Traverse Mike

I’m the first to admit that I do not have a green thumb, but I’m getting better.  There is a hedge of the north side of the house that was getting way too tall and needed to be trimmed… no, not trimmed, cut down like a foot and a half cut off.  Fortunately I had purchased a trimmer awhile back so I found it and charged the battery.  Safety glasses, check, gloves, check, trimmer check… I head out to make this beautiful… I reach up and really! I need a ladder… oh this is going to take forever.  Well two hours later…

No, the neighbors are not requesting that I create Disney topiaries of Goofy or Micky in their yards but considering that Ch Ch Ch Chia Pets were difficult for me I think I did a decent job overall.

Laundry room… not horrible but not, not, not oh what is the word I’m look for “clean” that’s it.  Not only does it have apartment size washer and dryer (which by the way takes two loads to launder a king size bed) in a home with FIVE bedrooms and FOUR full baths, that’s efficient and why? they have more than enough room.

One of the few things that I liked in the room was the pig on the cabinet, but alas it was gone when I move in, apparently it was a fond item for them as well.

Again, not a lot of changes but definitely cleaner (still needs a better window treatment) but full size washer and dryer and better storage with more drawers.  Overall I’m much happier with this that what was.

Maybe I’m being way too picky but didn’t glass block disappear back in the 60’s and I always thought that a shower “stall” was for horses not people.  Am I being too picky… oh hell no I’m just getting started on this fail for a master bath (we won’t mention the color choice for the tile, it has the appearance of a Petri dish gone bad) and it’s only 18 years old, I can only assume that the original owners were “stuck” in the previous century,  my opinion, this room needs work.

Let’s start with it’s a master bath without a tub and a shower with a RAMP, yes a RAMP and counter tops that exceed what you would see at a Macy’s makeup counter with lighting to match!  Gut it and start over and can someone please include a bathtub…

Black/white clean classic, Easy Wallz wall poster, okay it should have two sinks for a master bath but in my defense it could be added with little effort.  And look, there is a bathtub that we can fill in case of a repeat of the Y2K crisis when it wasn’t sure that we would need extra water to flush the toilet.  Yea, okay we are on well water here but that is beside the point.  Maybe too gay…

Yea, maybe with with the A&F poster and you can’t see the other one by the toilet hidden behind the shower, but in my defense take the posters down, remove the wall covering which by the way is very easy and you have a classic bath, cause you always have to remember resale value.

 

This guys looks like the type you would find on the cover of one of those Harlequin Romance Novels… or selling butter on TV.

The old (previous owners music room/library) there is a bookshelf/build in desk on the wall that is hidden in the photo.  The wall color, don’t get me started.

We have since renamed it the puzzle room and it’s close to the kitchen so snacking and refreshing cocktails is quick and convenient which as we all know is quite essential when you’re deep into finding the next puzzle piece.

Note the benches, prefect for kneeling and bumping heads with the individual on the other side.

What did I just hear, was it a cough or a sneeze… I know that it came from what we refer to as the Campground room (since it’s unheated we call it that because staying in there overnight would be the closest we would ever get to camping)

I think I found the source and it’s a good thing he has his mask on!

It’s a new day and a new way of life… sunrise on the ridge

The 2000 piece puzzle we started almost two years ago was finished in the first couple of days of the stay at home order, the second 1500 piece one took just another week.  Good thing we have more here to start on.

 

They say that being forced to shelter at home is increasing the amount alcohol that is being consumed.  I say that I can’t wait for Friday to roll around so that the recycle bin I’m dragging up the driveway, empty wine bottles clinking inside as I hit each crack, will soon disappear and any evidence of that silly assumption will vanish forever…

This reminds me that a hammock is a definite necessity on the new deck!