stages of denial

 The trim on my house in Block Island—and many of the windows—was shot, rotted by sun and salt and sandblasting. Mind you, these were windows I had personally installed not that many years ago. Maybe that was part of the problem? Anyway, Ana's son Waldyn took Claudia's Surf City on, and has been toiling away.

Just about every window either required meticulous piecework or total replacement. What a thankless job! Required a great deal of patience and detail work. And of course the inside trim of the windows had to be taken apart and repaired as well. But we're coming down the home stretch. Waldyn is out there now, installing five new windows on the east side, facing the ocean. 

  In other homeownership news, the water was just turned off at Claudia's. It will be turned off at the Goose this week—and not a moment too soon, as there was a hard freeze last night and flurries the night before. Hannah's still needs a replacement toilet installed, and Claudia's new shutoff valves and a new line to the outdoor shower. And speaking of showers, the shower head busted in New York. But here, I just told the guy and he came up and switched it out. Not my problem! Ah, rental apartments. . .