September 18, 2010 by myeye
My happy baby Holmes and his indefatigable brother Watson will be a year old tomorrow. I hear Watson is having a party, but poor Holmes has to work — we have painting to finish. He’s a sweet boy and loves to lie on the back of the couch to keep me company. Like his dad, he has a toe fetish.
Yes, the toes need cleaning
Then when will we have a party?
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September 18, 2010 by myeye
I spent the day painting (or trying to paint) at the Los Lunas house. It seems the floor layers took my blue painter tape, screw drivers and hammer — I’ll assume it was not theft, just an error when picking up tools. So when Holmes. Leidy and I arrived, we had no tools. I have a little emergency thing on my key chain. It has four screwdriver blades, but you really can’t get any torque on it. So that’s what I used to remove a million socket and switch covers. Because of the paint colors the prior owner used, everything needs a coat of Kilz to block the dark pigment before I can put on the real color paint. So that was the day — hanging from a ladder first cutting in the trim and then rolling the walls. Every few minutes I yelled “Leidy, stop barking.” She knows there’s a big fence and the four dogs next door can’t get to her so she charges the fence barking her fool head off. Holmes followed her the first 50 times, but as the temperature rose to above 90 degrees, he told her she was on her own. We got the most important walls done — where the computer units will be — they are big and heavy and I never want to move them again. Tomorrow I’ll roll on the real color.
I couldn’t be too angry with the floor installer when I walked in and saw this — still dusty, still need to add base boards, but I love it. Tomorrow my teenaged boys will run the shop vac and paint a 6″ trim line in all the rooms so we can install the baseboards and paint the walls later. We’re going to move all the patio furniture to the new place, and my high school girl who helps at the office will be at the townhouse packing all the “stuff” that is fragile.
We’re getting closer to moving day . . .
Front door to living, dining, kitchen (with Leidy)
Master into Garden Tub
Dining into living room (and Leidy again)
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September 18, 2010 by myeye
Susan and Chase head back out to the country today so Chase can work on sheep. Here is a short report from last night:
Chase got to herd ducks tonight. He had moments of brilliance, followed by distraction. His comment was, “we don’t need no stinkin’ ducks.” When he was herding he did a very nice job. Since he won’t be trialing on ducks until April, I am not the least bit concerned. Most dogs have a stock preference. Angus would herd ducks because I wanted him to, not because he had any desire to.
Tomorrow we are back on sheep! Then on Sunday, Chase goes home with Cheryl for the week and I will herd with him on the weekends.
More updates tomorrow and pictures on Sunday.
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I am past sixty-five and still practicing law. I have two terrific sons, they have lovely wives, and I have one truly special granddaughter. At home are three Cardigan Welsh Corgis that amuse and challenge me. We participate in lots of dog-related activities. I love my camera, writing, and roaming. I live in central New Mexico because it's where I want to be. Thanks for visiting my blog. Your (tasteful) comments are welcome.
