Through the World Barefooted -- Gerda's LBS Guide

[Gerda]

OMG you guys rock! I wish all handymen were as speedy in replying and planning (and execution) as you two!

I have a lot of reading material here. I have skimmed and so far I am freaking out that you want me to go back to dirty fuel with a furnace after our minisplit victory. But I will read over again. I am very excited for the portrait you have painted of a finished, cozy house. (Cut to two years later until I actually do it all.)

Meanwhile in preparation for the basement movie party -- this week in one of my courses I am teaching C.S. Lewis' "The Inner Ring." I use it with the movie 8-Mile, if you can believe it! But I think you will really like the essay, just google it with "full text" and you can find it easily. CS Lewis and Tolkien were close friends, you probably know that; and I often wonder if the idea of the ring as representative of the evil in unfettered will came from that essay. In a certain way it describes what happened to our MLCers.

Hugs to you both for taking so much time to help with my projects.

Did I tell you that I had to fix a sink at my rental in the city? I watched a bunch of youtube videos, bought a pipe cutter and installed the new pipes with trap and everything myself! Granted, it was still a little funky and my friend's husband had to facetime me a little and direct how to seal it with some repair tape, but for the first time in a year the sink isn't leaking!