It has been so incredibly dry here. It generally works out that when the county fair sets up, the skies open and it rains for days. The county fair was the week before last. It did not rain.
I have been watering the garden, but even at that, it looked dryer than it should.
We were supposed to get rain last Tuesday, but disappointingly, we got some light rain in the morning, not even measurable. When it stopped, the sun blazed down just as hot as ever.
It stayed hot and humid all week. Not fun.
We moved some furniture. We brought order to the basement. Tim bought half the siding for the house. Frost white if you are interested. We are doing board and batten steel siding. That was delivered Friday. We will install the windows in the attic for ventilation and begin installing the siding. It will be nice to start 'dressing' the outside of the house. We have been looking at green zip board and insulation for some time now.
We went to the auction. The white chairs we wanted for the kitchen were in worse shape than we thought, once we got a closer look at them. We were able to get two nice oak chairs for $15, which will be fine. I need to find a nice sturdy material to cover the seats.
I bought something else too. They had a wardrobe that no one wanted. It was covered in Sears Merry Mushrooms, circa 1976, painstakingly cut out of contact paper. I recognized them right away, having used the self same technique to dress up my cheap kitchen
cupboards 50 years ago.
Anyways, the wardrobe was not anything I had considered getting but nobody was bidding. When the price dropped to $3, I bid and no one bid against me. Tim was aghast. I flashed our number to the auctioneer as he hissed, "What are we doing with that???" I handed the number back to him and said, "it can go in the basement against the stairwell and it will be where we hang our winter coats in the warm seasons."
He left to go get us cold water to drink. I noticed that he accidently took the bidder paddle with him.
So I have been working on that, de-mushrooming it, and taking it apart. Tim helped me put it back together today. A shoddy repair had made the whole thing wonky. Once that was corrected, everything fit back together smoothly. I will give it a quick coat of poly when I am done cleaning I will take a picture once it is in place. Like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree, this wardrobe is not such a bad little wardrobe after all.
I finished reading 'The Hours Count' which led me down quite a rabbit hole as I read about Julius and Ethel Rosenburg. I started and finished 'Little Fires Everywhere'. It feels nice to read a book again.
This morning, I woke up to the wonderful sound of rain drumming on the roof and rumbling thunder. It has rained off and on all day. I got a letter written. In between rain showers, I picked peas and beans. I lost a game of scrabble to my sister. She is on quite a streak.
Three dollars for a wardrobe? Wow! I'm sure it'll look nice when you've cleaned it up too. I like the siding, a lot.
ReplyDeleteWe've had so much rain here, mushrooms everywhere:)
Little Fires Everywhere was a great read. And that was a nice buy, the wardrobe. People don't want big furniture nowadays, especially if it needs to navigate stairs, so you got the benefit.
ReplyDeleteWe should start getting rain tomorrow or Tuesday. No hurricane but winds and rain they say. We have been getting rain but can always use a little more in Florida. I am so thankful seeing the hurricane moving east and not into the states.
ReplyDeleteYou two are amazingly industrious, even when you're alledgedly being lazy. Be careful on ladders! Drink water. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteHa ha!!.. accidentally on purpose ππ you're both doing a great job on this home.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear that you have rain..nothing yet here in Limoges..but there is a big bike race for four days starting tomorrow...guess when rain is forecast!!
Another bargain find. I like that.
ReplyDeleteI quite like the mushrooms. A good find for a great price.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you've had some rain at last.
ReplyDeletePutting the finishing touches to a project is very satisfying. Your house will look so smart.
We finally got lots of rain early yesterday. My grass had gone dormant so it was happy. Looking a little better today. I don’t ever water it, I don’t even own a hose. I really like the siding you chose, it will look really nice and installed vertically will be a bit different from others. Good find at the auction. Will you get the siding installed before the snow flies. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI don't really know what the exterior siding is made of. It is the outside walls?
ReplyDeleteAt $3, the wardrobe would be cheap firewood. Well, kindling at least.
Lol at Tim accidently taking the bidding panel with him.
We seem to get the same weather here — very dry but rain yesterday morning.
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