House update: Tuesday

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Left for book club (Adultery, Richard B. Wright; we all liked it, me more than Clara Callan; there were only three of us there, and Shannie gave Kelly and me fuzzy socks in token of our book-club diehardness -- we were the only three at the last meeting too) before my aunt sent this:

Yesterday for lunch, John and I swanned off for lunch with friends.

Ron and John the Ducts came early in the morning, sized up the situation, consulted with the designer and bought the duct, which is oval. John wired, Dan nailed strips, Stuart and Bill installed drywall on the third floor.

Last night, at the request of Ducts, John, Jen, Mike and I went over and cleared out the basement around the furnace, John set up lights, and then we had supper at Gabby's.*

Today, I went out to lunch with friends--got another assignment. Dan nailed. John disconnected fire alarms, installed thermostat for furnace, moved Ikea** from Jen's middle room, bought telephone wire and was very pleased to find three tapering-sized tape measures for $8.

Cheers all, Helen

*Incidentally, Monday was my aunt's birthday. I think it's quite noble to move boxes around on your birthday and then eat at Gabby's, which while pleasant enough is hardly gourmet cuisine.
**I swear to God, if we had had ANY IDEA the house would take this long we would NEVER have bought our kitchens so soon.

Am quite excited that we have a thermostat.

Went over to aunt & uncle's after book club and watched part of an episode of Hamish Macbeth and 1 episode of Chef! -- my contributions both, glad to see they're appreciated.

Not checking Lavalife tonight. Potential love of my life will need to wait. I guess that's where they got the name from.