My work space (aka the living room) was cleared.
Soooo, way back in January we received notice that the in-laws are coming to stay this summer. I did a series of posts on what had to get done in the house so that it would be acceptable to anyone with the senses of sight and smell. Well, here we are in June and brother #1 arrives today. What have we achieved?
NOT-A-THING!!! But wait, there’s more! Because my father had to choose such an inconvenient time to die, our house full o’ pets has not been cleaned in 2 weeks. The only last minute cleaning service available was Merry Maids and they wanted $500. So, no. The mother in law is 83 years old. How good can her sense of smell be anyway? The brothers are slobs. I just hope the sister in law doesn’t expect a shower free of mold and pubic hair.
What, me clean? I’ll do my best, but since I’m the sole proprietor and employee of a business that has been neglected for the last 2 weeks, I’ve gotta set my priorities straight.
Anyhoo, here are some quick fixes the husband did while I was down in hell, I mean, Florida.
Porch floor was opened up 1 year ago.
And viola! It took a full year to put down a sheet of plywood.
Bare sheetrock.
Primed! Who needs tape or paint?
And remember our kitchen sewage line?
Just slap some rock up and it looks fabulous! The latest trend in kitchens.
Jealous?
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You kill me! I’m glad you are back with sense of humor intact. See you this Sunday at the Flea. We haven’t been there in 3 weeks, and missed all of the nice weather days. Oh well.
You’re hilarious. Your post makes it seem like we’ve “done a lot” at our place. And by ‘we’, I mean the boys, because I haven’t lifted a finger myself. But from the pictures it’s sort of hard to tell the difference between where we are now, and where we were a month ago….so much imperceptible work to do on these old houses! As a small comfort, I’ve absorbed myself in researching all sorts of green technology and posting it to our website, but now that it’s warm again, I guess there’s really no excuse….
Clean is overrated.
So, of course I couldn’t do anything else with this cleaning thing hanging over my head. I started at 7am and I’m still not done! I should have just done a regular cleaning, but nooooo, I had to do a spring cleaning (valued at $500)! I got molding, light fixtures, inside appliances…WHAT WAS I THINKING???!!! Oy, I’m gonna miss my Jon Stewart at this rate.
Someone would be able to work on the house if he wasn’t keeping tenants happy running to the Flea and helping with merch.