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earlofgrey

The Society of the Woman in the Wilderness

Feb 20, 2010 12:08

So. He and I run the department like duel emperors. He's my superior, certainly, and he's better at gathering information silently without letting on how much he doesn't know. I am, as usual, not the elegant presence I might hope to be, but young and fumbling, often angry and biting, but willing, perhaps too willing, to ask when I don't know. And ( Read more... )

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sissyhips February 20 2010, 23:43:19 UTC

Wonderful. I wish I could share in any one of those activities with you. But I doubt your oatmeal is better than mine. I'd try it, but with doubt.

earlofgrey February 21 2010, 00:10:11 UTC

*laughs* You're probably right. As it was you who taught me to soak my grains properly, I concede to the probable superiority your oatmeal making skills.

sissyhips February 21 2010, 00:30:48 UTC

Ha! Yay for soaked oats! Aren't they divine???

I've been waitressing at a restaurant lately and the food is by and large fresh and fantastic. But they have oatmeal on the menu - you know the fast kind of slime and glop? I cringe with inner apology every time I have to serve it.

liath_macha February 22 2010, 12:24:17 UTC

*smiles* this sounds good. Pity about the artists, though.

daveax February 22 2010, 17:36:01 UTC

Lovely post.
But I'm wondering: Why *paint* the antique desk, rather than refinishing with a stain, varnish, or lacquer?

earlofgrey February 22 2010, 21:41:08 UTC

Would that I could! It would have been my preference, but the wood was in terrible shape, and repairing it sufficiently for refinishing was beyond my abilities. I'd have had to sand it away to nothing. The thing may have been better described as salvage than an antique.

daveax February 23 2010, 19:03:17 UTC

Well, sometimes even ugly scars and gouges look a lot better when the wood has been stained.

And, yeah, it's a truckload o' work to get a piece ready for refinishing. (The mantels I'm intermittently working on now have multiple layers of paint, the oldest of which are some horrid lead-based compound from the turn of the century that was applied w/o primer and turns to mucky sludge when stripper is applied.)

Should you ever want to try it, though, my Dremel would be happy to pay you a visit when it's sanding time.