in complete darkness I lose balance

Jun 19, 2006 00:28

The past two and a half weeks have been a blur of getting other people to work on the house - updating the wiring and plumbing, refinishing floors, painting the exterior - and of working on it myself: stripping old shellac off the window woodwork; re-staining the woodwork and adding a couple coats of spar varnish; buying and installing new light ( Read more... )

nonfiction, house

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kassrachel June 19 2006, 13:34:47 UTC
:-)

This is a wonderful little vignette. The whole thing was so visible for me. Thank you.

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heresluck June 20 2006, 00:48:26 UTC
I'm glad you liked it -- thanks for saying.

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laurashapiro June 19 2006, 16:59:40 UTC
I love these tasty prose morsels you sometimes post.

It sounds like the work is tedious drudgery, but you are going to be *so* well rewarded at the end of it.

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heresluck June 20 2006, 00:50:27 UTC
Tedious indeed. But we got the bedroom completely painted today (along with bits of another room), and it looks beautiful, so I am heartened all over again.

And I'm glad you like my little nonfictional noodlings; "morsels" is a good name for them. *g*

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laurashapiro June 20 2006, 00:59:16 UTC
Hooray for pretty bedrooms! I look forward to pictures once you've got everything set up.

And visiting, of course. (:

Mmm. Morsels.

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dualbunny June 19 2006, 18:44:52 UTC
::grins::

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heresluck June 20 2006, 00:47:37 UTC
::grins back::

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