23rd November 2021
Kelli didn’t have a good night, she was awake early, and it effected how she felt for the rest of the day. There was plenty of things to do in the garage, I started off by scraping the paint off the bookcase just to see what the timber was like. It was supposed to be over seventy years old, therefore the pine should be dense and good quality.
The scraper did a good job, but the difficulty will come when I have to strip the inside. My thought was to knock it apart and do each plank one at a time as it is just nailed together.
Another task was to add a sealer to the drawer fronts and top that I had stained last night.
The train wreck dresser is moving on, with the side inset panels painted and the top fitted.
Kelli ordered the handles from eBay, so early December it should be finished.
Larry had the job of working on Kelli’s mother vehicle. It had been suffering from irregular ignition, so the first thoughts were on spark plugs or leads. Larry went off of a test drive and to get it hooked up to a diagnostic unit to locate the problem. The result came back indicating a faulty engine sensor. Once that was replaced the roughness had disappeared and was running nice and smooth.
That job gave Larry some pocket money to buy his cigarettes, that he puffed away whilst sucking up the mass of leaves that had landed on his front yard. Last night was a mild frost, and as the temperature increased, the remaining leaves would just fall even though there was no wind, it was a fascinating sight to see. By midday most trees had shed all their leaves, meaning another couple of hours raking ahead.
We finally sold the light green dresser tonight at a knockdown price, don’t get me started on that.
Another Lifetime to go 