1/18/2015

Weekly Update 1/18/2015

I learned a valuable lesson this week - housecleaning can be dangerous and is best left to the professionals. I packed away the nutcrackers that had been sitting on top of my kitchen soffits. While I was up there, I noticed that the dust and greasy kitchen grime had accumulated to a point where I had to do something. I climbed up my step stool and onto the counter tops to scrub. Not only did the dirty, filthy water trickle down the front of my white cupboards and leave disgusting streaks, but I fell off the step stool. I thought I might have broken my foot when I landed wrong, but it never swelled up and the pain was gone in a couple of days, so I didn't go to the doctor. So, now everything is nice and clean, but I won't be doing that again!

Tuesday, the plumber returned. When he unclogged my drain last week, he suggested that I might want to replace the faucet. That would help keep the lime deposit that were on the sink to a minimum because the old faucet seeped water near the the tap. He told me that if I bought a faucet (so I could get what I wanted, for what I wanted to pay), he could come back to install it. It looks pretty good.

the new addition

 

And while I had to get up at 8 am on Tuesday for the plumber, I got a nice treat. I went outside my door after I let the plumber in the locked gate to wait for him. When I was on the landing of Building 5, the neighbor across the hall came out to go to work and drop her 10-week-old baby at day care. I cooed to Michaela and she gave me the biggest smile, it just made my day. And that same day, Donna got a her first granddaughter! (she has two grandsons in Maine, but this is the first girl). Donna will go out to San Francisco see Bill, Julie & baby Addison soon.

Thursday, the Lunch Bunch met. Again this month, it was a big group, and we needed two tables. The lunch was good, and I enjoyed being with this group.

On Friday, DH had a talk about the changing wallpaper. B-o-r-i-n-g, you might say, but it was quite interesting. Why they did it, how they decided to do it, what drove the selection, what we can expect to see next. Since Friday is my day to give tours, I just stayed, but there were no tours again this week because of the wallpaper project. I asked if I could leave, and was given a day off. At 5 pm, I went back down to go to 17 Hundred 90 to meet Donna. Connie showed up too, and several of the ladies who had been at lunch the day before. Also, Jamie, Raleigh and Jeff from DH. It was crowded, and I’m amazed at how many of the people I knew at the bar.

Sunday, I decided to go downtown to check out the Bird Girl Statue. Often at Bonaventure, I'm asked about her, as she is on the cover of The Book, and tourists come looking for her. She has been at the Telfair Academy Museum as long as I've been answering questions about her, but has recently been moved to the Jepson. I thought I should know what I'm talking about when I direct tourists that they can see her there. Sunday seemed like a good time to go because the metered parking is free on the week-ends, and the playoff games didn't begin until 3 pm (and after the games were finished, I realized I could have very easily missed them both!) And there she was, in the sunlit hallway on the third level. If you know she's there, you can even get a peek of her from outside on the street. I did a little more walking around downtown as long as I was out, and then went home to watch the games. The less said the better. But I'm not looking forward to the Super Bowl. I'm sure I'll watch, but only half-heartedly. 

Bird Girl's new home at the Jepson

Since I was out, and had my new camera with me, I got this great shot of City Hall.  What a great city I live in!