My Morning

July 13, 2010 in Uncategorized by Cheshire Splat | 4 comments

It started with me climbing out onto my roof to nail a piece of siding back into place.  Not exactly how I prefer to start the day, but sort of exhilarating in a way.  Probably, I would have rather gone jogging.  Or slept more.

My home is inching closer and closer to equilibrium.  And thus I am starting to destress.  A little.

I successfully pressured a contractor into coming back and redoing my tile floors.  The kitchen is done.  The bathrooms get done this weekend.  As satisfying as it is to have a new, correctly installed kitchen floor, I hate arguing with people.  The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve strived towards a live and let live approach.  So having to fight with people puts a pall of negativity about me.  I hate it.

But all in all I think I’m liking this home ownership thing.  It’s too bad I couldn’t have made it happen sooner, but ah well.  There’s something deeply satisfying about being in a place that I make better by the day.  There are few things that can calm the mind as powerfully as a collection of small successes.

This morning I repaired my siding and saved myself from having to pay someone to do it.  Possibly a couple hundred bucks.  Win.

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    rick on July 13, 2010 at 11:43 am

    i’ve been in my place for THREE YEARS and still haven’t redone my bathrooms. how dare you one up me. TO HOME DEPOT TONIGHT TO REGAIN MY DIGNITY!

    good job on the siding. paying people do so simple shit is weak. i’d rather pay a maid to clean every few weeks and then redo my bathrooms myself.

    also: dude, why isn’t there an “email when more people comment” function on this blog? i wanna be part of the continuing conversation!

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    Cheshire Splat on July 13, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    Hey, as long as the bathrooms are clean, it’s all good man.

    I actually need to make some decisions about swapping in better fixtures and whatnot in the bathrooms. The seller put the cheapest crap available in there. I want brushed nickel and better lighting. That and I have to paint them.

    Let me take a look at the blog when I get a minute here. I have a few tweaks I’ve been meaning to make to it. Might not get to it right away, as I may be preparing for a hard drive re-install that could take up some of my free time this week. That and I gotta paint a bedroom.

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    rick on July 14, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    clean bathrooms? hrmmm… mine are FUNCTIONAL. does that count for anything? cleaning bathrooms is overrated. they just get dirty again in like 7 seconds.