Several important things happened almost exactly or exactly a year ago. They include my heart ablation (to fix three arrhythmias - atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardia and atrial flutter; only once in a while do I go into fibrillation, and my heart seems to be doing what it should!), our initial lead on this house (thanks to our neighbour Sandra coming across the street to see if her key worked so she could feed Hendrik's fish Blue! On her way over she met Gladys, the previous occupant (for 60 years!) of this house...), and a family trip to Quebec where we spent some quality time with my sisters and their partners. Sadly (so so sadly) I had to postpone a trip to Denver and Arizona to meet my sister's babe and spend some time in the sun with two of my three sisters, but we're rescheduling! Hopefully by the fall I'll be able to meet Emily and enjoy a trip on my own.
Jordan got his tubes removed a few weeks ago (or maybe a month ago now?) and proudly came home with a little plastic box containing the tiny tubes. He carried it around with him for a few days and then forgot about it, and now I'm wondering, where are they? And if I find them, do I keep them? I'm not sure.
Steve has been keeping himself busy busy by building, repairing and improving. He made a new gate at the side of the house which was much needed; now our backyard and pool zone is no longer visible from the driveway and street, yay. The next job was painting the kitchen, and what was once very monochromatic (pale yellow) is now white and a greyish blue. The old stove (which is amazing but a major energy suck I think) and vintage countertops stick out a bit, but we're not making any more changes in the kitchen until it gets a big overhaul (when that will be, who knows). He's now working on the upstairs hallway which has been half-wallpapered for a while. He ripped off the remaining wallpaper, skim-coated the plaster, fixed the lopsided bathroom door (the transom window now opens!), and is now in the process of priming and painting. Yesterday he started stripping paint and grime off some intricate original hardware, and the paint was covering some beautiful details - both on door hinges and window locks. It would be quite the job to uncover all of the original hardware, but if these stay at home orders last... it might happen!
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