Thursday 24 November 2011

Making Progress - At Last !!

Been rather busy this week but feel like I am making progress and getting things done finally. No overtime at work but that has allowed me to concentrate on doing my own stuff. Meals have been planned and organised well. Monday we had a pork joint which we also finished off on Tuesday. Whilst I was doing tea on Tuesday I cooked a cottage pie , which we ate yesterday and also cooked a chilli, which we are eating tonight. There is loads of chilli so if we have any leftover we can have it tomorrow with wraps that I cook on the George Foreman. The wraps are tasty and quick so can't go wrong. Yesterday and today I have knuckled down and gotten on with painting. Its a bit of a foxtrot around the upstairs as I have to paint an area, put the furniture back then start again somewhere else. Then whilst the paint is drying in our room I have done the same in my daughters room. Yesterday was first coat and I have done the second coat today. I have also done part of the landing. I have painted upstairs in magnolia and have got about half a tub of paint left plus another full one. At this stage I'm not sure if I am going to do downstairs in the same colour, whilst I have got the paint it could look at bit 'samey' but then again when the house is put up for sale , I will inevitably get knocked down in price so in some respects it doesn't seem worth the time/effort/cost to paint it a different colour. Its being repainted to sell,  not for us to live in and whilst certain colour schemes may be your taste its not everyone else's so I may play it safe and stick with the neutral colours.After painting all day it seemed second wind kicked in, so then I cleaned the bathroom, kitchen and hoovered all through and then went shopping afterwards. I got to bed and was exhausted. This afternoon I am going to sit down and have a look at the bank accounts and work out our expenses for December.

6 comments:

  1. Phew, you made me tired just reading it! Though my list for today is shaping up to be just as long. Just got back from 7 hours at work, then picked apples, next having a shower, baking scones, making dinner, visiting my Nana and learning how to knit, writing a blog post and then sleeeep! :)

    Chili wraps sound gooooood! :)

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  2. Lol, I'll probably be good for nothing over the next few days !! You sound busy :-)

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  3. Gosh! I dont know how you do it all! You must be exhausted.I agree with painting things neutral,viewers seem to prefer this.Not everyones taste ,but it does seem to make rooms feel bigger. Have a well earned restful weekend.love julie.xxxx

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  4. That sound like one very busy day!. I am feeling very tired reading about it!x x

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  5. That's a lot of work you've done! It's nice to feel busy getting things accomplished, doesn't it? My to do list is so long now I'm avoiding it! You've motivated me to at least get something productive done today!

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