At It Again!

The weather finally eased up enough for him indoors to finish the painting of the outside of our property.  As you all know, between rain showers, he was able to do all the front and the side.  This last week he finally finished the back. It was a big job but well worth doing.  That should last for a few years.

Now he has commenced decorating the bedroom.  Hang on I hear my long time readers say, did you not do the bedroom just a couple of years ago or less?  Yes, we did.  If you remember I chose the colours pale lilac and mint green and very nice it looked with matching lilac bedding and curtains.

However, through circumstances I have had to spend so much time in there this year.  I became sick and tired of it, thought I would scream if I had to keep looking at those lilac walls.  The green paintwork had discoloured.  It had been washed down a few times but made no difference.  I wish they would make a paint that would actually hold its colour and remain the same as the day you put it on.

Anyway, I happened to mention that I was so fed up with the colours and my lovely him indoors said that he would re-decorate for me.

I decided as it has been such a dismal year, to go for something really bright and sunny.  So the walls will be a colour called Pale Citrus.  Well, three of the walls already are. The paintwork will be Pale Chiffon which is a white with just a hint of yellow, not a brilliant white.  A new bedding set arrived this morning which is..................wait for it.............. chocolate and beige which has some yellow patterning on it.  I am waiting for a new yellow roller blind to arrive. 

This is a complete departure for me.  I have normally gone for quieter colours in the bedroom.  Originally it was pink, then blue, then lilac.  However, I wanted brightness.  I wanted something that lifted your spirits when you walked in there and something sunny to open my eyes to in the mornings.  As you know I have been through a very depressing time and still get very bad days because I still have a long time to wait to see if all my treatment has been effective.  The radiation burns I suffered were very bad which is a worry in itself as that can cause problems farther down the line.  My skin went almost black before it started peeling off.  I still have very dark patches in some places.

When the bedroom is done, I shall put a photo on.  However, you can imagine the mess we are in at the moment.  I keep all my books in there.  The bookcases have had to be emptied out and all the books are stacked in the hall.  It will give me a chance to go through them again.  I have kept some for many many years for sentimental reasons.  They are now so dog-eared and the pages so yellowed, they really should go. The dressing table had to be cleared so all my bottles and my mother's crystal tray and accessories are boxed up.

We simply do not have space to empty out the room completely which is the proper thing to do.  So the bed has to keep being pushed from one side to the other.  All a bit of a nightmare really but there is no alternative.

The worst thing is the smell of paint.  It is horrible sleeping in there are the moment.  If we had a camp bed I would sleep in the lounge but we do not and I am certainly not going to spend money on one just for a couple of days.

I have heard that putting a bowl of salt in the room helps with the smell.  Others say that you should cut an onion in half and place that in the room.  Both are supposed to absorb the smell of paint.  At one time you could buy a product called "Petal" which you tipped into the can of paint and it gave it a more flowery smell.  Apparently this is no longer available.  The assistant at the paint shop told him indoors to try adding a couple of drops of floral disinfectant.  We tried that - useless!  It would need a whole bottle I think and that would probably affect the paint.  The petal stuff used to be oily and I suppose clung to the paint but disinfectant is watery so will not do as good a job.

Do any of you have any tips that you know work?  If so, let us know please.

It has not been all work.  The boys have been over for a couple of days this week and what a joy to see them.  Yesterday Nathan did a picture for me and when I asked him what it was, he said........"a mess."  You can imagine how I laughed.

Here is a photo of my big man with our little man

Nathan is looking so happy because he is carrying a bag of goodies!  Grandy had taken him to the pick-and-mix sweet counter at our local supermarket.  Daniel cannot walk that far yet so he remained here.  But the minute they got back, Nathan, bless him, gave the very first sweet to Daniel and then carefully gave one to each of us before he had his own.

Oh well, back to the grind.  I suppose I had better start sorting some of those books out and making cups of tea for the worker.  I had hoped to sit in the garden today as it was forecast to be nice but it is very overcast with a chilly breeze.   Also I have got to put some lamb in the slow cooker for our evening meal.  Actually it will last us for two days.

Have a nice weekend dear friends and readers.