Monday, November 02, 2015

NaBloPoMo 2 Toys

Today I drove to Saunderton to help run some training. Driving through the thick fog was hard. It's so tiring, and I was so tired, it was a struggle to stop nodding off. Made it there and back safely thank goodness.

Tom had made swordfish and roasted veg in a butter and lemon sauce. Absolutely delicious. I am so spoiled.

1 curtain hemmed tonight. Working up the nerve to take down the big curtains AGAIN to hem them. Such hard work. Might change the sheets instead.

The prompt for today is about the coveted toys of friends from childhood. I can't think of anything obvious. I wanted one of those Girls World heads you could do the hair and makeup on. Love doing other people's hair. Need to decide on a style for the big party I'm going to in a few weeks. I quite liked this one from James Bond night.

Sunday, November 01, 2015

NaBloPoMo 1 - Here we are again

Hello team,

Back to a month of posting everyday. Let's see how I do this year.

Today I slept in and missed church - that's the problem with a 9am service when you have a sleep debt. Tom and I had a leisurely breakfast of scrambled eggs and sausages and then cracked on with housework and DIY.

First it was off into town to get more curtain interlining and plumbing supplies.The living room curtains are now done bar hemming, and the first of the new radiators are in.




Tom also worked on moving some pipes in the middle bedroom.

Here's how we're doing with the rest of the house. The hall has had the wallpaper stripped, and a skim of new plaster, and the bathroom is all done bar a window sill. The middle bedroom has been taken back to the brick and had new plasterboard and skim, and is now part way through the decorating. We've got a couple of days off this week where I'll try and finish the wood work and reinstall it.

Newly skimmed hall.



Finished bathroom






Choosing the colours for the hall - we're going for Dulux Rope Swing 

Look no wallpaper!



Our carpet choice for the landing and stairs.

Partially decorated middle bedroom




When the middle bedroom had no plaster at all!



Books glorious books...

Help there's a spare room in my bedroom








James Bond evening



















When you've done something twice it's tradition right? 3 years later we're dressed up again and this time enjoying Jamaican food with our martinis and poker. Always fun going to the cinema in your evening best

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Sometimes you meet someone

Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level belong together. As lovers, or as friends, or as family, or as something entirely different. You just work, whether you understand one another or you’re in love or you’re partners in crime. You meet these people throughout your life, out of nowhere, under the strangest circumstances, and they help you feel alive. I don’t know if that makes me believe in coincidence, or fate, or sheer blind luck, but it definitely makes me believe in something.

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