I have been getting emails asking why I haven't updated the blog in the last while. (Except of course, Pete & Nancy's fine contributions!) I have undertaken a house project that keeps me busy between gigs. Here is a few shots of my home, known to all as "Ugly Betty".
Notice the "Stylish" velvet drapery...
Well Ugly Betty started life somewhere around 1908 and has seen many structural changes over the years. I suspect that around 1970 the house was renovated with the lattes in fashion, to include carpet and wall paper. Since then nothing changed.....
Here is the part most people think I am crazy for, that is I moved from a brand new three year old house with state of the art energy efficiency, to U.B.
WHY?
Well for those of you who do not know the area here, Saskatchewan is flat, and big. Our population is around 1 million for the total province. We have nothing but land....
However our city feels that to make the most efficient use of infrastructure, we need to build houses on top of each other and so close together you can hear your neighbour fart at 3 AM.
Not only that but I hold a soft spot for a developed neighbourhood. Trees, boulevards and a little character keeps me from going off the deep end at times. The other cool thing is that I now live three blocks from the Broadway area of town. This is where it all happens, so after a late night of gigging at Bud's I can easily walk home once the $320 bar tab is paid....
Here are some random shots of the progression
The sad part is that over the years some one nailed the crap out of the hard wood so most is not salvageable, and under all that groovy French Provincial styled wall paper is cracked plaster.
My dry wall talents are improoving! Stay tuned for the after shots........ I hope.....
Thursday Nov 15th
Guest blog entry by Pete
Just wanted to update how life was after the party.
We got a new little kitty in our house , some how that wasn't what I had in mind when I suggested that I could sure use a little more " ahem " kitty.
That cat with sharp claws really likes the new leather sectional, I think I know where this is going.
Don't want to name drop but I was having a cool one with my good buddy Oscar untill he called me a Jack ass , I offered to activate his dental plan, that didn't work out to well, those old boy's are shifty.
I snapped this one of Crystal and Lacey. Just before I snapped another pic I suggested they give each other a kiss, security finally gave my camera back. Whats with that?
The boys and I at work liked Monty's old car, found it usefull for car pooling, sure hope he gets out of Jail soon, we need a designated driver.
This coming weekend I'm having a few pals over to help cheer on the riders, I forgot to mention it to the guy's but the girls seem like real team players, so I invited them "I think it's going to be cold". I'm waiting untill sunday afternoon to mention it to Crystal. If Monty gets a day pass He's welcome to join. If he doesn't thats OK. A person Is never really lonely doing hard time in the joint.
Dont even tell me how big the gophers are up there.
Thanks Monty for this opprotunity.
I found you a new suit.
Pete
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