Author: thecapeblog

Even thought we weren’t ready by a long shot, the flooring got done at Edgewater today. Peter and I were able to clear away the electronics and “stuff” in time for the two crews to finish work, a full day from 8:30 to about 4.

Peter’s office looks fantastic with the silver carpeting. The living room and family room are looking good, too.

Emme got home around 2 and was upset that we’d piled so much family room “stuff” in her room. I brought her over here and we had peppermint tea and a fantastic game of Scrabble – she used up all her tiles, and I ended up with only one!

Emme entertained us with a series of egg puns. Ron said he’s proud of her!

I’m working at Edgewater today, packing up books and office supplies/equipment.

Pat the carpenter was here earlier to remove the old vanity and countertop, which Ron has pummeled. The plumber is here now.

I packed up 13 boxes of books at Edgewater and ran out of boxes. Came home for lunch, more boxes and to pick up James after school.

We have crocus in the “oval”. I am vexed to have left so many tulips between the roses.

Sleet and rain for most of the day, here, there and everywhere.

We closed on our equity line today. Enjoyed our conversation with the branch manager, a fellow libertarian.

We are waiting to hear from the plumber. Talked with the carpenter/contractor this morning about installing the vanity.

I was probably over-cautious, figured we’d miss road construction traffic by taking 495 to the Pike instead of 24 to 128. Ron didn’t seem to mind the conditions or the truck traffic, although he couldn’t stop talking about the crazy private automobile drivers.

We did the transfer station and senior center runs first thing this morning.

It was not a good day for work. I painted Emme’s door and Ron got the new toilet seat on, but I think munged one of the hinges. It might be a part we can replace.

I cleaned the cat boxes and loaded the trash and recyclables on the truck for transfer station run tomorrow.

I also tried to wash the stairwell walls. Another pass might do the trick, depends on how it looks when it dries.

We blue taped Emme’s bathroom, and I hung a new shower curtain liner and the laundered shower curtain.

Ron had to leave at 3:45 to get to Woods Hole. I stayed until 5:38.

We’d offered to do some painting at Edgewater along with carpet and closet negotiation. We spent part of yesterday doing prep, i.e. cleaning and repairs.

I’m planning to bluetape the downstairs bathroom and maybe upstairs as well. Doubt that we’ll get to paint today, since Ron has WHFMS.

Ron got a lot done. He repaired Emme’s medicine cabinet, tacked down the metal strip between the kitchen and living room, and removed the wood trim from the upstairs bathroom: no small feat, since some fool had filled the screw depressions with wood putty.

I had a pretty busy week: meetings at Edgewater, meetings at the Commission, meeting with our tax preparer, a hearing evaluation, a planning session about the vanity setup, and 3 after-hours events: Glastonbury Abbey, a 1717 Meetinghouse Foundation debate on the Cape Cod Commission, and the South Shore .NET User Group Gadgeteer presentation, which Emme attended as well.

We’re at the end of a blizzard that started before dawn, with high wind speeds and temperatures below freezing.

We realized a little after 7 am that we’d forgotten to shelter a tray of violas purchased earlier this week.  They were on the deck, fully exposed to the wind, and covered with about a half inch of snow.

I brought them in the house for now, but we needn’t have worried; they did just fine.

We attended our first Lenten Supper at the Abbey last evening. Good soup and bread served by the monks, and a fine lecture on religious music by the conductor of the Atlantic Symphony.

What a great brunch this year: Cathy, Cindy, Mary at the Woods Hole Golf Club. Crab cakes Benedict and a delightful coconut/praline pudding for dessert. The girls gave me a bottle of Grand Marnier. Mary, as usual, cracked me up.

Just wish we could have stayed all afternoon.

Ron is off to visit his friend Bruce in Dennis, so I have the house to myself. I’m tired and chilled. Paid bills this morning.

We went to Botello yesterday for a few odds and ends, including a new CO monitor which Ron set up in our bedroom.

We ordered a bathroom faucet at Ferguson and picked up groceries at Roche.

I made poached fillet of sole with pepper strips and sauteed greens for supper.

We were at Plymouth Court this past Monday through Thursday to show solidarity with the P-12, whose trial ended yesterday with a “Guilty” verdict and time served.

By Friday morning, we were pretty well fried. I couldn’t deal with any more bombast, especially closing arguments, and Ron was happy to stay on Cape as well.

We ended up going to Beltone for my hearing aid evaluation and afterwards bought a beautiful vanity, a floor model that we never could have afforded at full retail.

Today we almost killed each other getting the vanity off the truck and into the house.

The Carbon Monoxide monitor went off last night and still didn’t work correctly, even when Ron replaced the battery. We’re pretty sure it simply has worn itself out after eight years.