“The RoseBouquet”

Remember those two screws I put into my ceiling last week? Well, guess what, my cousin Gary came Friday evening and nailed it up properly and then mudded (plastered) the crack to prepare it for me to paint. He came back on Saturday afternoon to do it again, and once more last night to do the final sanding. My crack has disappeared, and when the weather gets nice enough to have doors and windows open for ventilation I will paint my ceiling in the main office/living room and the bathroom. Gary prepared the ceiling there too.

I feel quite blessed!

One way I have of returning the favour is to create and print and cut some business cards for Gary. He would gladly take more such reno jobs if people would hire him.. I gave him a pocket full of cards on Friday night, and now plan to print some more to pass around among friends and ask them to pass them on further.

Gary has a job working with a cement truck but that is seasonal work so there’s nothing to do but wait through this winter weather.

Speaking of weather. did I lead you to believe that spring was around the corner? We got fooled. Another winter hit us last week with bitterly cold temperatures, and yesterday a fresh snow fall. Today the sun is shining again, but those above 0 Celsius days are back off a while again.

Oh well, when it comes, we will throughly appreciate and celebrate spring.

Speaking of celebrating - a Big, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all my Irish friends and wanna be Irish. Today is a big holiday for you.