But the time has come and seemingly most of the house now needs decorating and it's time to grab the paint charts by the scruff of the neck ( okay , mixed metaphors ).
So I set about my own room on Saturday and by Sunday evening it was done , new curtains , painted walls , glossed woodwork , cushions made from old curtains and just the flooring to buy. Flooring bought on Tuesday , laid that evening , hoovered , all done & dusted.
Then to the bathroom, I spent 3 hours washing down the floor to ceiling tiles thoroughly , scrubbed the floor & bleached stuff that could be bleached. And was going to paint the ceiling today , but oh no , here come the procrastinators :
" You can't do it now , it won't be dry enough when I have my shower" AARRRGGGHHH !!
But if I try to do it in the morning the bathroom is still damp for morning showers !!
So guess when I am doing it , after everyone else has gone to bed. No chance of them having showers then !! Yes I am very , very stubborn.
After that only the kitchen , lounge and hallway to do this year ......
The hallway is usually the only place that Dad actually helps decorate because he has devised this wooden planks plus ladders , plus imminent danger system for painting the stairwell which nobody else dares to try out.
But as he is now over 70 he has conceded that hiring a scaffolding platform would be a good idea so it means that I can actually do it !!
I don't mind doing home and garden improvements at all and I have tried a few different things. I've designed a pond area and laid paving , the paving several times as Mum likes to redesign the garden quite often , general digging out of trees with big shovels , pick axes and saws as well as bricklaying and various things with a drill.
Inside I can hang wallpaper , paint , lay flooring , basic woodwork and Ikea flat pack furniture building (the mere word Ikea makes Dad go faint & sick !). The only things I won't attempt are electrics (but , yes I can wire a plug & change a fuse) , gas or water as I quite like being alive.
I have used hedge trimmers , sanders , drills , loppers , and have got my own stash of screwdrivers & pliers. Beware if you lose one of my screwdrivers , I won't be happy. And no , they are not girly pink tools ! It actually annoys me that manufacturers think that women need their tools to be pink in order for them to be used , possibly other colours are too garish for our delicate eyes !
I also love going round diy places. The smell of new cut wood is one of my favourites and I do like surprising the male assistants by actually knowing some of what I am talking about !! I wear an old t-shirt & tracksuit trousers with the bum half hanging out of them for decorating or my pyjamas. The t-shirt has been washed many times but still bears the residue of all the paint colours that we have had in the house for about 10 years and yes I have been to the diy places wearing this stylish combo (no not the pyjamas , I'm not totally mad !).
So when you are all tucked up in your beds tonight I will be balanced on some steps giving the bathroom ceiling a coat of white emulsion and the doors a splash of gloss , this girl certainly knows how to live !! xxx
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