Sunday, July 28, 2013.
Home Improvement. Acme.
Mary Ann has reached the hard part of her plan to paint the entire exterior of the house. Even with a scaffold, there are many spots that cannot be reached without walking up the roof. She doesn't feel good about doing that, and neither do I. There ought to be a law that says nobody above the age of fifty-five should be allowed to climb up a roof without a special license.
I have a solution to some of the problem: buy a small roller and a pole that screws into it. She says that will not help, but I have learned that Mary Ann only sees one solution to any problem: the first one she thought of. Which involves a paint brush, a bucket, and a scaffold that's incredibly difficult to move around.
She backed away from this wall (in both the literal and figurative senses), and the three of us went to lunch at the Acme Oyster House. Six grilled oysters, a wedge salad, nothing for MA, and a very nice grilled drumfish with a nice seasoned butter for me. It came with tasteless steamed vegetables and yellow rice, which call for improvements.
On my way home, I stopped at Home Depot to pick up the paint roller and stick that I will demonstrate to Mary Ann's disdaining eyes. The only problem I see will be the line where two colors meet. Our house has three colors, greatly complicating the painting. In my next lifetime, I will paint any house I live in white, all over.
My job this afternoon--aside from the usual weekly maintenance of the New Orleans Menu Daily--was to cut the grass before the thunderstorm I heard rumbling in the distance arrives. Done. The storm also gave MA a good reason not to mount the scaffold.
Acme Oyster House. Covington: 1202 US 190 (Causeway Blvd). 985-246-6155.
