Duck Egg Blue

Yep. Prep. Preppity-prep-prep-prep.

I’ve started on the decorating of the utility room, folks. And I’ve gone for Duck Egg Blue. I’m sure it’ll be nice – whenever I actually manage to slap some of it on the walls. In the meantime, there’s an awful lot of preparation to do before I get to the nice part of decorating where a new colour transforms a room.

So mostly it’s been clearing work surfaces; washing skirting boards, walls and the ceiling; rubbing down the woodwork; fillering the cracks; mopping the floor (don’t ask) and painting the ceiling. Woohoo! I did actually manage to get a lick of paint on one surface anyway.

The aim is to have it painted before the new work surfaces arrive next week. Fingers crossed I’ll find time to do it. I know it’s only a small room, but we seem to have a busy week ahead and gone are the days when I relished a packed calendar. I mean, if we’re busy, when am I going to find time for my nap?

John, meanwhile, spent the morning in bed and was finally geared up and ready to roll at about lunchtime. He spent a happy hour dealing with the paperwork for the quad bike which he sold the other day, and then dismantled the brand new clock that we had bought on Friday. Lovely clock. Large. Specially purchased so that John could easily see the time. The only thing is that the whole thing blends in with the room and the hands are very difficult to distinguish. So he’s painting the hands black…..

Next up, it was all the planning to bake Thomas’s cake for his first birthday. Seemingly now a Grandpa tradition. The contents of the baking cupboard were unearthed to establish exactly what was needed from the shops to complete the cake and then a trip to the shops to fill in the gaps.

Wonderful aromas soon emerged from the kitchen and in a very short space of time the cake was ready. Mmmm…..it’s going to be delicious. He’s just got to create the masterpiece now…..watch this space…..

We are looking forward to seeing Thomas on his birthday, at which time he will have had a couple of afternoons in nursery. Danielle goes back to work next week, and so he’s having two or three trial days. Ouch – painful, isn’t it, to wave your little one bye-bye at the nursery gate? I’m re-living the whole painful experience with them, as I have with each of the grandchildren. I’m such a softie.

And that’s us today. A good day all in all, even if we have worked our little socks off.

And the COVID figures for your delectation, just because I’ve started so I’ll finish….

• 10,633 people tested positive for the virus today
• 5 people died in the community in the last 24 hours
• 226 people were admitted to hospital with the virus
• And, seemingly, no deaths in hospitals – I am sure that will change by the time the data catches up tomorrow…..

Look after yourselves. God bless.