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Ronni B. & her tribe comment on McCain and aging...

Here are some links from my FAVORITE blogger, Ronni Bennett (a former producer for 20/20, etc.)

She is a Democrat, as am I for the sake of this election, and generally writes about aging and issues related to that such as Social Security & Medicare. Her blog, Time Goes By, has a geriatrician and a lesbian, both writing bi-monthly columns.

 

These links are about McCain, mostly, and include thoughtful commentary & discussion on his choice for Veep, and on his health & age. If you decide to read them, be sure to read the comments also. Ronni’s audience is remarkable for many reasons.

http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2008/09/age-and-john-mc.html  Age & John McCain, part 1

http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2008/09/age-and-john--1.html   Age & John McCain, part 2

http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2008/09/age-and-john--2.html   John McCain, Judgment
http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2008/09/senator-mccains.html    Sen. McCain's Catastrophic Choice

I hope you’ll take the time to read these. I’d love to hear your thoughts, either by email or on this blog.

The work is progressing, at last!

I'm happy to say that work on our small do-over on parts of our house is under way. Finally. Some folks estimating delivery of products over-promised, and therefore under-delivered, so we've been torn up around here for longer than we might have been.

For example, the master bath was stripped of everything but the vanity 2 weeks ago, and we won't be able to start the work until Monday. The bathtub doesn't arrive until this afternoon.

But, the floors are about 1/2 done and will be finished by tomorrow. In fact, I'm sitting on my new floors in the office right now! Yea!!!

And the new kitchen cabinets are up; pantry won't be here until next week.

Here are a few in-progress shots:

This is the living room; baseboards are still going up. Isn't the floor gorgeous?!











This is Ike, lead carpenter, just beginning to get rid of this closet in the office. You can see the carpet in this shot. We're leaving this same carpet in the master and guest bedrooms, but everything else will be laminate wood! Yea!!

Now, the office with that gorgeous floor (& Joel's feet). We're going to use the folding tables while we find the furniture we really want, even if it takes months!

You can see the new cabinets in this shot. That line on the floor indicates where a bar and a cabinet were before (separating the kitchen from dining. Now it is all one big space!

The yellow doors will become more neutral; we haven't chosen the colors yet. But with everything opened up, the yellow doesn't work any more.

Here's an OLD shot of the kitchen that shows those two  units that used to separate the space. The upper one has gone back to the utility hall and was mounted on the wall for storage. Parts of the lower cabinet were salvaged to finish the new kitchen cabinets.

Poor kitchen; what a mess. All that stuff on the counter came from units that don't exist anymore. The new pantry will go at the near end of the counter/cabinet at the left side of this shot. It is 36" wide and and 90" high (a few inches higher that the existing cabinets. Moulding will pull it all together.

Grover & Mike, working on the floor. They've already pulled out the frig. I couldn't have asked for a nicer crew.

Ike says the floors & baseboards will be done by tomorrow afternoon, Friday.

If the plumber can be scheduled for next week, all work should be finished by the end of that week. And then I can take a bath!!!

And just wait until I tell you about the bidet!   :)

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TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT  . DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND , TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE . THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM. AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING, HE WROTE ON A STONE: 'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE' THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?' THE FRIEND REPLIED 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.   BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, WE M UST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT' LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO C ARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE. THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON,    AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM,   A DAY TO LOVE THEM,  BUT THEN , AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM. TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE! DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!   'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle

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