Jing Jing Jinglin’ …
OK, This has been the LONGEST stretch ever for me not posting. I hope to be more consistent now. Really, I do mean it this time < sigh >
I have been busy as all hell. Basically I finished the cottage completely. I got all the bathroom fixtures in, the chimney up, The whole heating and hot water systems plumbed in and wired, and the propane tanks installed. The heat is on and it’s all nice and cozy in there. So cozy in fact I have a tenant !! At last !!
He seems real nice. He installs appliances for Sears so he hooked me up with a super nice stainless steel stove for in there. All in all it came out really nice. Sorry I didn’t get any pics before he moved in.
Now at long last I can finish my bedroom. I need to prime all the windows with Kilz and put the trim back around the doors, then finally paint the windows and try that fancy Ralph Lauren paint I got for the walls (the stuff that’s supposed to look like linen). My mom got me roman shades for the windows in there (seven windows in my room, plenty of light!) as a Christmas present, so if I ever finish it, it’ll be nice. Then maybe I can save up and get a cheap dresser or two from Ikea and get rid of the giant old ugly ones I have (which are mostly full of books and magazines and junk anyway). Hell, then my room will look like a real grown ups room, eh?
Yesterday I went shopping with my Mom and Grace, we got those shades and a few things for the kids. I have to say, Danny got the neatest present from my Mom, I wish I had one! But since he may read this, I’m not able to say exactly what it is…
Today G and I went to Home Depot, I returned a buch of left over stuff from the cottage and used the credit to get a new tool bag for work, so I don’t have to carry that big ugly briefcase style one. But I will say this, once I loaded it up with all my tools, fluke meter, butt set, toner and a keyboard it is really heavy! Hope I always get parking close to the call I’m going to.
Then I got a tree and brought it home and we decorated it. Thanks to Todd for giving me a couple sets of lights he had never used from last year. It’s real simple, white lights, red velvet ribbons, strings of silver beads, and a few tiny wooden ornaments. But it’s our first tree together, last year I didn’t get a tree, so it’s extra special and really looks nice.
I miss Sam and wish he was here to help decorate it too, but we’re taking a time out from each other and he’s staying at his Mom’s for a week or so.
No big plans for Christmas. Going to go down to St.John the Divine for Midnight Mass with Maggie and Grace. It is absolutely incredible down there. This will be the second year in a row, and I hope to make it a tradition going to that great cathedral every year. Did you know it’s the largest cathedral in the world, right in NYC ? Here’s a cool history of it’s construction, still underway after almost a hundred years…
OK, I need to get to sleep, have a good one.
