Wow! Another Saturday. Even when retired, Saturdays are somehow different than most work days. I think it's that while Deb and I are still going full blast, many businesses are on short hours or are short staffed. Whazzup with that? I'm still here; why wouldn't they be?

We picked lighting devices for the home today. I almost choked looking at the prices! A chandelier for $1,500? Three pendant lights for over the island in the kitchen for $400 each? I'm having a small amount of heartburn with that. Luckily, our contractor is "grandfathered," so our discount is in the >50% range. What about the folks who have to pay retail??

Deb is a jewel! We were talking, as we always do, about the house and specifically about the laundry room. Last talk ended in rearranging the interior walls of the room, adding cabinets and a platform over the washer and dryer to use as a folding table. The cabinets we are getting are a little on the expensive side, so Deb was wondering about another way to do the same thing.

After a few hours of looking on Craig's list, she had located an armoir that fit perfectly and had shelves for laundry products and an open space for brooms, vacuum cleaner, etc.








In addition, she found a cast iron deep well utility sink, so now we have a sink in the laundry room too. And, it's such a good idea to use furniture instead of custom cabinets for storage, we're re-thinking all the storage areas (except the kitchen!)



Cheers!