and now it rains....
Apr. 4th, 2026 12:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkThe temperatures are still wild (highs last week were everywhere from 40F to 65F), but it's been damp and/or actually raining for many of those days. The Tigers home opener was played on a lovely 70F sunny day, Today is not so nice -- 55 and rain. I was able to get a little bit of garden work done early in the week before everything got soaked, but now it's too wet to do anything. I can't even rake up branches! (the light weight leaf rake digs in).
We finally got the ballots mailed for the May election last week. They were supposed to be mailed the week before, but I didn't have them -- they were late getting to the 'host' jurisdiction, and thus were late to me. But they're in the mail now. We'll see how many get dropped at the township hall even though the envelope says Stockbridge.
The desk refinishing has stalled due to the damp weather -- we should be able to get the final finish on it tomorrow as long as it doesn't rain. Not an expected job by any means. We pulled the desk out of the basement and realised that the desk top finish was wrecked because it had had a fishtank on it for a decade (or more). J sanded the old finish off, and I've been working on getting it stained. There was some inconsistency in the way the stain went on initially, so it took a couple of extra days to get that remedied. It's by no means perfect, but it will be usable once we get a topcoat on it.
We finally got the ballots mailed for the May election last week. They were supposed to be mailed the week before, but I didn't have them -- they were late getting to the 'host' jurisdiction, and thus were late to me. But they're in the mail now. We'll see how many get dropped at the township hall even though the envelope says Stockbridge.
The desk refinishing has stalled due to the damp weather -- we should be able to get the final finish on it tomorrow as long as it doesn't rain. Not an expected job by any means. We pulled the desk out of the basement and realised that the desk top finish was wrecked because it had had a fishtank on it for a decade (or more). J sanded the old finish off, and I've been working on getting it stained. There was some inconsistency in the way the stain went on initially, so it took a couple of extra days to get that remedied. It's by no means perfect, but it will be usable once we get a topcoat on it.
