We haven’t seen the final result, but the painters finished both bathrooms today, on time and on budget, and we got a great report from Peter.
I have been more stressed about this than any other recent home improvement. Not sure why, it’s about the smallest expense and involves no moving parts.
Covered another shrub with the last of the burlap. I may go back on Saturday for more.
Ron drove Peter to his follow-on appointment today. Good review!
The boys and I had calzones and prepped the two bathrooms. They removed wall items and measured the rooms; I filled holes. James made me a coffee; Robert made Smoothies for all of us.
Did a paint run to Sherwin-Williams. Great customer service.
Grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches for supper.
Predicted temps in the 20’s tonight, so Ron and I wrapped four shrubs in the burlap sacks from Cape Coffee Roasters.
Ron did leaves today and I did a bit of garden cleanup.
Mark O’Connor with wife Maggie Dixon O’Connor and Gary Mazzaroppi, Frank Vignola and (not in photo) vocalist Tamar Korn. This concert was part of Music Worcester’s Tickets to Opportunity program, which provides tix to area nonprofits and schools. Two student jazz combos performed for us before the concert.
Started early Friday afternoon with a visit with Peter at Tobey Hospital, then the Salem Cross Inn evening wedding of Mariah and Sandra, where we had the honor of being seated with Mariah’s parents, Ron’s friends of 30+ years Chris and Jan.
After a night’s stay at the Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge, we enjoyed a brief visit with the couple and Chris and Jan’s other daughter, Josie, and a splendid brunch thereafter.
From there, we visited our friend Elaine in Williamsburg. After a delicious soup and bread lunch, Elaine brought us to Snow Farms’ Annual Seconds Sale, where we purchased a beautiful casserole and cookie jar.
We got to our next destination, Greg and Irene’s hillside house in New Lebanon, NY, just in time for sunset. They treated us to a splendid dinner and made us a fine breakfast the next morning.
They brought us to the Clark Museum in Williamstown so we could see the famous Impressionist collection: a real treat and in the spirit of the weekend. I was especially drawn to the Corots.
We stopped at Guido’s Fresh Marketplace in Lenox for lunch of salad and soup, then on to the Worcester Mechanics Hall for a fabulous concert by Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio. We got home around 7:15.
The weather held for us all weekend; rain started here only last night, which gave us dry roads while we were traveling and time to retrieve our Friday and Sunday newspapers. Traffic was light to moderate as well, even at the Pike tollbooths.
This morning, we roused ourselves early enough to score bagels and bread at the Senior Center. This afternoon we managed to do a transfer station run and talk with Peter, who looks great!