon as we can get in ~ a minimum of 5 hours; perhaps a bit longer ~ we'll be able to go in, open all the windows and turn on the whole house fan. The hooligans will be boarding over overnight tonight & tomorrow, when the sealant goes on. And need I say that I'm not looking forward to the clean-up?? They plastic wrapped everything, but there is still dust EVERYWHERE!!! A good reason to keep the floor well maintained, 'cause I do NOT want to have to go through this ever again! Signing off from the other side of the wall ~ Cheers!

A WILD COUPLE OF WEEKS!!

AAARGH!!! There were supposed to be lots of spaces in this to make for easy reading, but stupid EBlogger doesn't seem to be co-operating! Yep ~ It has been just that! And the main reason is I had to do a lot of catching up in the garden, due to my earlier foot surgery... So I've been bringing all my garden pretties out of winter garage storage, getting them cleaned up & in place ~ Planting out our collection of blue pots for the front of the house ~ Planting seeds from packets that attract hummingbirds and flutterbyes ~ they are coming up nicely ~ Trimming the roses that were hit very hard by our arctic month of January; tying up our spindly looking clematis' that I really didn't think had made it. (they did, and bloomed wonderfully)... Rejuvenating my fairy garden container; getting our tomato plants going; killing spring weeds... I've also been having a ton of fun with my crafty friends... Going to the Boise Farmer's Market for the first time (for me) with MH & CS ~ WOW!! We had a blast! A shopping date & lunch with JJ ~ A 'junking' trip with LS (we both scored LOT'S of goodies!) I've loved it all, though at times I've been SO tired!! So now I'm taking a much needed break... then back to work this weekend!!

OKLAHOMA

Sending good thoughts for all those in OK affected by today's tornadoes ~~~ Updated to add ~ to all those in the entire mid-west affected...

A COUPLE OF PROJECTS

For the April Divas, Lynn led us in making altered match-boxes... this is the one I made. As always, click to enlarge...

Open ~

The back side ~

A storage box, made just for me... front view

Top ~

Right side ~

Thanks for looking and leaving me some love!

HAPPY NURSES' DAY!!

To all my nursing buddies ~ working or retired or recovering...

Love you all ~

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP (DOWN) TO ~

A week ago today, I had some very minor surgery on both feet ~ so I've taken advantage of my gimpy-ness ~ and have watched all three seasons of Downton Abbey for the first time.

Wow.

Now I know what all the fuss is about!

NB ~ have no worries ~ I will post NO spoilers here.

I'm not sure why I didn't get hooked in the first place...  Anglophile that I am!
And that particular time period is one of my favorites ~ there were so many new things happening so quickly!

And can you say "SteamPunk"?!?!?!?!

Now that I've watched it all in one big gulp, I'll go back and watch  (sip) it more slowly, to savor the cinematography, costumes and scenery.

What a joy!!

My favorite line is, of course, "What are weekends??"  Miss Smith is at her finest  here ~

If you've been following the show, I'd love to hear your comments about it...
All I ask is that if you comment, please do NOT include any spoilers...  I'm afraid I would have to delete them right away ~  Thanks

PS ~ the new love of my life is Hugh Bonneville!