Passing Days!!!

I must say that this week is absolutely flying by. I feel like I have blinked and missed it.

Not an awful lot achieved yesterday on the decorating front as I was out at the docs in the morning and out to the pub last night to another party planning meeting with DDIL and her Mum. It was a lovely couple of hours.
I don't think Andy can get his head round coming home from work and finding his wife gone to the pub....lol.

Today I have some sanding to do before I paint the skirting boards which I thought were OK until I painted the dado rail. They are certainly not OK so that's an extra job to do.

Any form of catering this week has gone out of the window. Andy is getting something hot before he goes to work but DD and I are just eating very simply and not sticking to any kind of set meal time. I actually quite like it as I don't always feel like eating at dead on 5pm as Andy does.

It has rained through the night and the air is quite cool today which is great if I am going to be grubbing about on the floor.....ooooh me poor old knees.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Sheila-x-

A Brilliant Start To The Day!!!

I have just got back from the doctors and I am so happy.
After a week of worrying since my blood test my blood sugars have dropped by quite a lot and the weight is still coming off.
I now weigh the same as I did 46 years ago when I was 15.
I am over the moon.
There's still a little more to go but I am getting there.

Also getting there with the decorating.
The paper is now gone from the walls and they have been scrubbed and dried ready to be re-papered.
The dado rails have had one coat of paint and I will add another coat today.
Andy will remove the ceiling lights and paint the ceiling for me at the weekend but then work will probably come to a bit of a halt until after the bank holiday as Ruby will be coming for the week next week. DD will be away until Sunday on that weekend and then we are going to York on the Monday.
As long as it's done before Christmas I'll be quite happy...lol.

We're taking a bit of a break later today to go out and get some shopping done. The cupboards aren't quite bare but there are things we need.

What are you all up to today?
I hope it's a good one for you.
Sheila-x-

Still At It!!!

I am so sorry I haven't blogged over the weekend but oh my word removing this paper from the chimney breast wall is proving to be a long hard job.
I don't know what paste I used to put it up in the first place but it certainly isn't wanting to let go of the paper.
There is half of a section left to go which I hope to finish by the time Andy comes home tonight or way before if I can.
Once it's done I'll sand the walls and then wash them and that will be that out of the way.
I'll be glad when it's all finished but I think it's going to take longer than I thought.

DD has started her annual leave for two weeks and she has decided to decorate her bedroom as she picked up some paint yesterday....half price from Wilko and just the colour she wanted. You can't beat that.

So it's all go at Tea Towel Mansion today and for quite a while to come.

Hope you are all having a great day.
Sheila-x-

Blissful Rain!!!

It's been a fairly cool morning and we've actually had more than a quick shower of rain.
Now the temperature is rising again 😟

Today I am scraping wallpaper from the chimney breast wall. Usually I would use my steamer for this job but as I want to preserve the ceiling paper it's a spray bottle of warm water and washing up liquid and some extra elbow grease.
Once that's off I can gloss paint the dado rail and skirting board. I hate gloss painting with a passion so I'll be glad when that is done.

Not much else going off here today, tomorrow or Sunday.
Have you got anything exciting planned for the weekend?
Enjoy it whatever you are doing.
Sheila-x-

I Feel Like A Whirlwind!!!

Blimey....I thought this was supposed to be holiday week but we have been out racing about picking up decorating stuff.
Jenn...I forgot to answer your question about the paint colours.......above the dado rail will be Grey Whisper and below will be Touch of Silver. Both colours go beautifully with the wallpaper.

We also had a look in the big Barnado's shop as we are searching for a new armchair for Andy. He doesn't like his Ikea Poang chair but I have put my foot down that whatever he ends up with has to go with the new decor in the living room. I refuse to have just any old thing. 
Anyhoo no armchair but we did pick up a lovely little nest of tables for £10 and a really cute Chinese food service set in a box for £4.
Called at the pub for lunch on the way home and also booked a table for Sunday to meet up with The Doodles for lunch.

Home and the tables are polished and in situ, Andy has mowed the lawns and has now gone back to Barnado's to pick up a shoe storage unit (badly needed) that we couldn't fit in the car so that will need cleaning and sorting out when he gets back.
Once I have cooked tea for DD I think I shall collapse in a heap on the sofa.

I won't be doing my normal Friday clean up tomorrow as I will be doing prep work for the decorating and just making a mess again so it's not really worth it.

Sounds like he is back so I'll go and sort out this shoe cupboard.

Hope you're having a great day everybody.
Sheila-x-