The stress of remodeling....

I am going to whine and feel sorry for myself for a bit so if you feel like not listening plug your ears :)
Remodeling is nothing but stress.... especially when it comes unexpected and you have to pick colors, floors and kitchen cabinets in a few hours time. No hot water for close to 2 weeks will drive you insane since you have to boil water for dishes and cold showers "hurt".

Moving in with the in laws is another thing... as much as I love them dearly I want to live in my house with my art studio, cat and my own schedule and food. I am now running between the in laws, our house and back non stop since I can not live in a house full of contractor dust. The pneumonia thing... still...

I hope to get over to my house today to take inventory of what is next.... kitchen designer, contractor to close and paint walls, floors, and last paint walls... We might have hot water later tonight. My husband and son are both roughing it out staying at the house with the cat. Our furry friend is hating life right now and can't wait to have his food bowls back where they belongin the kitchen again soon.

It can be weeks before I can move back home :( but as soon as the last bit of dry wall is cleaned up I am going back and having a party. ART is but a memory and I am sorry to say I don't even feel the urge to create. Some sort of artist block I guess...

My next blog should be less negative don't you think.

over and out...

Found....wallpaper from 1973

This whole awful water leak mess has its good points...

Not only did we find wet and rotted floors behind the counters but....

This absolutely wonderful wallpaper from 1973 when our home was built.

I do love it and actually tore off a large piece to collage or just frame... My family all think I am crazy and they laughed out loud when we found this behind the cabinets....

Tomorrow am the water pipe man is coming to install new pipes, I moved a few blocks down the street to my in laws where they have hot water and no contractor dust. Still recovering from pneumonia I have to be careful with that stuff.

We are remodeling our entire kitchen since it is all torn apart ... I now have only a few days to pick floors, cabinets, appliances and colors.... have no idea what I want . I would keep the wallpaper to be honest with you.

Hope you weekend was lovely,

Later...

Broken water pipes....no time to blog

I have to take a few days off from doing what I love the most....My Art Gallery is not high priority while we are suffering from broken water pipes under our house inside the concrete. We have lived without hot water for 4 days and it will be another week before it is back. Between insurance claims and contractors to tear down walls and floors I will not have time for Art or blogging. I never knew how badly you rely on hot water.... I have to boil it to do dishes, laundry is out of the question and cold showers are never fun. There is a constant roar in the house from the dehumidifier and fans that the insurance company has put here to try and dry out the water damage. Sigh... I just want my old life back. Have to be so careful now that I do not inhale any contractor dust since that might have been what caused my pneumonia weeks ago.

Hopefully my next post will be a little more cheerful.

Ciao for now

20th ANNIVERSARY AND ROOT CANAL

Today I celebrate 20 years of married life to my wonderful husband. We had some wonderful plans but.... as of last night I started to have the worst tooth ache.... getting less than 3 hrs. of sleep, just praying for the dentist office to open. I was there bright and early to find out I had to go and see a root canal specialist later in the afternoon. I was a very happy patient at 2:30 when they could numb my tooth and pull out the nerves.... argh...

Now I am so numb I can barely speak (might be good since I talk non stop), I can't eat (good for the figure) but so very happy the pain is gone. The dinner plans are canceled but we plan on a candle lit dinner here at home when the Novocaine wears off.

Another summer day...

This whole summer vacation thing is pretty nice :) We are not doing much of anything, just "hanging" out as the kids would say.



Tomorrow we celebrate our 20Th anniversary and our son has his 19Th birthday on Thursday. Our plan is to pack a picnic and drive up to the foothills. Foothill park is wonderful!!! you can see all the way to San Francisco.... Stanford University is right "below" and you can just disappear and relax the day away. If you are not recovering from a stupid pneumonia and some sort of asthma you can go hiking. We usually just bring a blanket and pick nick. I will bring my Art Journal, camera and brand new video camera. A good book and my husband of 20 yrs of course.

Happy 4th of JULY

Happy 4th of JULY to all....

Summer is here....

Summer is really here....

I have been the worst blogger these last few days :( but summer is here and there is so much to do. Boating on the lake, projects around the house, day trips...

My ART STUDIO is on the bottom of the list for a few days. Still recovering (5 weeks yesterday) from pneumonia and now dealing with asthma as a side effect I still have to take it easy but am so glad to be out of the house every day. Some days I do not have to take the inhaler and those are my best days.

eBay is empty but not for long. In another week I have plenty of ART for SALE again.

HAPPY SUMMER TO ALL...