She also got a very nice hair piece (wig) today as roughly 80% of her own hair has fallen out due to chemo, not that I think she needs a wig, she is as equally beautiful without hair as she is with hair. The hair piece she chose is reddish brown, it’s about shoulder length, very stylish and makes her look about 10 years younger, she also has a couple turbans and do rags as well as a funky sun hat for when she doesn’t feel like wearing her new hair, such as when she is in the cancer center having chemo, she will just use a do rag or turban, to me it matters not because she is so beautiful no matter what she does, then again I am wise enough to know her hair meant a lot to her on a personal level, more so than I can understand as my hair is always short, during the summer I often sport a flat top, but my wife has always has long beautiful hair, I think it was some sacred part of her femininity, it is a part that I will never fully understand but can and do respect and appreciate.
She goes for chemo tomorrow, so I will have the house to myself for a few days, I will split my time between home and being at the cancer center at her side , I have a few home upgrades to get done before my wife gets back home, a surprise for her, she likes surprises. To get everything done I have recruited my good friend Wayne, he is a jack of all trades master of none, and I think between the two of us we can install a new toilet and put in new kitchen taps and faucets , I am rather sad to see the old Fergus commode go, but it’s old, loud and makes the pipes rattle with every flush and uses quite a lot of water (around 12 liters if not more), have to say though I am fairly certain that the old commode could flush a basket ball if the pipe was large enough, that sucker has some serious oomph to it!
The new commode is a top of the line Crane ,dual flush, padded seat, has 6 liter tank so my water bill should drop by about $40 or so (we get billed every 3 months, not monthly like the cities) I call it the magical commode , why? because our kid will be in the washroom pushing the damn buttons for an hour or so, I shudder to think what he has crammed down the old Fergus.
I am also putting in a new sink faucet and taps in the kitchen , but keeping the old deep sinks, mixing the old with the new adds our own flair on the house, being that our house is over 100 years old we are very careful not to demo and reno so much that the house loses the simple rustic charm that brought us here in the first place. We generally don’t upgrade unless it is absolutely needed or we have no choice as parts are often impossible to find as they just don’t make them anymore, such as the commode upgrade, I defy anyone to find any parts for a Fergus commode in any hardware store, or find seals and gaskets for a 50+ year old faucet and tap assembly, good luck on that. I know I have checked in 3 friggin provinces for parts, even put an add on Kijiji looking for parts.
My wife thinks I am joking, but I seriously am going to repurpose the old commode and turn it into a giant flower pot and set it smack in the middle of our lawn this summer! and yes I will post pictures.
guess that’s it for tonight, thanks for fallowing me and reading my blog, remember folks, express your love often to those you hold dear to you, and never take tomorrow for granted.
Butch
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