POE ‘EM FOR ADELE AND F.L.

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and

Fraser Lance Thorneycroft-Smith

Set out one day to writ music

‘Bout rain‘n fire havin a rift;

But the clime was not rainy, no,

The sun shone full bore,

And the pair grieved a lack of

Inspired implore;

So they spun themselves round in playlists of seven

From Miss Etta James to André Previn,

Soaked in thrills from strumming waves of

Spelunking moods down mystic caves;

And up they came with angst galore,

Feast for heart sized ears and more;

Chilling, angry, frenzied pop

Abseiling rock faced charts to top.

So Fraser Lance Thorneycroft-Smith and

Adele came to drink from that gurgling

Wishing well, plumbed deep of granite songs, and sweet;

Fresh and clean, if bereft of meaning.

Which proves by rights, that men of plight and

Women of catchy tunes,

Will amount to nothing if ever their names

Aren’t hyphenated-elongated runes.

- - Penned whilst under influence of six weeks of coffee, Pandora, four hour's sleep, TSP, paint fumes and bloody finger tips ~ 2Feb-16Mar

Bathroom window I finally took out had to go back in.
And so it went,
from metal strips, vinyls and rugs, to support posts, flocked ceilings and 60's paint hues;
all that was old was new again at Hedge House.

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"There's asbestos under those 9" tiles"

Lesson learned: patch kitchen floor instead of replacing: $1,500 saved; patch roof instead of replacing: 7,000 saved; leave bathroom w/o window ventilation and leave bedroom sans new carpet and baseboard: 1,300 saved; understand when you rent out a house for $400 less than the going rate,  renters should just have to deal with worn interiors. 

NET EFFECT: WE NEVER LEARNED TO LEARN OUR LESSON before overspending $10,200. 
Damn.