On Feb 28, 2006, at 19:43, Janice Blair wrote:
When I was grouting the shower last week I thought to myself that
the Queen must miss out on all that kind of fun, having others to do
the work for her. It was like icing a giant cake!! I did resist
licking my fingers though. :-)
Do other lacemakers like to do diy stuff?
Not me :) And I've tried to discourage my DH as much as possible also,
since the images and sounds of the running toilets, dripping faucets
and inoperative radios (all of which my father "fixed". For good <g>)
are still fresh in my mind, even after 50 yrs :)
But I can assure you that it's just as bad when you have "others to do
the work for you"... Unless, of course, you move to the Bahamas for the
duration <g>. Years and years and years ago... 25 or more... When I
could no longer stomach the wall-to-wall tacky and managed to covince
my DH that having a real floor would boost up the resale value of the
house, we had people come in and do it.
Cheese, Louise... We had curtain-sandwiches (plastic, fabric, plastic)
between rooms, to contain the damage. I dusted every day, after the
workers had left. I dusted every day, 3 months after the workers had
left... The dust didn't move to the upper floor (or not significantly)
but, on the lower one... I could have carved "Das Kapital" in 3-D
script on every piece of furniture :)
Just as well I wasn't making lace then; I'd have been distracted :)
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