Friday, September 11, 2009

Summer toil

The garage is virtually empty after a great tag sale last week end. A few last minute touches (paint the interior of the doors and windows, install the garage door opener, wash down the work benches), and we have our garage back. It was quite a summer. I learned a little about how insurance works (don't be shy about claims), about cleansers (some actually do clean soot better than others), about craigslist.com (you can really sell things there, but there will be a lot of junk mail beginning with "I too was down and out and had to sell things, and now I have some advice for you at www----"), about tag sales (no way to make a living, but a great opportunity to meet the neighbors). Soon, I will finish my original summer project- painting the house. I have an area the size of a coffee table to do. Where will I go on vacation?