Day 899 Stein and more Stein

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 I had added the trim to the bottom stopping them from doing this. So the first job was to remove this trim.

I alway have problem with dark staining the tops of our dressers. I haven’t been happy with most I’ve done, most 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 is finished, so Kelli in anxious for the final pieces 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 go 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 have 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.

I made the mistake of having another stein of beer, 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.