Not a whole lot of news on the cellar purge. I am about 75% finished, and I need to figure out what to do with a table full of junk that should all be tossed. I'm thinking about putting it out in my driveway with a big sign: Free: take what you want, but leave the table!
The most shocking revelation was how many candles I have. I swear, more than a couple hundred including a bag of tea lights. I never throw away a candle if there's any life in it at all...may come in handy someday.
This week was a nightmare. I had a stubborn clog in my kitchen sink that took the plumber a couple days to find and clear. I had him fix a leaky drain trap in the upstairs bathroom while he was at it. Then there was the home appraisal for our refi (lower interest rates!). I did several days of prep for that including fixing my bedroom ceiling which suffered some water damage a few years ago from the Central A/C unit in the attic. The A/C was replaced shortly thereafter, but I never had the ceiling repaired. I discovered that my bedroom ceiling is wood, as this house is almost 100 years old. I managed to patch all the scratch coat but wasn't able to paint. Why? you ask. Because I bought the wrong dang paint. I bought a "base" paint and thought it was white. Wrong! A base paint needs pigment, regardless of color. Lesson learned. Preparing for the appraiser also forced me to patch all the cracks in the cellar floor. I used DryLok "Plug", a quick-drying concrete product. Today the appraiser came, and he was in and out in 1/2 hour. So I spent the rest of the day relaxing, except for the part where I went back to Home Depot to exchange the paint (sigh).
And lastly, I found a cute coffee pot from 1946 on ebay. I bid $4.95, and I'm sure I'll win the auction. I can just see my 4 quirky girl cups gathered around this coffee pot.
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