Mari's mood is dire when the painters are around. Her eyes are shooting lasers. Today, they finished!
My small laundry room was not fun for two men to work in. I stayed FAR away. I'm delighted that my trim is re-caulked and repainted; my doors and jambs are also sparkling white. Plus, they vacuumed behind my washer and dryer, which was a nice bonus.
Doesn't my repose gray look different in each room? I love that.
Today I went for a VERY WET walk. When I'm wearing this yellow rain slicker, it means real rain, and not drizzle or showers. As always, it felt great to be out, although I only saw one other walker, a guy in an equally hideous yellow plastic outfit. I admired his matching pants!
Don't tell Mari, but I'm not done re-doing my house, like a few improvements on the stairs, and new chandeliers. She is not going to appreciate that. Anyway, do you know how many ugly chandeliers there are on the Lowe's on-line site? Since I don't have a farmhouse (very in right now), many of the rustic ones would look incredibly stupid. I'm not at all crafty, but a few of the farm style ones I could probably put together in my garage with spare wood and a bare light bulb.
I have similar looking lights on the outside of my house. I don't like them there either, but my late husband picked them out and installed them. They're a bit too "Merry Olde England" for my taste. :)
Then there's this one that appears vaguely sci-fi. I saw many others that looked like fake electrons or hollow globes. They would have been great on the Starship Enterprise!
A $300+ lampshade? I think not.
This chandelier elicited a major eye roll from me. If you have it in your house, I apologize for offending you, but what the...?
I sent this one to John, and he kind of liked it. We may have to break up. ;)
Lowes also offers a multitude of fancy chandeliers that belong in a French chateau or perhaps in a Las Vegas bordello? (but not in my humble abode) So far, the score is Chandeliers-1,000+ and frustrated Margaret-0. Speaking of John, his older daughter, her husband, his mother and their two foster children have Covid19. They think Luis' mom got infected at her rehab center after she had had surgery. It's worrisome because the virus is very unpredictable, and they're in El Paso which is struggling to find enough hospital beds and medical personnel for all its cases. :( So, send along good thoughts for them, OK? John was originally planning to drive down there for Thanksgiving, but is now grateful that he changed his mind due to their C19 numbers. Not that they're too much better here...
