Another Week Bites the Dust

 Apart from the off/on/off/on work in the downstairs bathroom  not a lot happened. No one turned up Thursday so I rang up Again............. " having trouble sourcing a small enough pedestal or wall hung basin"........WHAT, come on, this is 2018 - anything and everything is source-able surely. No one turned up Friday either so I rang up AGAIN " should be delivered here Monday will get it fitted first thing Tuesday as long as it arrives on time". Oh good, once that done the bathroom is finished.

Meanwhile I washed some flower pots, went swimming and shopping and the boiler got serviced - another thing done before winter. Heating oil was ordered and I bought a new washing up bowl and washing basket - I really know how to treat myself!

Weeding two of  the vegetable beds  was done early in the week while the sun shone - it soon got a bit too warm and I retired inside to finish a book.  This author has written dozens of books and this one combines characters from two of her series to solve the disappearance of a student 20 years ago. A quick easy read.

I went to Small WI one evening to hear a really good speaker, although she didn't speak much but got us all making a flower brooch from ribbon.  Originally from Australia she always wanted to make hats but was persuaded by her very conventional Australian/Greek parents to become an architect. Then she came here to work and met her English teacher husband, had 3 children and then eventually realised her dream and went on art and  millinery courses to learn the hat making craft.  Her business is called  "Madge Hatter" and she works with a friend who does hair and make up to create wonderful hats, fascinators  and tiaras for brides and bridesmaids and anyone else who wants something unique . She was very funny and delightfully OTT....... She told us she once wore a tiara to go to a quiz night at her children's school. Just because!
This is my rather poor copy of what she made - took her a few minutes - took the rest of us all evening! It has a brooch pin on the back.

T'was a bit windy mid-week............  Daughter and Florence popped over for a couple of hours and I worried in case there were trees down on their way home.

Cooked a meal for Col's brother one night and got him to demonstrate using the drill so I could finally get pictures up in my bedroom. I was so excited to finally learn a new skill. For 38 years I held the hoover pipe while Col drilled the hole, should have learned years ago. Brother in law said there would be no stopping me now, I'll be drilling holes everywhere!........... I hope he is exaggerating.

 This is my bedroom and the corner where the big ugly shower was. No one will ever know now..........note the baskets on top disguising the fact that the coving is missing!
New grey carpet instead of nasty old  dark pink. Nice light walls instead of the beige/pink dull paint previously. And a picture I stitched AND HUNG myself - whoop!

 One of the reasons for loving this house is  that the living room, kitchen and two of the bedrooms have what the Estate Agents like to call "double aspect". The double aspect from my bedroom is  a view west of the workshop and fields

 and a view North of part of the garden and garage

The weather forecast for the weekend is mixed so I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet. Hope you all have a good weekend with interesting things happening.


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Sue