Day Forty-Three

Doors and bathrooms have been high on the agenda today.  Getting the bathroom bits and bobs sorted just takes ages.  Glad to report I’ve ordered tiles, loos and a sink today.  Good.

The doors upstairs need to be chosen.  Ideally I would get exactly the same as the downstairs doors made to match but that would be pricey and every penny counts at this stage of the regeneration.  There is a search on for the best match to the downstairs doors, off the shelf as it were, we’ll see how it goes.  The other door issues involve choosing where the new door in the front bedroom will be and whether the old bathroom door will do size regulation wise – the good news is it will be fine, phew.

The plasterers have been doing their stuff above the stair, they had an elaborate plank, ladder and baton scenario to reach all the way up there beside my lovely skylights.  There is another smooth and delightful curve at the top of the stairs, it looks superb.

looking up from the bottom of the stair
looking up from halfway up the stairs

That’s all folks, off to play with my new gadget.  It does begin with an ‘i’.

Day Forty-Two

Well, today has been one full of emotion.  I woke up to find the garden white and gorgeous.  My Mum always said that it snowed on the day she took me home in Glasgow, all those years ago, so it’s not the first time we’ve had snow when it’s meant to be springtime.

snow  for my birthday
snow for my birthday

It has been a very sad day because I said goodbye to someone who has known me since that time and has been in my life ever since. His funeral was today and my love goes out to Sister Agnes and family.

When we got home from the Toon my lovely family cheered me up with a very funny cake.  Not our usual style but very well received.  Back to house news tomorrow.

cake 001