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23. Yeah, I wouldn't know how to keep busy w/o rehab

The house, I mean - the house! My own estimate as well as the Amish contractors I use gave the place no more than a few years before it would've been beyond repair. At least with all the time in between projects, I'm saved from possible haste-makes-waste.

Since such a major undertaking sucks up so much $, even with the Amish, I've continued indulging my recycle habits. The arbor out front is made from pieces of metal I picked up when the town used to conduct twice-yearly major cleanup days. I hung a little sign on my "new" arbor announcing that it was the future home of trumpet vines. Thank goodness the winds didn't knock it over before the vines grew big and strong enough to keep it upright. When I see something interesting curbside that's plainly visible, my first reaction is always "What can I make with that?"

Actually, I dread the prospect of nothing to do, because staying busy is the only way I can keep out of trouble and therefore out of jail.