Why are plumbers so damn messy?

our morning was started with hurried showers and a flurry of moving stuff "out of the way" for the plumbers.  Let me remind you - we are having our bathroom redone (via the landlords) - they are tearing out the tiles which were falling for the umpteenth time off the wall - and repairing other leaks - leaving the cast iron tub (so cold this time of year!) they are replacing the old tile with stone.  We are getting a ventilation fan (yay!) and a new floor and sink.  Sooooo much demolition must be done.  I understand this.  More on this later...

I went to work early (gasp) just to remove myself from the muttering. There's a lot to do right now and I am tempering my desire to get things done - with the need and necessary task of training my clerk so that when I am much much busier she is up to speed and can help with the work.

Dad Report: Dad seemed down today though he reported his typical "I'm good." We both I think had a bit of the Monday blahs...both lamenting that we didn't have a lot to talk about.... his aide came to get him for exercise class - I need to call a bit early on mondays to keep this from happening. 

So my office had a visit from the plumbers as well.  They covered nothing -- well ok, they put a piece of cardboard over part of my printer.  And then they proceeded to drop black dust and ceiling tile crap all over my desk and our materials.  NOT what I wanted to see first thing this morning.  I had an unhappy face on this morning. 

I did run over to Raven  - Heidi had found the cards I had left for her over a month ago (Zach's) -- she lamented that she was tardy about reviewing them and that Hobbs got first dibs.

I am trying the Etsy "ads" again.  Last time they drove a lot of activity to the site - but didn't generate any sales - I am hoping maybe the 2nd time around will be different.

I struggled with the APP schedule - it's like a giant complicated puzzle where the shapes keep changing.  Made my head hurt but I almost have it I hope.

The VHM and the girl were off to Florence and the Machine at the Midland in KC (the VHM actually bowed out allowing the girl to take her main man -- which made the girl smile real big).

The Midland Theater is a beautiful, now renovated historical theater that the VHM was the electrical contractor on... so its a part of us in a special way.





Random Photo of the Day:

 Espresso - iphone and garage door openers.  A summer day...











Boy-o and I were left to fend for ourselves - I decided to make him a steak! I was too slow in getting a picture:

My dinner.  Followed by a Dessert of a Quesadilla. Lol.

Then I decided to make some pickled beets:

Now I have to be good and wait to eat them.

I did all this cooking while tromping around on flattened cardboard boxes put down by the plumbers to "protect the floor" --- and the pieces of drywall and other "wall stuff" and the plant life drug in on boots and what not.  Messy. Messy. 

it's time..