Labor Day Labors - (Somewhat of) a Build Post

In the spirit of "Fun Fall" yesterday was pretty much a day off. We were back on the mat at yoga, went to the Picnic Operetta's FAUST with the Chelimskys at Alexis Bailly Vineyards (and also got a hug from Nan), and hung out more with the Chelimskys that night. It was much needed.



Today was harder work because we had to move back to the other house, which meant loading up lots of stuff (how did all that get over there?), plus dogs and cats and such, while running a few errands since there was no food or anything at Ashland.

The kitchen is in disarray because we cleaned out a couple of cabinets, including the dish cabinet, and are waiting for new shelf paper to be delivered. There's a lot more space in there when you throw away things you don't use...

On that same theory, we also cleaned out the china cabinet. We packed up some of the crystal we don't use but don't really want to get rid of, which left more display space. This summer Patrick had gotten me some vintage Minnesota Landmark gilt glasses, and I had purchased him some gold edged lowball glasses, so we wanted to display those. Patrick got the light in the cabinet working too, and it looks really nice.


Oh, and the whole reason we actually CAN move back to Ashland is that we at least got the bathroom restored after the great sh*t-fountain-incident-of-summer-2024 (one of the reasons for calling it a "Bummer Summer"). Patrick and a friend installed a new toilet, I made a new curtain, hung new shower curtain liners, and deep-cleaned everything with a toothbrush. Having to do that (and spend the money) right now was kind of a low point, but at least it looks nice.




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