Pearls of Wisdom and Foolish Mutterings

A bunch of stuff

I spent the better part of the day today (and yesterday, too, for that matter) doing manual labor. And just in case there are those of you out there in my vast reading audience (if you say it, they will come) who do not know this, I was not born to do manual labor. I am not a manual labor type of girl. In fact, I will do just about anything to get out of having to engage in strenuous activity, even if it's fun. But certainly, strenuous manual labor is one the things I seek to avoid at all costs.

But, sometimes a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. Unfortunately, this is one of those times. The manual labor of which I speak consists of the final details in the house we are almost finished rehabbing. I'm also not a detail person. I hate details. I'm a big picture person. I'm a great starter and a terrible finisher. All the more reason for me to have serious issues with doing the work that remains to be done on that house before we can lease or sell it. Although I will complain often and loudly about having to do it, I have actually felt rather accomplished after my last two days of W.O.R.K.

I painstakingly pried, scraped, finagled and cursed the old, mildewed and yucky caulk out of the crevices between wall and bathtub in the main bathroom. Then I compounded the whole tub, but in particular the edge where a sliding door was previously installed. I have to say that I'm very proud of my work. But I'm most proud of the fact that I am still mobile after two days of that back-breaking work. Those visits to the bone cracker and his magical massage therapist must be paying off!

Now, I'm anxiously looking forward to completing all of those afore-mentioned hated details so we can have an open house. I think I'm going to have 8x10's printed of how the house looked when we bought it and put them in a binder, not because anyone will necessarily be interested in seeing them, but because every time I see those pictures of the before and after, I am just blown away. It's absolutely amazing.

Oops, gotta go. Grandkids are here.....