I would never remember the exact day as my memory loss is impressive that this was the day last year I fell thru the patio, bruising a bone. Just how I recalled the event at all was that I wrote about it on social media, and your memories surface to ‘share” so I am. Last year’s fiasco well behind me, went forward into the next scheme to renovate, or decorate.
OFF I went to a friend’s house, as at the last minute the original plan fell thru. It was cold, so I brought a lot of “just in case clothes.” Have to say used just about everything. My friend ran her sheets thru the wash for me as her sheets were scented. I was given a key and a welcome and fed. ( for five days!!!) Sleeping beauty should be one of my names as the first day, I arrived there I basically slept for 24 hours. It was SO very nice to have meals made for me, wonderful meals as she is a hobby chef, did mention it was like Christmas dinner every day? I have not in all the meals I have had there over the years had Italy food, so I gave her as gift a recipe book from the old country. I would come to the house, every day and see the mess. Catch up on emails, and maintain the semblance of running a bed and breakfast. The men took Fathers day off, but most of the time the industry was impressive. (Sunday I helped my friends wheelbarrow, tailings.) I moved home last night, she was right, I would be busy and return I did for supper.
The flooding situation which hit all four floors, is at the watching the paint dry stage. Wallpaper removed and painted. (Insurance depreciated it, my question is, how do you depreciate, 60 year old wall paper? Can you? ) Have carpets and china to return either tomorrow or Thursday. There was dust and men everywhere. The 125 year old house, every inch of it yesterday was cleaned from top to bottom. Now they had a vacuum cleaner! I did the floors in the kitchen, and loads of laundry from beds. LOADS. (today I make the beds as I could not get my poor feet to work anymore, and put them up the wall to get the swelling back down.) I had a wall at my expense painted to match. the new upstairs paint and living room, dining room, office. “Frommage frais.” It looked fabulous I must say. The floors in the bedroom, and dining room will be put off until the fall as it takes a week to dry as I have to get money flowing instead of water.)
I even did the inside of the china cabinet.( I have two, they painted one, I dusted the other.) As they were doing lots of “extras” like putting a bed back together for me, someone had kicked out, a long time ago. I had to run to the grocery store, and purchased the ingredients as I had not been here for five days. Sugar was on sale, and eggs too. I purchased, again and not for the first time, in my haste, the cold water a 100 loads smelly laundry detergent. That has to be returned. I do this all the time, attracted to the cold water wash, and find the scent unbearable. In the middle of the mess, I whipped together, a banana bread and apple rhubarb cake. Ready complete with coffee, for three o’clock break.
While all that was going on and at my expense, so it would not happen again, I had the piping fixed. The plumber and the insurance company will send a separate invoice for covering the holes they did not make.
In the meantime I had a tree evaluated to be taken down.. Told them to come this week, as I could not cope, and the garden looks like a jungle. The cleaning of those beds will wait now because the mess that will create. Somehow I have not gotten to the weeds but have spent 8 hours cleaning the yard from the ‘microburst” a couple of weeks ago, or was it last week? I have lost track of all time. The shrubs need their annual cutting back and the lawn needs its weekly trim, now bi mouthly it seems.
We went to PEI, for the last treatment. Lucy came back running. I had forgotten to give her the amino acids in all the crazy, and that now know they WORK. However in the hot weather is panting very hard, and she kept me awake. I put her out last night but could not sleep with the back door open. kinda cock eyed this morning.
MANY and millions of thanks to friends who took me in, petted me and Lucy and kept me going. Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky. Sonia Gandhi Moi and Miss LP