With Sandi's floor finished we turned our attention to the other bedroom upstairs that is in dire need of restoration. Dianne ripped the rugs and old baseboards out of there yesterday and today I cut up some new baseboards, ready for installation when the floor was done. But looking at the room in it's rather naked state it seemed silly to just do the floor when the walls were a complete mess, so now we have decided to paint before we floor. And thus starts the proverbial "renovation escalating spiral" where a simple "touch up" becomes a "mega project". So we have been poring over paint chips again until our eyes water trying to choose a nice soothing color that Dianne will like in her office. Once again the hallways of the house are full of junk as we work away on this last room. From there we attack the living room again, or maybe the kitchen....it just goes round and round.
It was a big blow to the jazz/blues community with the passing of blues great Rae Charles. I was not a big fan but I enjoyed his music a lot. Sad to see him gone.

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