Jake supervising

6 Oct 2011

The Hooptee

Today was a short work day.  Jerry spotted a car yesterday and made an appointment to see it this morning.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t THE ONE!   We are now driving Robert’s Hooptee.   The Hooptee is Robert’s extra car that he lends to which ever friend is in need.  Our immediate need at first was a vehicle to haul off all the debris in the garage at 2 Cool.  Robert just appeared one day with his car and said use it for as long as you need it.  We now need it to get from point a to point b until Jerry locates a car for us.  I hope that little job is taken care of soon.  I appreciate the Hooptee and Robert’s generosity but I am a little nervous in the Hooptee.  My seat rocks back and forth as we go merrily down the road.  The entire car can sway, rock, lurch, etc etc depending upon its mood.  It is a cheerful little car totally oblivious to its faults but sorta flighty…know what I mean?  

Jerry preparing to sand..

HUMMMM is plaster supposed to look like this

 By the time we arrived at Alignan it was noon.  Jerry immediately started plastering the wall in the bathroom in preparation for the green board that will hold the tiles.  Hopefully I can find tile that I want in the bathroom.  That little job has been terribly disappointing.   After he finished what he called a trial run on the plaster he began sanding the walls in the chamber and the walls in the bathroom that are to be painted. 



Ok, wood or brass or glass?



WOOD!

 Since I didn’t have an appointed job while Jerry was plastering and sanding I decided to see what was under all that paint on the stair newel post.  One of the contractors who came to the house said the ball could be wood, glass or brass.  I have been itching to discover what was under the paint……today was THE DAY.  After a lot of brushing on paint remover, scraping it off very carefully I discovered the ball  on the Newel post is……WOOD!

Nothing exciting to discover tomorrow.   I will be painting bedrooms…boring……

The plumber just called.  He is coming in the morning to make a shopping list.  Paul says he will be back to start the job next week!  Hooray!!!  The artisans are coming!