Posts Tagged ‘diy’

Warm fuzzies

24Feb09

Two good things this month brings are flowers and pancakes; really, what more do you need!? A huge bouquet was sheepishly carried in to the house by my hubby on the friday evening before Valentine’s day, and the flowers are still going strong now. They are thirsty little blossoms, but very pretty – he chose [...]


Snow? Tick. Coffee? Tick. Lack of anything worth watching on tv? Pretty much “tick”. So is the bracket for the shiny new tv now installed on the wall of the living room..? Nope.
Things fell into place in a rather spooky way, starting with a deluge of snow overnight sunday – 5 whole inches! Since it [...]


Dust bunnies

01Feb09

Another month, another cold spell. Trying to beat the weather at its own game, I decided to clean out Pepper & George’s house this afternoon before the predicted snow fell. The weather won; but despite being barely able to feel my fingers, I managed to get a few quick snaps of the bunnies and hens [...]


Surprise…

17Apr08

Got another wall painted today – 3 creamy, 1 blue – so I guess I’m halfway there. The room will probably sit there for weeks now before I can bring myself to finish it!
Oh, and the courier? He came yesterday!
And refused to take the table.
Bollocks.


If you ask people to list their Least Favourite Things To Do, I’m fairly sure waiting in all day for a courier will be up there near the top – perhaps just beaten by waiting in all day for a courier that doesn’t turn up. Welcome to my tuesday.
It wasn’t all bad. As I had [...]


I’m all skippy about:

The weather – loving those perfectly chilly blue-skied sunny mornings!
Finishing Memoirs of a Geisha. I borrowed it from Emma too long ago to admit, but I think she’ll forgive me. It was good, I’m going to feel a bit lost without it.
Redecorating the so-called office. Started painting it today and can’t wait [...]