A bit of everything!

Well, here I am back again after my mammoth painting session of last week and at the weekend, painting the hall, all by myself.

OK, it's not a big hall, actually quite a small space, which most certainly doesn't boast a gloriously high ceiling area either.  Yet still I had to get out the middling step ladder and His highest work bench to reach the ceiling for, and I believe I've already mentioned, I'm  really quite short, so to reach the  wall-ceiling area I had to stretch up on my toes.  Phew, for that meant holding onto whatever I could to steady myself....for I'm not at all happy with the idea of going above my comfort zone.

So the hall painting was more an exercise in fear control, rather like when I tried to regain my bicycling legs!  But upwards and onwards and once I'd got over my fear of heights, I really began to enjoy the work. Of course, quite a good deal of paint in spots, drips, splashes and splodges soon bedecked the uncarpeted floor, and me as well, but the sense of elation and satisfaction from doing the work was reward enough in itself.

I can't wait to paint again...have even suggested  to the dear SO that I could do  a course in painting and decorating, you know, just to be ready for the next paint job that comes my way. He naturally just laughs at me and promises there will be plenty of painting somewhere up ahead of us.  But how, when and where??

And today we've been buying tiles for the kitchen walls and behind the hob; looking at curtains - a door curtain this time which,  hopefully, will keep out the noise of people walking up and down the stairs to the properties above us.  This for Alice, who's never lived in a flat before for,  already, she looks unhappy whenever we're in the property.

This afternoon we were trying out a whole variety of beds from hard to soft and the very softest one was absolutely heavenly.  We have a good bed at the moment but feel we need a new one for our new home.....mmmmmm well, hopefully.  I'd not had so much fun for ages, bouncing up and down on the softest bed imaginable.  What a lark!

And curtains?  Well we've chosen the curtains for our sitting room, lovely rich wine coloured ones which, I have to confess, were rather His choice, for although I loved the richness of the colour, I was of the opinion it would overwhelm its surroundings.  But hey ho,  we're set now and, because of that, I've been able to choose scarlett gingham cafe style curtains for the kitchen where I no they'll look gorgeous!

And...at complement the  gingham, I've chosen a very pretty scarlett wooden clock to sit in the "quirky" antique corner of the kitchen, along with the blackboard and, hopefully, some lovely wooden mug racks I have my eye on?


My children and I are already into swapping Christmas present ideas and sending out Amazon Wish Lists to each other and, my goodness me, the days will pass by all too quickly.  But, don't we all just love our seasonal festivities?

Cheerio for now

Daisy xxx