House update: Weekend

[electricland]

My aunt reports:

Today for lunch, John, Jen and I went to Gabby's.

Yesterday, Rob worked on the door of her bathroom cabinet, did something* for pots and pans (I can't read my writing), put on handles with the fine cordless drill, and put together a filing cabinet. Then she bailed and went to the cottage.

Jen cleaned and was frustrated by Ikea hardware.**

John--after having yesterday volunteered with the Beaches Garden Society to plant a garden in front of the Beach Library ((how worthy is that!)__ has been mounting top cabinets in Jen's kitchen and building a base for the lower cabinets. Jen helped and did not make a mistake with installation of the corner cabinet--but it was a near run thing as John O would say. (She admitted same when I told her about my slip-covering.) Jen also worked on putting together her wardrobe.***

We are progressing.
Cheers, Helen

*Installed wire baskets in the cabinet by the stove, actually.
**In that, when she opened the boxes for her wardrobe, they contained no hardware.
***OK, one cabinet out of about 5 came with hardware, so she put together everything she could.

Cottage was lovely, especially since the heat and humidity in the house (despite the insulation) were enough to have me dripping with sweat the moment I picked up a tool. Ugh. Lake was very welcome. Stag party next door less so, but oh well. Between house and cottage I also saw Joanne and the new baby, who is adorable.

The mallard family is down to 5 ducklings from 7. I was afraid their independent ways (or their mother's casual parenting style, depending how you look at it) would catch up with them.

Reread The Perilous Gard. Read His Majesty's Dragon and the Jinny book that raithen sent me (THANK YOU!). A fine reading day all around.

Failed yet again to get to the Fringe. Next year. Or perhaps I'll manage something at the Best Of.

Comments

[raithen.livejournal.com]

I feel like such an enabler of your reading habit ;) *hee*

SOOOO glad you liked!