Top 10 Setbacks in Renovation (and blogging) this month

1. my job.

2. the partners I work for at my job.

3. clients I work for at my job.

4. certain projects of work at my job.

5. smoke damage to whole house after burning pot of (exquisite, both pot and stock) homemade duck stock after leaving pot on stove while out for brunch with friend.

6. washing by hand every corner of my house and every item in it in order to remove smoke residue.

7. funeral for stockpot.

8. trip to emergency room to extract wood splinter from husband's eye which got lodged there as a result of husband performing plumbing feats while not wearing goggles (handily nearby in tool chest) despite fact that has done this exact thing and suffered this exact injury 4 times before because won't wear goggles.

9. crying jag because life = unfair.

10. oh, and my job.