theNines, A Love Story.

I n the last couple weeks I've had a number of small maintenance issues at the shop. I fancy myself capable of doing some of it but it seems to me that if I wait just long enough, Joan Martodam, a local carpenter (The Wood Woman Carpentry, 306-883-8826. She's done a lot of work around my house and is responsible for the beautiful renovation the salon underwent two summers ago) will be in for a hair appointment and while she's here, Taylor and I can pretend we don't know how to fix something and, fed up with our whining, fixes it for us. I guess I have ulterior motives to making sure her hair appointments are pre-booked every six weeks but if you happen upon her, don't tell her I said that. Last week when a friend popped in to bring us some mid-day ice cream, he pulled the handle off the screen door. Even though we  insisted  (kind of) that it was already loose, he insisted on walking three doors down to the hardware store to get a new one and instal it for us. W...