Sunday is normally our day to totally do nothing; we go out to breakfast, read the Sunday paper, watch golf/NASCAR/football all afternoon,make popcorn and then heat leftovers for dinner.
Not so here. Did the breakfast thing, did the newspaper thing, and then the afternoon went astray when Denny decided to try to move one of the electrical outlets in the kitchen. You see, we had a new mirror cut as Mom wants a mirror behind the sink. It seems for years Dad would sneak up on her while she was washing dishes and would scare the poo out of her, so even though Dad has been gone for nine years she wants a mirror over the sink. Which means moving the outlets or pay $180 extra for six cuts/notches in the mirror to allow for the sides of the outlet boxes. We opted to move the outlets. And of course, nothing is easy in a 50 year old house. Twenty trips up and down the basement stairs, drilling, cussing, sawing, cussing, nailing, cussing, spackling, cussing. We did finally make the popcorn, which wasn't very good (I love my mom but she buys generic everything) so I made a batch of Alabama dip and we ate that for dinner instead. Denny then went off to watch football and the race while I made signs for Mom's estate sale and she supervised.
At least the washing of ceilings, walls, appliances and cupboards prior to painting should go more smoothly. But the estate sale will be Tuesday and Wednesday so we really won't get started until after that. I think tomorrow night I'll put a couple of pictures of a site in Arizona online--it's past time to do a little mental traveling.
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