26th December 2020
It is sad that in the US there is no Boxing Day, things get back to normal, except for what is happening around the world.
The only similarity is eating all the leftovers, food often tastes better the second time around.
I made an attempt to work in the garage, but my heart wasn’t in it. The pine top that had the burn mark couldn’t be hidden with the walnut stain that I applied, so that was frustrating.
Also one of the side table tops had a couple of small burn marks on the front, which spoiled it and was difficult to disguise.
One could argue that it is reloved pieces, so a few blemishes are to be expected, but, I want the tops to be perfect, it added to my dissatisfaction, and compounded the frustration that I was suffering.
I decided that the day was not working, so a cup of tea was in order.
Whilst sipping the nectar, I had a brainwave to re-veneer the underside and make that the new top, brilliant! More work to do.
In the evenings we sit and watch some British house renovation shows on YouTube. The show is called “ Building a new home in the country”. The format is consistent for all episodes, a couple spend their life savings on a pile of crap, and spend three times as long, and often four times the cost. The man works his finger to the bone seven days a week, fifty two weeks a year, and somehow the wife gets pregnant, how does that happen?
Now he has more pressure to finish it ether by Christmas or before the baby is born.
If that is typical of what happens during a renovation, then we better not do any.
Another Lifetime to go 