My beloved routines were all discombobulated last week.
Wednesday, The Husband was scheduled for a morning doctor visit and a medical test. Things were already running behind when we got there, and we ended up spending pretty much the whole day at the doctor's office. What fun.
Since he has loads of vacation time that he hasn't taken, The Husband took the rest of the week off from work. We were slugs for the next couple of days. Friday morning, I did manage to drag myself up to the community garden to pick squash. While I was there, I pulled up all of the "wood chip mushrooms" so nobody would eat them.
Saturday, we worked on Nanny's porch railing. The porch has a ramp that was built when Pop-Pop was alive, and he's been gone at least 10 years. The ramp doesn't have a roof over it, and the rail and some of the flooring had weathered to the point that they needed replacing for Nanny's safety. The Nephew replaced some of the floor boards, but he works on a river boat and "shipped out" before he finished the job. Son #2 worked on the railing Friday afternoon but did not finish it. The Husband and I decided to take up where he left off.
He left off on the section of the railing that runs along the edge of the ramp. The top and bottom boards of the rail had already been installed; our job was to put upright spindles between them. Since the ramp is sloped, we had to cut the spindles at a corresponding angle. O.M.G. Neither of us knows much about carpentry or geometry. We pretty much winged it. It took nearly all day. The job did not turn out perfectly, but it is stable and is not an eyesore. Unless Nanny gets out a tape measure and a level (which she might do, for real), no one will know that we fudged a little, here and there.
I am almost finished with The Granddaughters' portraits. The LRB's portrait gave me fits. Little children's faces are hard to draw, and this little child's face is surrounded by a mass of fine, curly hair. I did it FIVE TIMES before it began to really look like her. At one stage, my first grade school portrait stared back at me. (This was kind of creepy.) Anyway, I'm calling her portrait and #3's portrait done. Still have to do the backgrounds of #1 and #2, but that won't take long.
Yesterday, I did a sketch in preparation for The Grandson's portrait. He, too, has a head full of curly hair.
I need to get my butt moving today. We have a road trip to attend a wedding later this week, and I haven't worn my "dress up" clothes and shoes for so long that I don't even know where they are or if they still fit. My feet will probably revolt when I put on shoes other than crocs or tennis shoes.
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