Tonight more or less sealed the deal: Hazel and Hugo, despite what seemed like an incredibly positive first encounter… are not meant to be a pair.
Which leaves us in a challenging position. We now need to figure out two separate spaces for them. And while Hazel seems more of a solo bunny, Hugo is still desperately in need of a friend (he really hasn’t been the same since Daisy passed).
Today, I noticed one of the elevators was open. And there was a gentleman sitting in a chair, kind of just watching all the commuters rush by on the way to their offices.
Like everyone else, I walked right on by. And then I paused, and stopped, and turned around. And went back to take a closer look.
Then I looked over, and noticed by wife. Who said to me “Mistakes were made.”
And around then is when I noticed how hazy the air was in the basement. And how everything seemed to have a slight layer of dust. Which ended up not being dust, but ash.
MTV Rewind is a fantastic online project by FlexasaurusRex. It’s an incredible online repository of MTV videos, spanning all the way back to the first day on air.
My talk from the last 20×2 Chicago is up. Me, along with 19 others, were all tasked with answering the same question: “What Do You Know?” The only catch is, we each had to answer in 2 minutes or less.
After the work of cutting everything, we tackled reorganizing our piles. We had smaller groups of trim for each window, but also had a lot of stuff that wasn’t going to be used in the near future. And needed to get put away (for a while, anyhow).
I got to the office fairly early, and there were just a handful of people milling about. But I think this spot got a lot more popular, as the day wore on.
What tickled me the most: I remember an earlier promotion, right at this exact spot in front of the Merchandise Mart, some 20 years ago. This was way back in the day, when it was still a novelty that Starbucks opened up a store in the building.
Back in the basement, suited up after a long day at work. We were able to make more progress on pairing boards together. And got some rough cuts in, for the windows.
Waiting for the train, it was definitely cold and slightly uncomfortable. By Chicago standards, this was not anything remarkable. But by my standards, it was annoying.
Expect me to grumble for a while here, about needing to commute in to work. It’s going to take some getting used to. So mix that amount of time with how much I like to grumble.
I’ve been trying to dig out, after being significantly behind on my blog posts for some while now. I didn’t update the blog while I was in Scotland. And on our return, we had a period of time where we relocated to Michigan, while we got our floors done at the house. Another period of time where I wasn’t that up to date on things.
I’m happy to say that recently, I got through all the photos and videos from our last trip to Scotland. And they’re posted!
With our newer cut list defined, Liz went about trying to match boards for each window (casings to match the stool/apron, etc). And after all this planning and talk, we finally set about making a few cuts, tonight.
There’s more to do yet, but actually cutting down some boards into rough lengths was a big deal for us. Trim is a newer endeavor, and tonight was a big, first step.
I’m a big fan of biscuits and gravy. And I’ve occasionally ordered chicken and waffles. But chick and biscuits and gravy? Where has this been all my life?
But what started as some research into how to cut returns for a window stool… ended up being an all-day conversation.
We spent a long while looking over trim videos online, trying to track down how to measure/estimate the length needed to cut a return for a window stool.
Spotted on the way home. It’s disturbing how little I read, anymore. And if you’ve talked to Liz recently – ever since she bought her own Kindle… she’s been reading at an astronomical clip. Like, a staggering amount of books.
We got some very strong, very heavy rains tonight. And while our driveway tends to get flooded when we have a lot of rain… tonight was exceptional.
Not sure if you can see in this photo, but there was a continuous body of water from our driveway to the street. The sidewalk, at multiple points, was covered.