15th January 2020
We cracked on with our furniture. There are three pieces in progress, but I was running short on finishing materials, but we made some good progress. We had a pair of white bookcases that had some damage to the bottom plinth that I had added a piece of trim to neaten and hide the defect.
I had forgotten that these units could be positioned side by side, but what I had added stopped them from doing this. So the first job was to remove it.
I alway have problem with dark staining the tops of our dressers. I haven’t been happy with most I’ve done, and a lot of the time I have to sand them back a number of times.
I had just finished the latest top when I found a blemish in the finish. The rest of the cabinet was finished, so Kelli was anxious for me to finish, so she can post it.
Kelli heard back from the person who had asked if we could re-finish five small tables.
She had decided to got with someone else, which pissed us off. These things will happen all the time, and although de-moralising are a fact of life.
We had given a very good price for doing it, and it would have got February off to a good start, but will will find other things to do.
In the evening we went to New Holland and had dinner with Don and Julie who are neighbours of Kelli’s mum and dad, and had to bear the brunt of the fire engines and ambulances turning up at all hours. We wanted to thank them for looking after her parents during the difficult time.
I didn’t realise how loud Don talked, it was close to being eleven on the loudness scale. He gets very excited and animated, and I’m sure the other people there could hear what he was talking about.
When he ordered his food, it was the most complex selection ever, I don’t know how the waitress managed to capture it.
He said his claim to fame was that he was pictured standing at the bar at New Holland on Google Earth. We checked it as he was right. What I don’t understand is how that could happen, it was as if the camera was inside the place buying a beer.
I made the mistake of having another stein, although I did promise myself never again after last week.
It all added to the laughter of the evening.
We had borrowed Dave’s old truck that had been give to Matt, to get around whilst our vehicle was being fixed, but it is much larger all round. You feel you have to use a phone to communicate with each other, and it’s so long it’s difficult to park.
Another Lifetime to go 