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Originally Posted by TallNHairyDave
Thinking about going to bed.
Started the day with a trip to the recycling center to get rid of the remains of one of our old sofas that I dismantled last night (it was doing a god job of dismantling itself to be honest).
Then did the weekly shopping.
Then over to Ikea to buy the first two of the new bookcases (to replace two that are 20+ years old and falling apart) and some storage boxes, which I assembled.
Then took down the net curtain and old curtain rail in the lounge, replacing them with a venetian blind and a new curtain wire supporting a pair of sheer fabric curtains...
It's been all go this weekend!
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We spent the weekend taking apart our master bedroom closet and replacing the old shelves with closet organizers. After stripping off the old shelves we decided to repaint using the eco-friendly paint that was low-odor. The paint cost twice as much as regular paint and was more like a glaze than a paint.
It took almost 2 gallons and 3 coats to cover a fairly small area. I wasn't happy about the cost, but at least our clothes won't smell like paint and I love having the closet organized. My OCD is definitely happy.
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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
Iʻm looking at all the info online about my upcoming 20th *gasp* high school reuinion, and I am looking at the snippets of their lives and feeling, uh, sort of inferior. Shouldnʻt I be a brain surgeon by now? Or, at the very least, an aeronautical engineer??
(note to self: stop paying attention to the very few people with impressive jobs and pay more attention to the other 98%)
(and, just for the record, I am at least possibly-almost-a-year younger than most of my peers. Lest you think me very old. YIKES-- 20 years???)
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Oh, you youngsters.
You're never happy with your lot in life.
Actually, I think teaching is an extremely noble profession. Sure you don't make a lot of money and you have to deal with negative stereotypes, but you are molding future generations. I remember many of my teachers fondly and feel that they had a great influence on my life. Thank goodness for Mr. Peterson and his typing class. I use what I learned in his class everyday!
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Originally Posted by Verencat
Wow, what a great thing to have done! I have always wanted to record the stories my grandfather tells me, but just don't know how to ask. His life would make such a great book!
Your grandmother seems to have been very lucky to have made it through the war, and she looks like a really strong woman, a model to follow.
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Definitely get him talking, Cat. My grandfather lived until he was 99 years old. He was born in 1898 and the changes over his lifetime were amazing. I wished I had had the good sense Zelda has and recorded some of his stories. I know my kids would have liked to hear them.