a mixed bag of a post

This week I've been trying to finish at least one thing on the great "to do" list each evening after work. It's gone pretty well. But by last night I was pretty tired and didn't quite have the pep I might have had.

Today we went on a grand shopping trip and I got the parts necessary to finish off another project. I replaced the drain in the kitchen sink, eliminating one leak. Then I replace the faucet, which was the other leak. That had been needing to be done for so long it wasn't even on my list anymore. I'm psyched to have that finished off, but it took a lot of time. I had a lot of other things that I wanted to today.

While I was curled up in the sink cabinet, derien made a very yummy beef stew.

I also got the parts for the next project: lighting for the stairs from the deck to the parking lot. That's another thing that's been hanging out undone forever. Today we managed to figure out just what lights should be used and got all the parts. Tonight we went out with a sample light and the power supply in a bucket to test placement. After much discussion we have settled on a plan. I'll have to go out and play in the wet and cold to get the lights and transformer installed.

Last night I stumbled across Macyn Taylor's fingerstyle guitar on Youtube. Watch out Mark Knofler, she's got a lot more years to perfect her art. I'm amazed by the vocal on Long Monday and Hallelujah. All for Me Grog reminds me of the Faire.

OMG! This link is pure gold: The Cantaria folk song archive