May is almost over. It’s hard to believe we’ve only been here six or so weeks.
Like l’ve mentioned before, time seems to tick by slower than it does in California.
I’m sure I mentioned the rainy weather. Its been unseasonably cold. Even so, I’m settling in better this time. There were a few days that I got a little fed up with the city (we couldn’t get them to approve anything) and the yard, and probably the rain, my coughing, but I rolled through it all.
One good thing came of all our frustration over whether we could build or not build an ADU
W A T E R
Ironically as I was reading ‘Be Water, My Friend’, by Shannon Lee, we were going back and forth about running a water line.
It turns out we can’t run one from the house to an ADU, but we can to the garage.
I decided a ramshackle kitchen in the garage with running hot and cold water would do nicely for our short stay.
So one day, in a surge of frustrated energy, I started to move things around. After a couple of days, G and his mom saw a glimpse of my vision and got onboard with the idea.
Yesterday, I found two plumbers and met one. He will be coming next week to give us a quote.
The kitchen is a design challenge that has me stretching every creative muscle. It’s been oddly fun. This is just the kind of project that gets me up in the morning. I still have a long way to go, but so many details are falling into place. Sure, it’s a rough garage, but can you see the direction I’m heading?
It’s going to be so cute. It kind of already is in a ramshackle, hodge podgey way, but just wait!
Peace Kit 