Thursday

It was cold again Thursday morning. And the damn wind out of the north didn’t help any. I stopped at the Post office at Middle Belt, to drop in the few Christmas cards that I send to my grandkids that have money in them. I no longer feel comfortable just putting them in my own mailbox (security concerns!)

I stopped at the Looney Bakery and got a dozen mixed donuts. December 11 is Vicky’s birthday (spoiler alert, she’s 30), so I thought I’d bring her in a treat.

I got to work early enough to finish all my Christmas cards before 8:00 a.m. So, I can check that off my list.

The sun did eventually come out. It didn’t make it any warmer, but it looked it, LOL!

I went to Time Out for lunch and got a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and fries (the soup was “Mexican Goulash,” and that sounded just too weird). Then I went to Larry’s Foodland (the 24-hour grocery store) and got some potatoes for the weekend.

I stopped at Home Depot after work and got yet another 1 x 4. The one I had earmarked for the keyboard drawer face turned out to have a split in it.

Back home, I changed clothes and then looked for my visqueen. Of course, I couldn’t find it, but I did find two used sheets of it. I duct-taped them together and put the computer desk on it in the kitchen.

Then I looked for my heavy-duty rubber gloves. I couldn’t find them, either, but I did find the good visqueen (a little late). So, I used my kitchen latex gloves, instead.

I opened the main bathroom window a crack and tuned the kitchen vent fan on. I shut the door going downstairs so the fumes wouldn’t get to the furnace. I didn’t want to blow the house up!

I stirred up the stain and then poured it into a clean plastic coffee can. I turned the table upside down and got all the surfaces. Then I laid it on its back and stained those surfaces. I laid it on its front and stained the back. Finally, I stained the top.

Sidebar: I used the normal staining process, applying the stain liberally and then wiping it off with a clean rag.

I had to replace my gloves several times, by the way. They are not made to withstand stain, apparently.

Note: It looks okay. Personally, I wouldn’t have picked that light of a stain. But that’s what she asked for.

I finished up just before 10:00 p.m. I was beat. So, I just ate a piece of toast (so my night pills wouldn’t upset my stomach) and went to bed.