Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is
and not as it should be! -Miguel de Cervantes, writer (29 Sep
1547-1616)
First order of the day, once we were up and caffeinated, was to return U-Haul trailer. Ragin' had phoned Skaha Ford and although truck could not be serviced until Saturday, he could drop off his vehicle anytime before that. Once we'd unhitched trailer at return facility we drove to the Ford dealership and Branko talked to one of the service people before we headed to PetSmart to buy name tags and collars. Miss Etta lost hers just before we headed to Vancouver, last Sunday, and an older one, without a tag, we'd put on her before we left. Latter was gone when I arrived back at Burns on Wednesday! Anyway, the store has a very interesting computer driven system which allows one to have names, numbers and addresses engraved on tags of choice. Did two for Etta and two for Duke, as back-ups to have on hand! Then a bit of grocery shopping before returning home.
Made us a couple of sandwiches before we worked on attaching large, three-panel folding screen to wall in guest bedroom. We were using it as it as a headboard but had ot affixed it to the wall until Lady Dar painted wall. She completed that chore before we left so wanted to have it ready before Chloë arrived as it would have been a nightmare to work in a room filled with boxes, etc. Ragin' came up with an ingenious method of screwing screen to wall without having to drill through panels, except near the floor where screws will not be seen. He cut up three small wood blocks which we screwed into studs and then used a small bracket on each, screwed into each panel from the top. Now the panels do not creak or rattle when anything is placed against them!
By the time this chore was completed I worked away at re-arranging some of the smaller boxes in the garge until it was time to leave for the Kichen Stove film at 4:00 pm, Their Finest, "a 2016 British war comedy-drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Gaby Chiappe, based on the 2009 novel Their Finest Hour and a Half, by Lissa Evans. The film stars Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Jake Lacy, Richard E. Grant, Henry Goodman, Rachael Stirling, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, and Claudia Jessie and tells the story of a British Ministry of Information film team making a morale-boosting film about the Dunkirk evacuation during the Battle of Britain and the London Blitz." I enjoyed it immensely, the marvellous attention to historical detail but also the the simply wonderful interplay between the various characters, (all spelndidly, splendidly and movingly acted), as the principal script writers navigate the bizarre political intricacies of British war propaganda and the patriarchal/upper class choke-hold control of the film industry, and society in general, as well, of course!
Bumped into good friends so had some pleasant chats after movie was over. Back home, after stopping at VCannery Brewing for three "squealers", to leave Ragin' in charge of the kitchen, making guacamole and readying lamb chops, bolied new potatoes and sauteed vegetables, for dinner, while I worked away at continuing to organize furniture and boxes, in the gargae, Rumpus Room and what will soon become Chloë's bedroom! Phenomenally delicious dinner and then into the Rumpus Room to watch, The Kremlin Letter, "an American DeLuxe Color spy film in Panavision, directed by John Huston, starring Richard Boone, Orson Welles, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Patrick O'Neal and George Sanders. It was released in February 1970 by 20th Century-Fox.
The screenplay was co-written by Huston and Gladys Hill as a faithful adaptation of the novel by Noel Behn, who had worked for the United States Army's Counterintelligence Corps. Said by reviewers to be "beautifully" and "engagingly" photographed, the film is a highly complex and realistic tale of bitter intrigue and espionage set in the winter of 1969-1970 at the height of the US-Soviet Cold War. The Kremlin Letter was a commercial failure and thinly reviewed in 1970, but the film has gathered steady praise from some critics throughout the decades since its release. French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville called The Kremlin Letter "masterly" and "...saw it as establishing the standard for cinema." What a cast!!! Need to watch it again as it is filled with twists and turns and the malt didn't help my concentration, nor the lateness of the hour as it was 2:44 am when we said goodnight!
Hi everyone, Completion date is coming up next week for the loft and I just wanted to make sure that everyone has booked their appointments with Toews or the signing lawyer/notary in Penticton. If you haven't already, you should definitely get that booked as they will want you in sometime early next week. You go in and sign all of your paperwork and then we wait for the buyer to do the same. Funds are transferred for title on Thursday, Oct.5 and then keys handed over on the 6th. I'll be in touch with Chloe separately to handle the key exchange. Let me know if anyone has any questions. Your big pay day is almost here! Chris Naples
Hi Chris our lawyer's office is on top of this Thanks Corinne
Hi Gil, I've signed the document and now if you can just respond to me and my dad CC'd here for who to make the $5000 certified cheque out to and where to drop it off. Thanks Gil Chloë
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