First post of the year?
Okay, how much do I suck at posting on LJ? Just looked and saw my last entry was December 31st.
Anyhow, this will be short because I've managed to get carpal tunnel in BOTH wrists. This is mostly not from computing, but rather from painting, upholstering, using power tools (and non-power tools, I suppose), sewing and moving heavy furniture. I go in for wrist splints on Monday. Would really like to avoid surgery. It is most unfortunate because the chair in my living room is only half reupholstered. :(
Maybe the pain is worth it, though. We now have new carpet in the living room/dining room, as well as new paint and curtains. I also replaced the baseboards with white painted ones and we put trim around the wide doorway that separates the two rooms. We also had the formerly white-turned-gray carpet on the stairs and upstairs hallway replaced. We still need to hang pictures and stuff and acquire a couple pieces of furniture (and finish reupholstering the chair, of course), and then we can call it done for another decade. :D
Have done a little bit of job hunting, but there is nothing interesting out there. It would help if I knew what I wanted to do. So far, I only know what I DON'T want to do.
Meanwhile, our next house project is the big one - complete remodel of the kitchen. No DIY for me on this one - most of it is heavy lifting/power tools kind of stuff, or else plumbing, which I hate. I'll be talking to a couple of contractors in the next two weeks, and we hope to get started with actual work sometime this summer.
Daughter is in Indianapolis right now competing in a Winterguard Regional Competition. You know those people who spin flags and rifles to the marching band? Well, during the winter, they compete to recorded music. Don't have a video to link to, but am hoping to have one after the weekend. We talked to her a couple of times today, and it sounds like they did well and are having fun.
Can't tell you exactly what I've been up to, but my days seem to be full and everyone gets where they need to be, has clean clothes and food on the table. Who has time to work?
I have been lurking and commenting from time to time. I haven't left you all. I'm just hiding in the corner and watching.
♥ ♥ ♥
Anyhow, this will be short because I've managed to get carpal tunnel in BOTH wrists. This is mostly not from computing, but rather from painting, upholstering, using power tools (and non-power tools, I suppose), sewing and moving heavy furniture. I go in for wrist splints on Monday. Would really like to avoid surgery. It is most unfortunate because the chair in my living room is only half reupholstered. :(
Maybe the pain is worth it, though. We now have new carpet in the living room/dining room, as well as new paint and curtains. I also replaced the baseboards with white painted ones and we put trim around the wide doorway that separates the two rooms. We also had the formerly white-turned-gray carpet on the stairs and upstairs hallway replaced. We still need to hang pictures and stuff and acquire a couple pieces of furniture (and finish reupholstering the chair, of course), and then we can call it done for another decade. :D
Have done a little bit of job hunting, but there is nothing interesting out there. It would help if I knew what I wanted to do. So far, I only know what I DON'T want to do.
Meanwhile, our next house project is the big one - complete remodel of the kitchen. No DIY for me on this one - most of it is heavy lifting/power tools kind of stuff, or else plumbing, which I hate. I'll be talking to a couple of contractors in the next two weeks, and we hope to get started with actual work sometime this summer.
Daughter is in Indianapolis right now competing in a Winterguard Regional Competition. You know those people who spin flags and rifles to the marching band? Well, during the winter, they compete to recorded music. Don't have a video to link to, but am hoping to have one after the weekend. We talked to her a couple of times today, and it sounds like they did well and are having fun.
Can't tell you exactly what I've been up to, but my days seem to be full and everyone gets where they need to be, has clean clothes and food on the table. Who has time to work?
I have been lurking and commenting from time to time. I haven't left you all. I'm just hiding in the corner and watching.
♥ ♥ ♥