Hello :)
Guess who is all done with chemo
and graduated with honors?
Home
This month has been a lot of things but productive is questionable. I have had a ton of necessary but boring as all-get-out paperwork to push around, a boatload of cleaning up and landscaping to pinch hit for Janice who is not up to her usual self to take care of, and endless maintenance around the house after a 9 month absence.
For instance, you would think that something as goofy simple as re-oiling the woodwork in the house would be something that could be done in short order. An hour or two tops. The thing is, when I built the house I custom built all the cabinets out of Honduran Mahogany with Peruvian Walnut inlays. Then I did the same for many of the door frames, window frames, art nooks and cranny's, the circular staircase banister and a ton of extraordinarily large window frames above the walls in the kids bedrooms.
Its beautiful alright but two days into re-oiling it (not stain or paint but a nourishing teak oil to prevent the wood from drying out) and I cant believe how much work went into this. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again. Still....
For instance, you would think that something as goofy simple as re-oiling the woodwork in the house would be something that could be done in short order. An hour or two tops. The thing is, when I built the house I custom built all the cabinets out of Honduran Mahogany with Peruvian Walnut inlays. Then I did the same for many of the door frames, window frames, art nooks and cranny's, the circular staircase banister and a ton of extraordinarily large window frames above the walls in the kids bedrooms.
Its beautiful alright but two days into re-oiling it (not stain or paint but a nourishing teak oil to prevent the wood from drying out) and I cant believe how much work went into this. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again. Still....
I had to remind myself that these are all things that we would have to do anyway if we we here full time, but I compress in the first few weeks upon our return before tacking new, fun and exciting projects that are in Janice's endless hopper. Its the price of doing business.
The reprieve comes when friends and family show up at our door.
Daughter Kami with her fur baby Finn
Nebraska regulars: Cousin Monte, Cinde,
favorite mother in law ''sweetie pie''
This may not be Texas, but here we take
our cinnamon rolls seriously
We did manage to replace our refrigerator and had all our palm trees pruned. After some serious planning and prep work, we will wrap up a few serious projects underway before we leave at the beginning of February.
Meanwhile, our yearly routine requires us to take two full days and a $1,000 to have our French visa's renewed. This means driving to Los Angeles to the French Consulate to be interviewed and 'processed'. Our passports are then sent by courier to Paris to have the visa's attached and returned to us about 2-3 week later.
REMEMBER THIS NAME
While in LA for the above, we caught up with our grand daughter Maddie who just started Woodbury university to study animation. A real ball of fire, she is on the path to give Disney a run for their money in a few years when she graduates. At 17, she single handedly bagged a scholarship worth more than most people earn in a year. Or two years. She has scheduled her Easter break to dip her toe in France with us next March.
MADDIE THOMASON.
You will recognise the name when the credits roll.....
Monthly humor
As for you, we hope you have a great day.
Unless you have made other plans.
