april, come she will
Sitting here at work putting off eating my turkey and cheese sandwich. Dave is out sick today, Charlie’s off to get his allergy shots, and thunderstorms are popping up here and there. The brunt of them is supposed to arrive tonight. It’ll be nice to have the rain. I love a good downpour.
Luke’s home sick, and Penelope amused herself this morning by getting into the (gas, thankfully) fireplace downstairs and emptying every last bit of dirt and soot out onto the white carpet. Diane called me in exasperation this morning and told me about it. Amazing how she chooses to ignore the dozens, nay, hundreds of toys downstairs and decides to mess with the fireplace. Unbelievable.
But we’re all well. Our latest home improvements are as follows:
- Painted the outside shutters black to match the front door. They look awesome.
- Spent all day Friday and Saturday putting up beadboard on the kitchen walls. Nearly cursed at my utterly useless stud finder.
- Built a big, long work table for the garage. It fits between the cars and has storage on the bottom shelf.
- Scored some free wood on Monday, courtesy of a crate the company was going to throw out. It’s good plywood and two-by-fours I’ll use for additional shelving in the garage.
- Finished painting the hallway and front room Seashell Gray. It looks wonderful, cool, calm and refreshing. Love the color.
I’ve been really itching to start on the Datsun restoration, even though I know
- It’s a multi-year project,
- It’ll be far more expensive than we can budget for now,
- Home improvements are the first priority, and
- I really should be focusing more of my time and attention on my family, given where they all are.
So that’ll definitely have to wait. I might just move it to our house, though, just to help Mom and Dad by freeing up some space in their garage. And there might be little things I can tackle without spending any money. Ahh…we’ll see.
The wind is really blowing outside now. I can see the pollen and leaves come off the trees. Storm’s coming.