How do I feel about being excluded from Oprah’s Sex Rehab special?  You may well ask dear blog readers.  I feel PISSED OFF! The producer are blatantly, rampantly homophobic.  The producer’s excuse?  They didn’t want to confuse the issue of sex addiction with a gay story.  FUCK YOU OPRAH!  Confuse the story?  That’s a strange excuse because shame based societies like the African American community and Gay Communities have the highest incidence of sex addiction/sexual compulsion.  There are plenty similarities between her and me.  Pity she wasn’t prepared to have a sex addict on her show who actually works a solid 12-step programme.  There you go I broke my SAA anonymity.

Whilst we are at it-what the hell is Drew doing on these shows pretending he knows jack about sex addiction?  The woman who did all the work on the show was sex therapist Jill Vermiere!   Drew speaks in the broadest terms about addiction but really-he knows nothing about sex addiction.

Drew’s specialty is substance abuse, but his real speciality is damage control-turning up at hotel rooms and coaxing heroin addicts into rehab.  Coaxing crack addicts off of roofs etc.  Most days in sex rehab I worked with Jill.  If I could even bear looking at Drew he was mostly baffled by what was going on-by the depth of emotion, by our commitment to do the work.  It was because of Jill that we did the work.  She too has been silenced in all of this high octane press shenanigan-the two real recovering sex addicts have had their voices stolen firstly by Drew then by Oprah.

Mostly, though,  I am seething about the media’s approach to anything gay.   Our stories are never integrated hence we are never integrated.  It would not surprise me if it were a big old gay boy who made decision not to have me on the show-after all us gays do the most damage to each other.

Did Oprah and her people forget that the gays have been her very loyal fans?  But let’s face it we were Obama’s biggest fans and look how far that has got us.  Frankly, Oprah, what HAVE you done for the gay community recently?   Did you forget about us or are we just not powerful enough?  The gay community supported the election of President Obama.  The black community did not return the favor by supporting us in the Prop 8 battle.  Why?

Don’t worry, I am not on Tyra either.   Same reason.  Poor excuse eh?

Drug addicts, alcoholics, smokers and psychological addictions. Sure, we know of them. We hear about them all the time in the news, movies, tabloids, etc. Most can name at least one addict they know, or that a friend knows, or just a celebrity. But what is it really like to be an addict? How would it feel to have a close relative, friend, or lover destroying him or herself with harmful habits and not being able to do anything about it? That’s what A&E’s show “Intervention” does; it provides a glimpse of an addict’s life and the effects on others—something we may not have experienced ourselves. Then the show sends the addict, who thinks that he or she is just doing interviews, off to treatment with, well, an unexpected intervention. “Joey,” an episode from the show’s seventh season that aired on August 10, 2009, follows the same course as all of the others…until it doesn’t. This twist makes the episode worth watching, especially if you are a regular viewer…or if you want to see a cameraman get knocked down.

Joey, 25, a dedicated tattoo artist, spends all of his earnings on bags of heroin. His parents divorced when he was three and both remarried. Joey didn’t feel that his father loved him, and when he and his mother moved from the city to the suburbs, he felt that he didn’t fit in with the other kids. Okay, yeah. Every addict usually starts with some emotional trigger. So Joey became addicted to several drugs at 13; his mother sent him to various outpatient rehab centers, which never helped Joey. At 18 he swiped his mother’s credit cards and ended up in jail for a year, where he learned and perfected the art of creating tattoos. Isn’t prison great? Afterwards, Joey went into treatment and his mother gave him $5,000 to begin his career as a tattoo artist. She even gave him a house—all of course on the premise that he remains clean. Bad move, Mom. Joey attended support groups and learned the 12-steps while finding a girlfriend, Sarah…and then got her pregnant. Joey, predictably, spiraled down back into the arms of heroin.

Viewers get to watch Joey shoot up and witness his self-destructive lifestyle. The camera shifts back and forth between Joey’s life and interviews with his family and Sarah. One of the great things that “Intervention” does is that throughout the show, viewers see a black screen with white lettering, which provides information about heroin’s adverse effects, facts about Joey, and anything more to help the viewer understand what others don’t say to the camera. In a way, the show does help people learn drugs’ effects on human bodies, and how an addict’s life is never ideal. Still, viewers have to hear the show’s over-the-top, dramatic music playing for every little emotional scene. Producers Robert Sharenow, Colleen Conway, Dan Partland and Sam Mettle manipulate mundane actions for dramatic effect; after all, they have to make money. It’s all for television.

Each “Intervention” has one of the main intervention specialists (don’t ask me if that’s a real career) lead the intervention, where all of the relatives gather around the addict, who enters thinking it’s his or her last interview. Aha, it’s all been a scam! You’re going to be forced into treatment! Joey gets Ken Seeley, a rather pompous man who is more a camera model than any specialist. Only in this episode, Seeley actually has to do something—in fact a lot of things—that he’s never had to do before. He gets nervous when the episode turns off its regular course and doesn’t achieve a quick resolution. Well, Ken Seeley’s human. That’s something.

The hour-long show normally runs Mondays at 9 p.m. on A&E, but to watch this particular episode, you can go to A&E’s Web site: www.aetv.com. If you want to see “Intervention” change from its usual pattern, this is the show to see. And if you want to know if Joey ever cleans up, the show checks in usually for two three-month periods. It’s a decent, real-life look at how, after intense treatment, some addicts recover and some return to their damaging behaviors.

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The secret underground work of intervention… ssshhhhh! Don’t tell the neighbors we are having an intervention.

Maybe you have seen A&E channels show “Intervention?  Maybe you watch the show “The Cleaner” ?  Even though more attention than ever is being  brought to the world of intervention, it is still a subject surrounding that damn social stigma of addiction – and nobody wants to admit they need to know how this works!

We have invited Travis Gardner, a licensed interventionist to share his expertise in our upcoming Resource Directory and as a preview, I am sharing it with you here.

Intervention Description and 10 Qualifying Questions

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Founder- Travis Gardner B.C.I II, C.N.D.A.I, C.A.T II

Pathway Interventions- The Drug and Alcohol Intervention Specialists

Addiction affects millions of American families, businesses and communities everyday. This epidemic is not diminishing nor is it relinquishing its hold on our everyday life. So what do we do? How do we treat addiction and free the American people from this horrific disease?

Many of us are aware of drug and alcohol treatment programs. Residential or inpatient, outpatient, addiction counseling, medication and community outreach programs are part of a wide variety of treatment modalities available for treating addiction. Although some of the treatment modalities are more effective and successful than others when implemented for addiction help. Not everyone is willing to accept help for their addiction to drugs or alcohol. There are those who are in denial of their addiction, or opposed to seeking treatment, or have the attitude of not caring about their future. What can we do for them? What is available for the millions of families, friends and loved ones who have someone in this particular population?

There are two options for dealing with the defiant addicts in the population; 1) do an intervention or 2) do what we have already been doing and hope something changes before something tragic happens. Only one of these two options has the highest opportunity to a happy and successful ending. That option is to do an intervention on the addicted individual.

Many of us may not fully comprehend an intervention or how they work and if they even work at all. Surprisingly, interventions have an 85% or higher success rate. So, what is an intervention?

An intervention is an orchestrated, family attempt to get their loved one into treatment for a harmful addiction. There are typical questions about the process: How does an intervention work? What does an interventionist do that can help? The intervention process is a very delicate and strategic approach that is best executed by a professional interventionist. Addiction interventionists teach families how to confront their loved ones’ addiction with full intention that the intervention ends with the addict entering treatment. The Interventionist does this by educating the family on what causes, perpetuates and treats addiction. They will teach every intervention team member what works and does not work regarding verbally, physically, and emotionally confronting the one they love about their problem. Most Interventionists will have a list of a multitude of treatment centers across the country from which the family can chose, based on geographical suitability and financial resources, as well as feasibility for transporting the candidate to treatment.. Verification of insurance benefits will be tracked and implemented into the process used to choose the best facility for the addict by the interventionist when insurance is available.

Interventionists will also teach the family how to stop enabling the addict and being co-dependent. They will work with the family members on maintaining their emotional stability by providing references, tools and introducing new behaviors and beliefs about dealing with addiction. The newly found behaviors, beliefs and agreements that the family introduces into their life will ultimately free them from the grips of addiction, and allow for maximum family support for the addict.

The job of an interventionist is not just getting the loved one into treatment, their job is to fully secure every opportunity for them to accept treatment and to allow the family to receive the freedom from the addictive behavior and destruction. The Interventionist helps the family develop a systematic and structured letter from each team member to the addict which ensures proper communication. Recognition of avenues towards identifying acceptance, proper intervention procedures and lines of communication will be rehearsed and practiced prior to the intervention. If the addicted individual objects to accepting help, the interventionist will have prepared the team with methods for how to overcome those objections which leave the addicted individual no avenues of escaping the opportunity for treatment.

The preparation for the intervention may take up to two days. The length of the intervention is determined by many variables, and can take a minimum of an hour, or up to a couple of hours to facilitate.

An intervention is a process! The intervention is not an event! Therefore, when choosing a drug or alcohol Interventionist there should be specific qualifications to look for when choosing the professional you will use, in order to maximize the effectiveness of the process. In the selection process, when researching intervention companies and private entities, you must ask ten questions before you choose the professional who will facilitate your family intervention.

1. Are they a Board Certified Interventionist or Nationally Certified?
   1. a. They should be board certified or nationally certified as an interventionist. Therapists, Medical Doctors and counselors are not trained in interventions and this lack of specialized training will minimize the chance of success.

1. Do they have documentation of their credentials?
   1. a. Have the documentations sent to you via fax, mail or email to ensure creditability.

1. Are they in recovery from drugs or alcohol themselves?
   1. a. The experience gained by first hand knowledge of addiction can not be taught in school. You must hire someone who is in recovery themselves so they may relate to the intervention candidate.

1. How many interventions have they facilitated?
   1. Look for a minimum of 100 interventions performed with a success rate of 85% or better.

1. Do they have references from families or clients that they have worked with?

1. a. Ask them for permission to speak to a family member or client that they have worked with.

1. Do they offer any type of guarantee for the services they provide?
   1. a. Some Interventionists will work with the family until the individual enters into a program, no matter how long it may take.

1. Does their intervention process include locating treatment, family support and ensuring the safety of the candidate?

1. a. You want to make sure that treatment options, family and client support and safety is provided by the Interventionist.

1. Do they offer the family free life-time support and consultation following the intervention?

1. Addiction recovery is a life-long process that may require the opportunity for follow-up and consulting to assist in their recovery success and the families’ emotional stability by the Interventionist.

1. Do they use ultimatums or threats to produce a successful intervention?
   1. a. Threats and ultimatums are not usually successful tools to use with addicts. Find out if they use ultimatums as a tool for gaining acceptance or do they offer the addict a gift and teach the family how to protect themselves from the destructive behavior of the active addict.

10.  Why and how did they choose this profession?

1. This will give you the opportunity to use your intuition and emotional feelers to determine if this individual is compatible with your values morally and spiritually in such a way that they are connected to your family system and can facilitate a family intervention.

Saturday i decided to put down the painkillers and try go cold turkey. that hurt and still hurts. Saw the physio today and she told me it was going to be 2 months of no kiting or shoulder movement exercises.

Bummed to say the least;

As I have now come off the meds I was able to quickly formulate a plan in my head faster then lighting how I am going to tackle this little problem of being injured

• loose the pain meds DONE they only screw with your body
• increase my fish oil intake by 1 million percent
• Cut out the crap I was eating whilst on pain meds, back to paleo for me.
• Crossfit like a man on a mission, on parts of my body that really work (squatting suitcase dead lifting machine)

follow me on my journey of rehab, two months yea right!

I think the end of the world is near.  It makes me sad, but I think this is it.  What else could explain the absolute shit that is on TV these days.  Celebrity Rehab, Sex Rehab, Paris Hilton’s BFF, Tila Tequila and fuck, even P. Diddy, or whatever the fuck his name is, has a “reality” show.  It’s all friggin crap.  Hogan know’s best, the Hills, people with 8 kids, 16 kids, 32 kids, geez.  What makes this Tv?  It’s like being at the circus watching the freak-shows. 

Right now on showcase there are 2 men in thongs tied together by a harness in the 69 position and they are pounding the shit out of each other’s ass cheeks.  UGH.  Then the guy drools on the other guys leg.  UGH.  It’s as bad as watching poker on TV.  (turned off after 20 more seconds).

It’s no wonder I just stick to sports, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty, and a ton of cooking shoes and news.

Please, someone come up with something original!!!

OK.  LOVED the last Sex Rehab (episode 4).  They must have had some other editor edit this as it was interesting, pithy, moving and multi faceted.   Adored every twist and remembered acutely how I felt as I watched Amber and Phil let loose with the anger.

Jennie and I watched spellbound.

Well done VH1

p.s. I know that this is kind of arrogant but I really felt better looking in this episode.  Was it perhaps because I wasn’t crying?

Believe it or not, you only need one thing to secure financing from hard money lenders. It is not your credit report, not even a proof of income. To tap this unique form of financing, all you need to do is bring a good deal to the table.

See it this way: you, as an investor, will not put your money into something you know will surely result in nothing. In the same way, these lenders only want to fund good deals. But how exactly do we define a good one? As simple as it gets, a good deal is one that will lead to profit.

In the case of rehabbers, a good deal is a house that will sell high. That means that the fixer upper, or whatever cheap property you will buy, has a huge potential. In short, it must be good enough to be a collateral. They will examine the property and your plans for it. If they see that your plans are worth investing in, expect your funding to be released in just a few days.

This system of assessing borrowers is one reason why hard money lenders take just days in processing loan applications. Banks and other traditional lenders, on the other hand, can take a month to process your loan. By that time, another investor could have bought the property you wanted to acquire and rehab. Traditional lenders take time because they carefully screen borrowers. They scrutinize their credit report and score. They also lend money only to those whom they think have the capacity to repay the loan based on their current income and other assets. This is their way of making sure they do not lose money when lending to borrowers. So how do hard money lenders ensure they don’t lose money?

Actually they can’t. That is why they are walking on thin ice whenever they lend money. They release loans even to those who have poor credit scores so they are more susceptible to defaults. To complement the higher risk, one thing they do is use higher interest rates. This is their only chance of making up for what they lose. An 18% interest for loans is common when it comes to hard money.

Now you’ll wonder, “why do investors use this kind of financing even when it uses a higher interest rate?” Simple: because it is easy and fast. You acquire it in just days, so you are able to beat competition off when buying properties. It is easy because you don’t even need to have a high credit score to gain access to this kind of financing. What more reasons why you should use befriend hard money lenders? Visit REIwired.com today.

A picture that tells it all…..

The husband calls him “Mr. Bloody Face Smiley Guy”. The husband has an odd sense of humor.

Update: North wall will have to be replaced. The whole wall. This will be confirmed tomorrow with “B”. While the wall is open we will see if the window frame is on its way out as well. I’m gonna say a big fat yes on that one.

Yes – in our lovely older homes nothing ever goes according to schedule.

Update: B came over to assess the north wall. The verdict is….

We are good to go with a few minor repairs. The framing is not rotted, and main material behind the plaster is stable. Back on schedule.

Luna Malibu November

Malibu Sunday

The day Sex Rehab airs I read twitter posts avidly.  East coast viewers are the first to start letting me know the content of each episode.  Today, for instance, I know that Kari Ann’s Miss Teen America tiara arrives in the Rehab.  A request I made of her so I could wear it.  I have always wanted to wear a Miss America crown.  The irony is not lost on me.  The gaudy iconography of a teen queen.  As soon as I knew Kari Ann I wanted her crown.  I have no idea if my requests will be screened but she really had no intention of bringing the crown into rehab until I demanded it.

Consequently Kari Ann taught me how to walk like a Princess, answer teen queen catwalk questions, sang the pageant anthem as I sashayed around the rehab garden wearing her crown.  I loved it so much.   I loved her crown even though it was a bit beaten up-when they took away her title she had thrown it at the wall.

Don’t you just love that scene in the movie when the teen queen throws her crown at the wall?   It’s a great scene.

“Miss teen America is founded on the principle that the future of our world is dependent upon the leadership qualities of today’s youth. We believe that involvement in community service should be both encouraged and rewarded. We further believe that in order to become a strong leader a young woman must be a well-rounded individual. She must challenge herself scholastically, she must be poised, and she must be comfortable with herself in respect to her learned and natural talents. She must possess a strong desire to effect a change in her world, and to set an example for others to do the same. In the spirit of competition, she must be gracious.  With this in mind, we provide the forum for young women to challenge themselves to be their best, and we reward them for their efforts.”

Poor Kari Ann, how was she ever going to be all the above snorting meth every day?  Engaging in soft pornography and making sex tapes with Rebecca Gayheart?  The problem is:  she was a nice normal girl before LA bit her in her fat ass.

Gloria Steinham might disagree.  Feminists might say that she is merely empowering herself.  I doubt it though.  Jenny Ketcham is empowering herself.  She is an American Writer and will only grow in stature and relevance.  Kari Ann will become even more irrelevant than she already is.

As much as she was a pain in the ass I really became fond of Kari Ann.  I know that this might be hard to believe but when you get to truly ‘know’ a person-regardless of wether you ever see them again-they tend to linger in your heart.

When Kari Ann wasn’t teaching me how to be a Miss Teen America I was teaching James how to knit-which he took too with some gusto.  My grandmother taught me how to knit when I was five years old.  The surfer dude was a joy to teach.

Fuck!  I hate how the editors have edited Sex Rehab.  It’s a pile of shit.

Update.  Eric, Jenny, Justin and I went to b’day party in Santa Monica.  It was situated in a dance studio.  There were gays for me to goad and straights for me to tease.  We left before midnight.  I slept well.  Strangely the little dog preferred to sleep on the sofa.  Whilst we were at the party Luna stayed in the bathroom with her bone and damage, when I returned, was minimal.  I think it gave the little dog some time away from Luna’s frantic puppy behavior too.

Did not fret about blood clots.  In fact, gave them very little thought all day.

More will be revealed.

Söndag. Sista dagen på denna vecka. Det var inte lika lätt att komma ur sängen denna morgon. Regnet hängde i luften och det ljusnade knappt något på hela dagen. Hur lång ska denna gråa höst vara? När kommer min efterlängtade snö att infinna sig? Nästa söndag blir det åtminstonde lite mer ljus, då alla människor med fönster kommer ställa fram sina adventljusstakar eller dylikt. Då vet man att julen är på väg och julälskare som jag själv fylls av en sorts värme inombords.

När jag skrivit klart här så ska jag påbörja min önskelista och dessutom börja klura ut vad jag kan tänkas ge till mina nära och kära i julklapp. Min ekonomi är inte direkt fet, men som jag har sagt så många gånger förr så handlar en lyckad present inte om priset utan om tanken bakom den och om presenten passar den tilltänkta personen eller ej.

Idag har jag varit ute hos pappa och  i Ljungsbro. Blev bjuden på god pannbiff och äppelpaj till efterrätt. Härligt! Jag fick även med mig en hel del pannbiffar hem, så att jag kan vara lite lat ibland och göra god mat snabbt .

Lillasyster har äntligen fått sitt bagage, efter nästan en vecka i Kanada. Jaja, bättre sent än aldrig som man brukar säga. Ni kan följa hennes och hennes vännninors galna äventyr på http://storaskattjakten.blogspot.com

Igår när jag skulle ta mina kvällstabletter så kom jag fram till en anledning till varför jag aldrig vänbjer mig vid mina tabletter. Jag tror nämligen att det handlar om att man alltid har lärt sig att man tar en tablett om man mår dåligt. När man har haft huvudvärk eller haft feber till exempel så har man tagit en panodil och efter en stund mår bättre igen. Men nu så mår ju jag redan bra så att säga, så då känns det så konstigt att svälja den ena tabletten efter den andra. (Att jag sedan mår bra tack vare att jag äter så många tabletter är ju en annan femma ).

Imorgon är det måndag igen vilket innebär träning och massage. Hurra för massagen men träningen är riktigt jobbig. Ja, jag vet att den är viktig och att den är så jobbig just på grund av att jag verkligen är i stort behov av den…men ändå. Det kommer dock bli både lättare och roligare med tiden, när jag har lyckats bygga lite mer muskler igen. I want my former body back!

Så sakterliga kommer jag tillbaka till min normala träningsdos. Fortfarande ingen löpning då höfter och sittben säger ifrån. Högljutt! Hade jag varit ordentlig och kört yoga, BodyFlow och stretchat mer tidigare hade jag förmodligen aldrig fått min rygg- och höftskada. Dumslarv no more! Denna vecka ska jag även testa “Heated Vinyasa Yoga” på en yogastudio här i närheten. Det är typ som Bikramyoga. Ska bli grymt kul. Har funderat lite på det här med yoga på gym kontra yoga på en riktig yogastudio. Om man bara kört på gym vet man inte vad man missat om jag säger så. Ska jag vara krass tycker jag att yoga inte är yoga om man kör på vanligt gym. Det är för kallt i salen, man får inte rätt feeling, ofta störs man av dunkadunka från gymmusik och yogaläraren är ofta bara en “vanlig instruktör” som gått en snabbkurs över en helg. Han eller hon är säkert duktig och kan ställningarna men yoga är så mycket mer än så. Och går man på en riktigt yogastudio går ju läraren runt och korrigerar en så man kan utvecklas och komma djupare in i ställningarna. Om man kör  yoga på gym tycker jag i alla fall att man ska testa att gå några klasser på en riktig yogastudio. Bara för att jämföra. Sen kan man ju göra som man vill.

Måndag: Morgonyoga + PW (med MBT-skor) + TRX
Tisdag: BodyFlow + PW på löpband med hög lutning
Onsdag: Morgonyoga + TRX 
Torsdag (Thanksgiving): Heated Vinyasa Yoga
Fredag (Black Friday):  Styrka + PW på löpband med hög lutning
Lördag: Heated Vinyasa Yoga
Söndag: Vila

Gedung jadi baru

SD Ngrojo dapat bantuan dana DAK untuk alokasi rehab gedung SD. Rehab telah dilaksanakan beberapa bulan lalu. Dan sekarang telah mencapai 90% selesai. Sebentar lagi untuk keas 1-3 akan menempati gedung yang telah direhabilitasi. Gedung baru semangat baru.

(News of the World)

Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil are planning to marry again – in just three months’ time. The troubled singer proposed to her ex-hubby and he said Yes! Yes! Yes!

Blake told a close pal: “We both know we’ve only ever been divorced on paper. This is the right thing to do.”

She was snapped flashing a sparkler on her engagement finger on Friday night. Ex-druggie Blake celebrated with a friend over a beer in Sheffield – where he is being forced to attend a rehab centre.

He told the pal: “It’s the engagement ring I gave Amy the first time. I think it cost £2,000 from Tiffany. We’ve been talking on the phone five or six times a day. On Friday she told me she was going to put the engagement ring on. We’d changed our status to married on Facebook a couple of weeks back but that was more of a laugh. This is the real deal. She told me she wanted to get married again. I feel so happy.”

I can’t help fearing the worst for these two who yo-yo in and out of love. And they’re not exactly getting off to a good start. The wedding planning will have to be done from afar because Blake isn’t allowed back to London until February under the terms of his prison release.

But he has vowed to stay faithful now, admitting he had been with other women (including stripper Lauren McDermott) over the past two months.

“I’m not going to go near anyone else,” he insisted. “I’ve discussed it with Amy. She understood we both had to try and move on. But I think deep down she always knew we’d tie the knot again.”

It’s Saturday night do you know where your 5&1 is at?

It’s late, I know, I should be in bed.

The husband and I continued to work on the kitchen this evening after taking the dogs on a 4 mile hike.

Very interesting finds tonight. Remember the beige paint? Here is what is interesting and yet very concerning. We were able to get a 5&1 on top of the beige paint, under all the other layers and pull it from the wall. For the most part this stuff started to come off in sheets. There are areas that are still adhered to the wall that we scraped down to the white primer from long ago. We have a feeling that by morning we will be able use the same technique. The beige is the very first color that was ever painted on the walls. I recall when I was stripping the old cabinet that paint stripper wouldn’t touch this stuff. So what the hell is it? What is it made of? It is a paint product from 1943-1947. Nothing adheres to this stuff. How do you seal it?

Before:

After:

The bottom of the north wall is hit. It is actually pushed out and shattered. We will have “B” come over on Monday and assess the actual damage and make a decision how far up to tear out if not the whole north wall. The material the wall is made out of has this board like stuff behind the grainy/concert with a skim coat of plaster over it. It is the board like material that is worrisome.

All in all we had gotten a lot done tonight. I am tired and I need to be up early in the morning to get a jump on this so we can prime out the walls on Tuesday. The north wall will have to be fixed right after Thanksgiving. Time is running out and we still have the damn floor to deal with prior to the install of the new kitchen cabinets.

On a happy note the pulls and latches came this week. Woooo Hoooo!

There are more photos here.

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