Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
I set out to investigate a trend of ticketing slow left lane drivers, but the story morphed into one about the road manners.
Or as Officer Stibbe corrects me, “no Keri, it’s about lack thereof.”
Read it online at Autonet.
Last 3 paragraphs, Stibbe’s one-liner, I burst out laughing.
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You’ve met Officer Stibbe before, in the column – So you Got Pulled Over for Speeding
Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index
Last time my main room will ever look like this.
Oh boy guys. Might have bit off more than I can chew.
I’m like a squatter with a mortgage again, back on an air mattress.
Usually I’m hyper-prepared, but not this project, and am not handling it great. My neighbours saw it in my frantic eyes Saturday, and like how I always say they’re the best, 5 showed up early yesterday morning to help me transfer all my belongs to a trailer.
Minimalist forever.
When I bought the house last July, only thing I put off was the electrical work, it was too huge an undertaking in both cost and time.
Then, living through the winter I realized more fresh air is needed in the main room, and remember, that was the first time I bought something on credit: windows.
So I combined the jobs into Mega Renovation, added more (washing machine repair, plumber) plus “paint the interior of house” because let’s do this project properly.
So if I’m going to have 8 trades coming through and drywall dust everywhere, no way am I leaving my belongings to soak it up. Plus it creates a pleasant work environment for everyone.
Above – the 30-point electrical to-do list
Below – in the trailer while it’s being backed up, playing “Catch my Stuff”
Add the stress that I put everything into a trailer like here, take my life with a tow hook.
So locked it, then parked This Week’s Car in front – 2015 Jaguar XJL.
Added a heater inside.
Here we go!
“Operation Last Renovation of My Life I’m Never Doing this Again and will be Removed from this House in a Box” kicked off at 8am today.
Sorry in advance if it’s a light blog week, and please send good luck!
1 – scarf to protect face from the sun
2 – the skirt version of jogging pants (Lululemon “City Skirt”)
3 – sneaker wedges
I drive like this.
Can’t take the sun anymore, it’s become like I’m practically allergic.
There are 5 things in the above photo that make me nuts. Scroll for answer.
It’s the view from my couch, and, the only place I sit in my main room.
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1 – the door is superfluous. It’s access to the water main, which is accessible from the other side
2 – the fire detector should be to the right, out of sight
3 – the silver rail should be white, to blend in
4 – terrible spot for a light switch, it jars the eye and ruins its flow
And the trickiest of the 5…
5 – the trim changes either side of the door. Now that’s all you can see, too.
It was strange, like Facebook going down… they just, don’t.
The speed that the screens came back on was impressive. The fries continue.
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