UP IN THE AIR ON MY HANDS AND KNEES

After a couple of years of neglect I decided yesterday that I really must do something about the kitchen ceiling. Of course in the old days Mick would have taken one look at it and almost by magic a fresh coat of white paint would appear. Many's the winter I would come home from work and find Mick (sometimes he would have quiet work periods during the winter) had painted one of the a ceilings or the bathroom; he was really good like that....he loved painting and decorating so much that he never thought of it as a chore when he did it at home.

Now the job's going to be down to me. I had a good teacher but I know I won't find it as easy and quick a job as he did. But I digress; the kitchen ceiling looked awful....decidedly brown rather than white! So rather than go for a paint job I thought I'd give it a clean. So out came my hop-up steps, sugar soap and elbow grease and wow! what a difference it's made...it's now a pale shade of fawn.....LOL. I may get away with it a bit longer before the paint roller has to come out!

Of course having dripped water on the floor I realised how dirty that was. It used to get a regular cleaning when Mick had his kitchen/showers but now it just gets a quick mop now and then. So down on my hands and knees I went, scrubbing brush at the ready and I would almost let a dog eat it's dinner off it now............ It made me realise how much I'd got out of the routine of housework over the last couple of years when more important things were taking up my time. I'll never be a Domestic Goddess;

our home's a HOME not a show piece; but now there's only ME to blame any mess on so I have no excuses!

Talking of being up in the air; Talj asked if I could take some overhead photos of the garden so she could see how it had changed since her visit....................

We had a beautiful sunset last night and although rain is forecast it looks quite nice outside so I'm off to town as it's Market Day. It seems we are forecast a HOT, HOT weekend.......that'll do for me......I do hope the forecasters are right.