Liquid Sunshine...For Days...

As a joke, my mother would often remark that our rain was "liquid sunshine." I did not fall for that but knew that rain kept things green and growing. If the amount of rain we've had where I live now is any indication, things should be verdant for a long time to come. It is raining as I write and has been for a while, putting a stop to the milling and re-paving of our parking area.

Because that was scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, my contractor decided to wait until the new asphalt was dry enough to drive on before returning to complete painting and flooring and a few smaller tasks. He and another gentleman worked on flooring for two days last week and have yet to finish the front room. My bedroom hasn't been touched at all and the transitional pieces for the front door and bedroom door remain to be installed. He did tape over the ends so that I could get around and have a clear path to the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen as well as the doors leading to my cat's screened porch off the back. Things in the front room remain in disarray. I am not optimistic of a finish this week.

The upshot, however, is that I will have enjoyed the flat for more than a weekend and that includes some quiet as well as the ability to do chores and sleep in without having another underfoot. I was able to have a spur of-the-moment lunch out with a longtime friend on Saturday. Though I am fortunate to be in the home stretch, in my mind, this has now gone on for far too long. Perhaps I will get lucky. One never knows. I'll leave you with a photo of a brighter day.

Cheers...

And Now...

Thanks for to my readers for all of the lovely comments. As I type, the place is topsy turvy as flooring is torn out, more being cut and laid and paint is drying. The bathroom and bedroom remain to be painted and cleaned and the cat is difficult to keep in as he wants to explore the mess. On top of this and other things, there is something going around and it has landed here. This is the end of week twelve. I had no idea when given the original estimate that things would take this long. I am taking to my bed until it too must be moved.