Change is in the air….

Not only is the weather on the change – turning from hellish temperatures to more reasonable ones today – but things are afoot at home, turning hellishly old-fashioned and worn-out décor into something more reasonable.

Obviously, there’s still much ado with the dining room, but that wasn’t it today. Today it was the turn of the bedroom. I was bold and ordered a new bedroom carpet a week or so ago, which has now arrived in the showroom and is pencilled in for fitting next Thursday.

We were delighted to hear that the guys from the shop would move the furniture and take away the old carpet for us before the fitting. That would save a lot of work for us, wouldn’t it? Possibly…….

Thinking ahead, I planned to paint the skirting board before the new carpet arrived. And what does that entail? Ha! Moving the furniture, of course! In order to have fluff-free paint I need to cut back the edge of the existing carpet by an inch or two. Hmmmm….

So that was me, this afternoon, emptying chests of drawers and then shifting them and their contents into other rooms. Nearly there, just a couple more to go. And then there’s the bed, of course. Wonder how we’re going to get on shifting that? I am sure it’ll be all fine…..

The dining room is still at the bare wall, newly-plastered state of affairs, of course, with the emulsioning being held off until the cornice is fitted. It would be wonderful if the cornice was fitted before the new cupboards arrive, so that I can paint the walls and ceiling and not drip it all over the brand new fixtures. But is it likely to happen? Perfect timing? Fingers crossed, but I’m not holding my breath.

However, I did manage to treat the horrible knots in the wood surrounding the windows and doorway today, so that’s one step in the right direction. Tally-ho!!

John was still faffing about with his car and doing a lot of thinking today. Every piece he touches seems to present a problem and he’s got to find the part from some dealer or other on the internet, or he’s got to make it from scratch in his man-shed at the bottom of the garden. And it’s exhausting – thinking – isn’t it?

We also spent a little bit of time fiddling about with the solar panel set-up today. The alarm on the system kicked off again, so there we were, crawling into the loft once more, and on the phone to a disembodied voice advising us what to do….. Managed it, but we’re waiting to talk to the battery people to find out why it keeps bleeping at us. That’ll be one for next week probably.

So there we are, a change is as good as a rest, they say. I am sure they didn’t mean this sort of change though – ‘cos we couldn’t half do with a rest! Still, it’s mostly our choice, so can’t complain.

On another note: it’s all getting expensive, isn’t it? You know, the things you normally buy but don’t think about too much. A spot of shopping now seems to regularly cost me £35 instead of the £20-£25 I used to spend. And petrol? Nearly had a heart attack filling the Eos up today!

Take care everyone. God bless.