Warthog

We battled the Warthog, and the faucet ( galvanized pipes!) and made a pact not to get dirty this weekend but rather unpack boxes, do some laundry and take a well deserved break from the Royal. We will be back with tales of the Warthog, which loves Butter, but not Thread, a new drill, a visit from a real live plumber, oh and the skunk. Yes a skunk plus Oscar is no fun.

R.I.P.

Our drill died.


Butter's mourning its demise because she and this drill have a bit of a history together...

Mr. Drill had a good life, he was the resident drill of the Crafts Students League (CSL) in Manhattan, where Butter worked. Well when the CSL was closed after 75 years as a craft school, the drill needed a new home and it was given to me by the ceramics department. Mr. Drill you were the best and will be missed.

... but mostly we're bothered because this leaves us a bit, um, screwed -- or rather, unscrewed. (Sorry -- I could not resist... I positively love corny puns.)
A new drill is not exactly in the budget, but we neeeeeeeeed it. (shelves to hang! plaster buttons to affix! furniture to repair! cabinets to install!) I guess this is one of those things that you hear grown-ups grumble about when they curse being homeowners.

Speaking of the curse, Mr. P. Lumbing came to visit last night and he was dripping mad.

Getting Messy

We've got lots of projects underway. We're getting dirty and creating quite a mess -- but all in the process of cleaning up.

Thanks to Uncle Joe, Aunt Rita, Momma and Poppa Thread, Momma Butter and Andy who all came out this weekend to whip the royal into shape!

Poppa Thread was all about "I'm here to work rah rah" and he got the kitchen whipped into shape with a coat a primer, and bead after bead of caulk. Momma Thread cleaned! Boy can she clean, now we have a place to unpack all of our kitchen boxes!

Uncle Joe, installed some shelves into the downstairs closet that had the wackiest measurements! No right angles at the Royal! Aunt Rita and Butter attacked the upstairs bathroom, no more linoleum. But now Butter knows what she needs to do next week....replace a wax seal on the toilet (eeeek!!!) And finally all of the wallpaper; ceiling and all is off the walls in Threads room. Andy installed a shelf in the closet room above the clothes bar. And Momma Butter fresh off a flight from Dar es Salaam, made us lunch. And finally at the end of the day the mirror for the closet room got a fresh coat of paint.