Okay, who said that every post has to be anything but prosaic. Most of our lives are unexciting to say the least. Think about it. We sleep, get up and start each day using repeated patterns. For me, it is making morning coffee and sitting on the backyard deck to enjoy that coffee when the weather is right. Other mornings coffee is on the love seat while looking out the picture window at the silent world. We get up early, it’s a blessing or a curse depending on one’s point of view. Being retired means neither of us has to run off to work.
Then, it’s breakfast time. Again, predictable patters – toast or oatmeal for the most part unless we have company when we add in pancakes which are my specialty. After breakfast, we typically go for a six to ten kilometre walk weather permitting. Otherwise, we settle for a measly 3Km walk around the perimetre of the town.
You get the picture – repeated patterns. Yesterday, I changed it up with taking care of a request from my wife. She wanted me to replace the shelf liner under the kitchen sink and in the cupboard that holds our pots. Finally, something different in the mix. Today, I do another cupboard – the one holding big bowls and such on the opposite side of the sink.
Since I am from the old school, I tend to use what’s at hand rather than rush off to buy something to do the job. For this task, I had leftover flooring tiles which could be cut and fitted. I don’t like to waste material, so the number of times I measured and remeasured the space helped me make fewer mistakes. Where I do err is on the side of not cutting off enough rather than too much. It was a tight squeeze to take all these measurements as seen in the accompanying image. And yes, all of the work was done while unclothed.
Then, feeling more comfortable with the measurements, I got down to cutting one piece at a time and fitting it into place. I did all of that work in the garage as my wife doesn’t want me doing it outside because of new neighbours beside and behind our house. Our old neighbours have moved on, mostly to senior residences.
The cuts progressed with minor changes as there was an angle which necessitated extra attention. Finally, the last piece was in place and the job was done.
We went for our usual morning walk in between cuts and placement of the tiles. Walking is one of those things which we prioritize. I will return again later. It is time for our morning walk.