There was a little more progress on the house painting today. They have now painted the main walls and the trim for three sides of the garage so we are starting to get a little bit of a sense for what the whole thing will look like and we like it a lot. The one thing that is totally apparent to us now is that the garage doors absolutely have to go. We are in the process of figuring out what to do about that next.
Month: June 2019
The painting of the house is finally under way. Our painter, Duane, is both an excellent painter and a good friend. His son Gavin is helping him before he starts a new job for the State of Washington. We enjoy eating lunch and talking about life with them on the days they work here. They wedged us in among other work they are doing in the area so it will not all be finished until toward the end of the month. We can hardly wait.
Kelly entered a piece of art into a charity auction at the Chelsea Flower Show in England. Her bee watercolor sold for £150. I thought that was pretty good–getting pretty close to $200. And she had a blast doing it. You can see the painting here. Not so surprisingly, her Tio Lauro sold a beautiful painting of a horse at a charity auction in Monterrey, Mexico at the same time. It has really inspired he to keep going and it has inspired me to take a shot a something artsy–I am not sure what. One thing I DO plan to do is get Lorena to start throwing pottery again soon. Maybe we can find a program she can enter after she finishes her associate degree in the next six months or so.
I have not written for awhile. It is not that there is not enough time although I work as a principal technical contributor at a high-tech, Boston area startup and have time critical deliveries on an on-going basis. I guess the reason I have not contributed so much is that I do not have very much to say that is of general interest. It has been necessary to have a strong, single-minded focus on my work, but as I approach my one year anniversary, things are getting less chaotic and coming into clearer focus . Maybe it is time now to get back to doing some non-technical/artsy-craftsy stuff. Kelly has started painting watercolor portraits again. Maybe I could dive back into that a little. One thing I know I need to do is start eating better and head down the gym. I have been using my under-desk, stationary cycle and that, I think, has been helping me some. I am still fat, though. I have my annual checkup tomorrow and we will see how I am doing.