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Hops:
Are you still happy with your clothes drying rack? It sounds like walking meditation when you describe it.
Drying clothes on a line in Bimini is rarely pleasurable, bc I have to stop other things, wipe off caulk and paint, and find shoes so the little pine tree balls don't hurt. I usually go out barefoot in haste. Sometimes it rains. Sometimes there's huge wind...so difficult to hang sheets in that. It's a constant grind.
Washer dryer next on the island list.
Lighter
Hopalong:
I am silly in love with it still, Lighter.
Something about that smooth maple, its clever architecture, its completely smooth movement when you open it up or fold it down, how easy it is to use, how beautifully constructed and compact despite all it holds...just makes my soul purr. Even with hardwood, it's quite lightweight.
I discovered I can load it in about 2 minutes now, while tea water heats. And also that I can eaaaasily slide it into the kitchen and park it over a floor register. So I'm happiness...air is free, air dries clothing, and what's more I have this WARM (paid for) air being repurposed...it blows up under the damp laundry whenever the furnace kicks on and dries it even faster. Plus, humidifies the air.
Yup! Silly to fixate so, but it's a very happy acquisition that ticks soooo many boxes for me. Beauty, utility, natural material, simplicity, and lowers my fossil fuel consumption. Quite blissy.
Made borscht, you'd be proud. Ta da:
Equal parts chopped beets/carrots/cabbage/onions plus 2-3 med-large potatoes, halved. Toss all in crockpot except cabbage. Add 4ish cups of veggie bouillon (like Better Than Bouillon) plus half a small can tomato paste. Cook on low all night.
Next day turn to high and add the cabbage, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp lemon juice and either 1/4 c. fresh dill or 1-2 tbsp dried dill. Leave on high one hour. Blend until almost smooth. Serve each bowl with blob of sour cream or vegan half-and-half. It was YUMMY. Took it to a dinner party and it got gobbled. It's also Christmassy, color wise.
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Hops
lighter:
Ok. I'm looking for one of those clever drying racks. I hang dry certain items.
On backs of chairs.
Over doors....many if my doors have almost zero clearance, bc of a dropped ceiling near the laundry area.
Over shower rods. I'm not silly in love with that chore, but would like to be. Would be great at home, or on island I bet they're sold at the Amish furniture store I walk by, but never visit, next to the Asian market. Will look. Their site doesn't look promising. Hmmm. I see lots of furniture. Reviews are stellar. Most say they have to wait while their items are crafted, but worth the wait. I don't see any racks at all. Oh, wait. I see a very tall one....is yours tall, and fairly narrow?
I have 2 heads of cabbage, and onions to deal with bEfore leaving town. Will make your Borscht recipe. It sounds really good! All my carrot ginger soup is gone. I had gallons frozen.
I've been enjoying it in this chilly weather. Hopefully Borscht will be as yummy.
Have you made carrot ginger soup? All ingredients are low on inflammation scale, and it's so comforting, imo.
If I didn't give the recipe yet, I will. Just ask.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Lighter, I have 2 of the extra large drying racks from Lehman Hardware.
Used 'em around the pool for suits & towels; use them in the garage or next to woodstove - if needed. I switched from a propane to electric dryer and am noticing it on my electric bill. It's still cheaper than propane is here. My reasoning was if the power was out - I couldn't use the gas dryer anyway; too many gas appliances require power for ignition, etc.
So for the generator I'm thinking about: washer will be on it but not dryer; hot water heater; furnace; well pump and fridges/freezer.
lighter:
I found lots if drying racks on Amazon. Thinking bamboo. Maybe. I really like bamboo.
About the generator. I think your list of inclusions is great. I'd give up washing machine to power up outlets for electronics, if necessary.
I'm doing bleck paperwork, hence posting and procrastinating.
This last trip to island I:
Ordered 2 split AC units
Paid for units
Picked up, transported units to ferry, South side if island, and to final destination.
Got mounting brackets for both units
Hired installers
Hired third installer to figure out whatever vexed the first two
Removed the roll around ac unit I'd put in an armoire, high up in LR
Changed out many ...maybe 10 dreadful ivory outlets....most in bunk room...for shiny new white ones SO much better
Edited out doubles and triples in kitchen
Organized kitchen stuff
Caulked trim, electric box cover, added another box over that box to ceiling, fixed ceiling where started to peel from wall, got beverage fridge working in that room. Again. It's iffy.
Hit icky kitchen wall and trim areas with white paint to perk up and chabby chic them.
Got bunk painted and caulked, fixed areas around skylights, decided very happy to have two mattresses on each fir comfort. Sheets are lovely. Have extras for every bed, along with fresh mattress and pillow protectors.
Trees around house topped. Nit sure if beached cleaned up, but needs doing. Also need sand dumped behind seawall, and around house. Fresh, new, white sand. There's a mountain of it on lot next door.
All beds fresh, made, and ready for sleepy guests.
Lots of battery powered real wax candles, with remote, ready for deployment.
Induction cooktop looks great, and works well.
The LR, and kitchen needs new ceilings, and paint.
Made seawall walkway safe....
Need washer and dryer
Considering building out shed as little loft cottage and adding a bath.
Assuming Airbnb gal makes trip on Jan 2nd, I have suitcase of things for her to carry ...shelf pegs, zinc shower curtain clips, the rest if the sky blue induction cookware...more lovely quilts with shabby chic appeal.
Must get Airbnb site up and running. Kind of excited. At least the excitement equals the dread, at this point
Back to paperwork. I have appointment to handle biggest issue tomorrow morning, and am on the other issue now. Part if the anxiety is I got screwed by the attorney who was President of home association when he let his buddy use my dock in Miami. Bastard couldn't collect the electric bill, and so I paid it, and couldn't get in English speaking person to help figure it all out as my mother was dying in 2014. Fast forward to new company re charging me for entire 2015 electric bill while claiming atgey have no records,band I have to disproved their claim I had a boat registered to my slip
Grrrrrt....This stack of files is 8" high, and it's giving me chest pains.
Grrrrr. Having to do other people's paperwork, to get what's fair, and should be simple. It crushed joy, and
Lighter
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