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Quijote said:
Although, I now know why they put it the way they did. Huge gouges to the sheet rock. I am doing it right though.
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The first house we bought was a kind of fixer-upper, decorating wise. There was paneling, garish patterned wallpaper, and textured paint. As we re-did the house, we were constantly discovering all the blemishes and flaws those three things had hidden.
 
SteveChuckFrank said:
Glad to hear things are going well Don. I have an entire house full of textured ceilings. So if you really had a good time taking that down you can always come here and remove some more 😂😂😂
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Oh, I have plenty here myself. Not only are they textured, they left the humps at the seams and you can see where each one is. The only plus side there is that they actually used tape on the ceilings. The walls have perfectly vertical cracks because they didn't tape the joints. But tape is cheap and we wanted to repaint everything inside anyways.
 
Graybeard57 said:
The first house we bought was a kind of fixer-upper, decorating wise. There was paneling, garish patterned wallpaper, and textured paint. As we re-did the house, we were constantly discovering all the blemishes and flaws those three things had hidden.
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This one is similar. The people who bought it before us bought it to flip it, but they didn't seem to know what they were doing.
 
Not much going on around here shaving wise. Been using the German 37 slant with GSBs and mainly using Tabac as the soap. It is getting close enough to being gone that the middle had become translucent, so it won't be too much longer on this puck. I did use the La Toja stick on our trip. I've just been using whatever aftershave I grabbed out of the cupboard that day.

Over Thanksgiving, we took a trip to SC to see some of the wife's family. It was a good trip. Typical family stuff. Visited her mother's gravesite for the first time. That was hard on her and the rest of the family.

Since then, it has all just been a blur. My daughter's final trail run of the year was this past weekend. Getting everything ready for Christmas around here. We don't really decorate the outside of the house because we are one of the last houses on a small single lane road. The inside gets the whole treatment though. Our 13th anniversary was yesterday. It feels like I blink and a week passes by.
 
Great report Don! Glad you had a good holiday and safe travels!

Happy anniversary!
 
Quijote said:
Getting everything ready for Christmas around here. We don't really decorate the outside of the house because we are one of the last houses on a small single lane road. The inside gets the whole treatment though. Our 13th anniversary was yesterday. It feels like I blink and a week passes by.
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We used to decorate the outdoors and indoors, but over the years we have cut back. Kids growing up, and indoor cats have a way of changing our decoration efforts.
 
Graybeard57 said:
We used to decorate the outdoors and indoors, but over the years we have cut back. Kids growing up, and indoor cats have a way of changing our decoration efforts.
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Our great dane came close to taking out our tree a couple of days ago. She wanted to get to something behind it, so she started to scurry under it. We told her no and she stood up. The tree tilted about 30 degrees. Luckily the wall was on the side it leaned toward or else it would have went all the way over.
 
A Sorrentino legacy brush lathered some Tabac. Then a my German 37 held the GSB at just the right angle for 3 passes. Some alum then tightened everything up and a splash of Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender left me smelling great.

Around here, Tammy and Arabella spent all day at a mother/daughter tea with the American Heritage Girls. It was Arabella's group's year to organize it. I got to spend the evening with my son. Since I have been working from home, they have been homeschooled, and Tammy is a stay at home mom, the break of being able to spend the evening with only him is something that we all needed.

Then today, Tammy and Arabella are going to be leaving for a 5k that they have tomorrow. It will be another boys night tonight. According to the weather, it will be around 60 tomorrow morning, so Elijah and I are going to go for a bike ride.
 
My previous church was heavily involved and hosted an AHG troop! Worthwhile effort. Good stuff!

Happy Friday Don!
 
Quijote said:
Then today, Tammy and Arabella are going to be leaving for a 5k that they have tomorrow. It will be another boys night tonight. According to the weather, it will be around 60 tomorrow morning, so Elijah and I are going to go for a bike ride.
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Sounds like a great day for all. (y)
 
Quijote said:
I got to spend the evening with my son. Since I have been working from home, they have been homeschooled, and Tammy is a stay at home mom, the break of being able to spend the evening with only him is something that we all needed.
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I had some alone time with my son last weekend too, and like you don't get that very often. It's special bonding time indeed!!
 
The Tabac is officially a donut. Not sure what I will take out next though. Maybe my DG Santal Auster. Not 100% on that yet.

Busy weekend around here. Tammy and Arabella finished the 5k. Tammy said it was the first time since the surgery that she felt like a runner again. She says she has a long way to go, but is hopeful. The ride didn't happen because of the tornado warning around here. But still had a good time.

Yesterday, Arabella had her geneticist appointment. We received some good news. They told us that she had Mosaic NF1 and that even that was a minor case. Because of the way it occurs, there is a 50/50 chance that she won't pass it along to any future kids. And that just depends on what cells were created from the mutated cell during development.
 
Here we go again. Another month gone and I have been ignoring my journal. The only brushes I have been using for the whole month are my 2 Sorrentino synthetics. And after the Tabac was killed, I have been using nothing except my Declaration Grooming Santal Auster with the matching balm.

Around here, the kids have started basketball. But the kids are considering dropping out because the numbers around us are spiking and there has not been a single person with a mask on in the stands. We are leaving it up to them to decide. We did tell them that if they did want to stop, we wouldn't make them stay at home. We offered to get them swimming lessons instead. They both enjoy triathlons and this would allow them to get faster.

In other news, my work did finally post that job that I was told about when I changed positions. They had to open it up for everyone, but the preferred experience seems to be based on my job history. My interview is Friday.
 
I can’t imagine growing up and going to school in these times - man I thought having all the social media distractions was tough on kids - and to deal with what they are - my hat is off to them (and you as a parent guiding them through this).

Good luck on the interview!!! Be confident - this is yours for the taking. I’m rooting for you!
 
Great update Don! Glad you and your family are healthy and well in these crazy times.

Good luck with the interview!
 
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