16th August 2018
This was the day when I planned to get the plasterboard on to the wall of the small bedroom. This was a test to see if my skill matched those of the professionals. I drove to Wickes and loaded the truck with sheets of the plasterboard, adhesive and timber for the bathroom door liner.
I again risked having a heart attack carrying the sheets up the slope, cursing with every breath that I thought the hard lifting was over, I could mince around looking all designery and cool. Instead I was all workmanlike and sweaty.
The process is called “Dob & Dab” and it is just as it sounds, you plodge dobs of adhesive on the wall, then place the board on the wall and pound it with your fist. Speaking of which, I read that HM has a new CEO. Andi Owen takes over towards the end of August. Apparently she was pretty high up in the GAP organisation. She will have her work cut out to win over all that deeply established male culture. In particular a certain English VP who has had problems with strong women who think. I will look forward to whatever Karma befalls him.
Kelli sent me pictures of her booth at Hudsonville, these included a pair of carved wooden figures of oriental origin that she found at the side of the road.
Another Lifetime to go 