Through the World Barefooted -- Gerda's LBS Guide

[Rita]

You are quite the handyman, handywoman, handyperson... you are quite handy.

I don't know why but this made me laugh all evening.

I didn't rest. I kept working all night til 2 am just to finish the ceilings. Basement I had to haul 15 8 x 4 sheets down the stairs but didn't get to install any. I was cutting the ceiling sheets with a bread knife and that was just about the worst job ever, esp as I kept mismeasuring. The helper guy had not even the best saw but his cuts were so straight! Next time I rent a saw. (Or just get the guy back.) Then the whole places was covered with insulation bits and the previous renters had clearly not dusted or mopped the place their whole 7 week stay, so I had to clean for 5 hours and finished just in time to be outta there before they arrived. Met a nice new neighbor who bought a place up the road and is renovating to AirB and decided to be her friend despite competitor factor. I couldn't get the hose hooked up to the dehumidifier and so I am hoping I can get someone to go by while the renters are there so I can keep my basement dry. It really worked! And even with floor only 1/3 one and only one foamboard up on basement wall, it was drier and warmer down there. And my fabric covered panels on the bedroom ceilings were also miraculously better than when there was nothing -- it was toasty (at least relative to before). Exciting!

I just went to see the crescent moon. Alas, it is cloudy. No moon, no stars. The entire sky is a faint white glow from the reflection of lights upon the low cloud ceiling. It is also -7C, so me standing on my deck in my slippers, jeans, and T-shirt, was a quick event. Brrrrrr.

This also made me laugh. I do this too but I am quaking with cold in 45 degrees. Then I realized that all this time you must be using Celcius. It is still freaking cold where you live and I don't know how you do it, but it's not quite as bad as I thought in fahrenheit.