BEEP BEEP, crunch, grind, whirr, crash. In case it is not evident, de-construction starts this week. You cannot imagine the amount of paraphernalia one accumulates in a bathroom. I thought I had a lot moved out over the last month or so but still took several hours to finish off the rest while trying to decide what we need to keep handy for absolutely necessary ablutions over the next few weeks.
There was a mad scavenger hunt for the shaving razor this am, which I finally located in a little nightstand drawer (I have a whole tray of razors and blades in a plastic container) in JP's bedroom. I have utilized the linen closet and two other bedrooms to contain the flotsam and jetsam from two bathrooms. It will take weeks to re-locate everything. Theory being, if we don't look for it, we probably didn't need it in the first place. I eliminated a lot that way. It took portions of three closets and an under-the-bed container to address my one closet of clothes located in the primary bathroom. OH was mildly surprised at the need for so much space for one wardrobe. I have a big closet. He has no idea.
SPECTACLES IN DC A cool million of taxpayer money to re-sod the south lawn. Good thing they laid off so many government workers to pay for octogenarian's birthday bash. Though it's not so much the naked spectacle-some people like the sport. It's the graft so blatantly exposed by advertising trump crypto and his huge stock buy-ins to UFC and Paramount (a deal he engineered) It is so obvious and nobody says boo. And the unspeakable savage who insulted Michele Obama for a laugh. These are the people our president and highly placed people want to hang with. Pardon the visual, but I taste vomit in my mouth.
Then the 13 mill no bid contract to destroy the reflecting pool. marmie is hysterically blaming provocateurs for poisoning the pool with corrosive chemicals which would have taken dudes slashing the painted granite floor for 250 feet and truckloads of chemicals and several hours without the park police noticing? Now I know they are vigilant as they promptly arrested and charged a man for destruction of government property when he reached in and touched one of the floating blue paint chips attached to some aggressive algae. Hell, tourists are taking pieces home as souvenirs! Same charge as the January 6 felons-oh yeah, they got pardoned for attacking the Capitol. Do you suppose the "pool contractor" knew to apply resin first? Or whoever poured hydrogen peroxide in to combat algae might just compromise the integrity of the sealant/paint? That's what happens when you don't believe in science, just saying....Happy 250th Anniversary.
"Bitterness, much like revenge, is the enemy of compassion" (side 6/21/26)
TOMATO WARS Anyone who has been around the OH knows his passion for vine-ripened tomatoes, specifically, his vines. He eagerly anticipates the time of year when he gets to select the choicest baby plants, spending what I consider, a surprising amount of time picking out just the right plant at just the right moment of gestation. I am forced to, without complaint mind you, spend the time wandering aimlessly through the greenhouse perusing rows and rows of identical little greenies-sigh. Hey, everybody has their kink-who am I to judge.
Next comes an elaborate planting routine, which includes digging deep enough to encase the fledging roots in containers of water and an origami folding of wire around each precious plant. After a thorough watering the war of the deer commences. He does everything but saran wrap those suckers to keep hungry little meadow cows from nipping his tomato plants to near extinction. Yields have varied depending on the OH's success with different strategies. This year, after consultation with a successful gardener at church, he is trying a new weapon in the battle. Fence-crows! OMG-in the dark you would think you were being stalked by a platoon of "good old boys" fixing to tilt your outhouse. But, so far, the deer have been puzzled-fingers crossed. 😂😆😯
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