that brown house

mom and eric joined forces and bought me a really nice hammock for my birthday yesterday. it has blue & green stripes and an assortment of large wood & metal components that need to be assembled into a stand. it’s totally going to dominate the back “yard,” but i can’t wait to get it erected, so i can curl up on it with my sweetie, or a cat, or both cats AND my sweetie, or a book…yes, it looks like it will be large enough for all this.

yesterday’s other pleasant surprise was tacking a small task and having it be easy. i know, gasp. it’s all about having the right tools. after work i stopped by the tool library for a 5/16″ drill bit (my set only went up to 1/4″ and that wasn’t quite enough for one of the projects we had tried to tackle over the weekend) and a pair of bolt cutters. even though the bolt cutters were bigger than the back bathroom, i was able to clip off enough of the bolts (at a sharp angle) on the new toilet to get the little plastic caps on. this made me absurdly happy.

also, we put up a curtain to temporarily replace the water closet door and installed the towel bars and toilet paper holder in the main bathroom.  we’re so close to being done with the main bathroom that i get giddy whenever i go in there!

…but all this happiness is not enough to outweigh my dismay upon seeing that the electrician had not shown up at all yesterday. we really can’t wait on this…and hasn’t there been enough waiting already?  his team started on march 26th; that’s 71 days ago.  grrr.