I spent this morning watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on the telly with my sister, who is in town visiting. Traditionally in my family, if you stay home sick, you're supposed to watch The Price is Right. Sheila's family has this same tradition, but after her last cold she informed me that Bob Barker had retired, and Drew Carey has replaced him. I like Drew Carey, but it just ain't the same!
Anyway, I've received several jabs from friends lately about not posting, and while I defend myself that I've never been a chatty person, and this is precisely the level of communication (or lack there of) that you should expect from me, I figure I'm home doing nothing, so I don't have an excuse not to post.
So what's new? Christmas preparations have kept me busy at the store. This week we put up and decorated our upside-down, rotating Christmas tree. I'll post a picture as soon as I remember to take one. This was the last big thing that needed doing, so now things will slow down a bit, and my days will consist of selling stuff, and placing orders for January and February.
I haven't been competing in fencing this season. I needed a rest from it. I'm still coaching 2 nights a week, and fencing for my own fun once a week.
Sheila and I finally put the gates up in our back yard. I've been spending spare moments researching supplies for the garden railway. I hope to start ordering stuff after Christmas so I have time to tinker with the locomotives and control systems before we lay track in the spring. If all goes well I hope to have trains running on my birthday.
Aside from this we've done a few other little improvements around the house. I recently hung two weapon shelves in the spare room, along with four classic fencing images.
The framed images are a reproduction poster from the Exposition Universelle de 1900, and three pieces of sheet music, published between 1902 and 1904, each by a different composer, but each titled "The Fencing Girl" This is what years of carefully scouring eBay will do for you. My sister is staying in this room, and I've nick-named it the Swashbuckler Suite.
If anyone could recommend a pianist willing to record these three pieces for me, I'd be much obliged.
Snifflingly yours,
Nathan
1 comment:
I do so love your smooth, classic decorating style. You and Sheila need to come up and pick colours for both bedrooms, and figure out pictures for me. Maybe we can do that in May?
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