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As I mentioned earlier, my daughter and her husband are rehabbing a house around the corner. Through my own aesthetic visions\u00a0or their lack of time to pursue their vision, I have become their project manager. I love doing\u00a0things\u00a0like this. And it is so much\u00a0easier\u00a0to do a house thirty years after you have done one yourself. \u00a0I did my first house piece-meal, a room at a time, a dollar at a time. With the housing market as it is, they got a great deal and are able to do all the messy stuff\u00a0before\u00a0move in day. And I love the challenge.<\/p>\n

But, if I start talking Burlap vs. Ostrich walls and Ancestral vs. White Dove trim, their eyes glaze over and they say they hear a baby crying, even if it is the neighbor’s. \u00a0I, on the other hand, see the project as a giant puzzle\u00a0just\u00a0waiting for me to fit the\u00a0pieces\u00a0together. \u00a0I envision a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0little cottage like the one that I can see on the puzzle box cover.<\/p>\n

When I told my\u00a0daughter\u00a0it was time for lighting decisions, I saw the sheer panic in her eyes. But when I\u00a0said\u00a0we\u00a0could\u00a0find most of them at Lowe’s, I saw the grip on her wallet relax and she agreed to go only if her good friend Selvin, visiting for\u00a0Christmas\u00a0from\u00a0California, could come. Selvin\u00a0shares\u00a0my interests in the\u00a0aesthetic. \u00a0He also had a camera to\u00a0take\u00a0pictures of our options so we didn’t have to lug 10 boxes home and return five fixtures that didn’t fit\u00a0because\u00a0of color or size.<\/p>\n

I’ll share\u00a0with\u00a0you a little trick\u00a0about\u00a0Lowe’s house fixtures and hardware. You can get great stuff there for half the price of a place like Restoration Hardware. \u00a0 But you have to be careful of two things–weight and material. Some of their lighting looks great from the ceiling display and is feather weight plastic when you open the box at home. Same\u00a0with\u00a0kitchen knobs. \u00a0Pretty on the wall but you must hold them in your hand to see if they are at least heavier than a marble. \u00a0And I mean the super size ones, not the little guys that come with a Chinese checker board.<\/p>\n

My only stipulation for this outing was that\u00a0because\u00a0of my foot cast, I would have to ride the “Call me please, Jenny Craig” cart. My daughter rolled her eyes but when she saw I was dead serious, she said, “I’ll believe it when I see it.’<\/p>\n

Before you judge my name for said cart, I will\u00a0explain\u00a0that\u00a0every time\u00a0I see someone in one of those contraptions, rarely, I mean very rarely, are they infirmed or carrying a big green oxygen tank. \u00a0No, in my experience, they are usually about 200 pounds overweight and cannot walk on their over-burdened knees or hips far enough to buy a\u00a0light\u00a0bulb. My judgment might also have to do\u00a0with\u00a0the fact that I own a house in West Virginia, the third most obese state in the country, \u00a0and the Walmart there has more riding carts than grocery carts.<\/p>\n

As our party of three arrived at Lowe’s, my daughter and Selvin walked ahead to start scouting fixtures and I lagged a bit behind hobbling over to the riding cart section. \u00a0When I finally caught up to their aisle in my mean machine, I\u00a0turned\u00a0the corner with a “Look , Ma, no hands!” pose and didn’t realize\u00a0until Selvin texted this picture\u00a0yesterday, he was playing\u00a0paparazzi\u00a0rather then snapping images of floor lamps.<\/p>\n

Some say a picture can say it all, and this one does. \u00a0The last few posts, I have talked about “needing a little help” and I didn’t even notice the sign on the cart until this photo arrived.<\/p>\n

We had a great time. We found a few fixtures. I went aisle to aisle in my cart. \u00a0It even had a horn for close calls,\u00a0which\u00a0most often happened when I was tailgating my daughter’s behind. \u00a0For a few hours, I was thinking about everything and everyone but myself.<\/p>\n

And oh, it was such a relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned earlier, my daughter and her husband are rehabbing a house around the corner. Through my own aesthetic visions\u00a0or their lack of time to pursue their vision, I have become their project manager. I love doing\u00a0things\u00a0like this. And it is so much\u00a0easier\u00a0to do a house thirty years after you have done one yourself. …<\/p>\n

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