For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 14, 2022

Well, start another project

so hard to let an acquaintance you’ve just met go

Hard to miss the tension between these two. Notice the way she says, “We”, when she really means “I”. So romantic, if only she wasn’t married.

Awww.

Never heard of a “wainscot” before.

A handy man is a good man to have around. Maybe she can get the kitchen remodeled soon.

Lynn’s Comments:

We actually became great friends with our contractor who continued to do beautiful work for us for many years.

Wainscot?

In my remodeling days I actually met friends I still have ( and a few people I’d rather forget).

the company would be something to miss after the work is done.

BTW, did the Pattersons get a permit to build an extension?? I don’t know how it is in Canada, but in the US, building an extension without a government permit can land a homeowner a prison sentence.

I don’t know anyone who still has wallpaper

Romantic…you think?

Awwwww, nice one Elly. Tip him and show you really mean it.

We started our remodel just prior to the Wuhan Red Death. 2 years on it’s just getting finished.

Wall paper? What year was this first published? It would be interesting to see sales figures for wallpaper over the last 30-40 years.

But- – Glad you will be gone.

Tomorrow,The Three Stooges arrive with the wallpaper.

Off topic, but has anyone else noticed the delay when posting a comment? I found out the hard way why. They have created a list of words they won’t allow to be posted and are checking the comments for those words. I got a warning to edit my comment but they won’t say which words are off limits.

As a contractor the greatest compliment we received was a young boy crying when the addition was complete. The woman let him “help” us when it was safe to do so. Such a nice family and such a nice kid. Who knows, maybe he’s building homes himself now. I also made a couple of good friends.

Hard to believe a contractor would be missed, but Mr. Gauthier actually did a good job, as opposed to his j@ck@$$ crew.

Still a problem on Breaking Cat News.

Not.

Seems you’d put the wallpaper on first?

I would say, since he calls her “Madame”, she’d use M’sieu (or M’sieur for purists) rather than Mr. At least that’s what we did where I grew up.