Prayers for your beloved friend - may all who care for your friend know they are supported too! AND - I love a good "work around" - growing up we had a shed behind our house filled with all sorts of tools and bits and bobs - I could spend hours in there fiddling around and figuring things out!!
Kate, your dear friend came to see me the other day and I gave the biggest hug for luck and wishes. If you have time to update me on the recovery I would dearly appreciate it! Hugs to you and everyone.
Your friend will be in my prayers tonight. As far as the "Want and Need" scenario mine is for the storage room or the attic. Things get moved to the two areas that are something that someone might want but about once a year we go through the areas and decide what is really needed. Every year things slowly but surely get taken out.
Conduit! Brilliant!! I love common sense, everyday-thing solutions. "Unusual Answers to Usual Questions" was a talk I gave many many many many years ago. Your conduit would have been - is - a great example. Hooray for you and your friend. P.S. The John Hiatt song is one of my favs.
Thanks, Kate, and as I think about those years ago, I remembered the title was "Unusual Answers to Ordinary Questions", all related to gardening and garden design. 😁 Common sense, low or no cost ideas for indoors and out.
Healing thoughts for your friend and guided hands of the surgeon and the medical health team in your friends recovery! ((HUGS)). Yes. life brings us the unexpected challenges to work through. Our family never imagined our daughter and family would face the total loss of their home and contents with the 100 mph fire storm last month... but they and their community had their lives spared and move ahead toward rebuilding their community. Sharing mutual challenges is helpful, knowing others have challenges ongoing also. We appreciate you and your thoughtful loving caring approach to make things just a little bit better and lighten someone elses load a tad.
This was such a lovely, honest and personal post. Deeply appreciated!
I feel like thus hinest sharing from the deep part of your real life is an upwellilng that is happening all over the better parts of Substack, IG, etc.
Perhaps the terrible trauma of these days events is calling the silver song of our best most honest selves...
Like Carla Lalli's honest post this week about the true costs of her YouTube channel, hopefully we will all be smarter, more connected and more able to make a difficult these very strange scary times.
I giggled at your lightbulb moment Kate, I too did something similar with metal piping to use for a curtain rail, when I was missing a few inches an off cut of doweling closed the gap and was hidden by the fabric at the end. Very satisfying.
The whole time I was reading, I was thinking, “ohhh I hope she doesn’t buy the curtain rod! I hope she uses conduit!” And you did!! Yay!
All the curtain rods in my house are conduit pipe—cut to the right length and spray-painted bronze on a sunny spring day five years ago. They’re still holding up really well, although my 9-ft window did need a third bracket in the middle for additional support.
I’m so glad you found a solution, and I hope your friend has a smooth and straightforward procedure!
I’m a big fan of a work around! The saving money part is great, of course, but the sleuthing is so satisfying! (And now you can call your new curtain rod “industrial chic.”)
Praying for your friend.
Thanks Phyllis!
Prayers for your beloved friend - may all who care for your friend know they are supported too! AND - I love a good "work around" - growing up we had a shed behind our house filled with all sorts of tools and bits and bobs - I could spend hours in there fiddling around and figuring things out!!
Thanks Bonnie! And I can imagine that shed and the treasures it held.
We would have had a blast out there !!
Sending prayers and love and good on ya for creative workarounds. 💕💕💕💕😍🙏🏽💝🦋💝
Thank you Maggie!
I love your creativity. You’re definitely more clever than I and I love reading about your projects
Thanks, Emily, from me and Bosco!
Kate, your dear friend came to see me the other day and I gave the biggest hug for luck and wishes. If you have time to update me on the recovery I would dearly appreciate it! Hugs to you and everyone.
Will do! Sending you a direct message, too.
Your friend will be in my prayers tonight. As far as the "Want and Need" scenario mine is for the storage room or the attic. Things get moved to the two areas that are something that someone might want but about once a year we go through the areas and decide what is really needed. Every year things slowly but surely get taken out.
Thanks so much, Paul. And I think I’ll do a reorganization of my attic too with those two sections. Great idea!
Conduit! Brilliant!! I love common sense, everyday-thing solutions. "Unusual Answers to Usual Questions" was a talk I gave many many many many years ago. Your conduit would have been - is - a great example. Hooray for you and your friend. P.S. The John Hiatt song is one of my favs.
I would have loved to have heard that talk, Mary!
Thanks, Kate, and as I think about those years ago, I remembered the title was "Unusual Answers to Ordinary Questions", all related to gardening and garden design. 😁 Common sense, low or no cost ideas for indoors and out.
Lots of Love and Hugs. Take good care and to your friend too! 💗
Thank you, Kitty!
I love thinking outside of the box!! I’m trying to find frugal ways to create my raised bed garden this year.
Healing thoughts for your friend and guided hands of the surgeon and the medical health team in your friends recovery! ((HUGS)). Yes. life brings us the unexpected challenges to work through. Our family never imagined our daughter and family would face the total loss of their home and contents with the 100 mph fire storm last month... but they and their community had their lives spared and move ahead toward rebuilding their community. Sharing mutual challenges is helpful, knowing others have challenges ongoing also. We appreciate you and your thoughtful loving caring approach to make things just a little bit better and lighten someone elses load a tad.
Thank you so much for your wonderful and thoughtful words, Mary Jane. 💕
Kate,
This was such a lovely, honest and personal post. Deeply appreciated!
I feel like thus hinest sharing from the deep part of your real life is an upwellilng that is happening all over the better parts of Substack, IG, etc.
Perhaps the terrible trauma of these days events is calling the silver song of our best most honest selves...
Like Carla Lalli's honest post this week about the true costs of her YouTube channel, hopefully we will all be smarter, more connected and more able to make a difficult these very strange scary times.
Thank you again,
S Butler
Nice curtain rod hack🤭🤗👌
Thank you so much, Shelley. Your words and support are what keep me wanting to share. And I’m glad you like the hack, too! 😉
Brilliant, Kate! Sending all the love and good vibes for tomorrow! ❤️
Thank you dear Jolene.
Light and blessings sent for your friend. And to the medical staff who will be assisting her.
Thank you, Mel.
I giggled at your lightbulb moment Kate, I too did something similar with metal piping to use for a curtain rail, when I was missing a few inches an off cut of doweling closed the gap and was hidden by the fabric at the end. Very satisfying.
I trust your friend heals well x
An the old "just hide it" technique. Works for me.
Thanks for your good thoughts, too, Jane.
The whole time I was reading, I was thinking, “ohhh I hope she doesn’t buy the curtain rod! I hope she uses conduit!” And you did!! Yay!
All the curtain rods in my house are conduit pipe—cut to the right length and spray-painted bronze on a sunny spring day five years ago. They’re still holding up really well, although my 9-ft window did need a third bracket in the middle for additional support.
I’m so glad you found a solution, and I hope your friend has a smooth and straightforward procedure!
Great minds think alike! And thank you for your good thoughts.
I’m a big fan of a work around! The saving money part is great, of course, but the sleuthing is so satisfying! (And now you can call your new curtain rod “industrial chic.”)
I love “industrial chic!"