On holiday…

I’m on holiday. Have you missed me? Sorry I’ve not written. They don’t allow computers in the asylum. Actually, I’ve been painting my bedroom. Yesterday was the prep work including stripping wallpaper and “masking” the woodwork, and then priming the bare walls. Today we painted the ceiling and walls. Ceiling white, walls a lovely shade of green. We moved the furniture around the room and tomorrow I’ll touch up any bits of wall I missed whilst painting.

Tomorrow I also plan to begin working on the “troll cave,” otherwise known as the basement.

Some holiday, eh? Thursday and Friday, I plan to “play” meaning shopping, eating out, seeing a film. Gonna see “WALL-E”, which my brother says is great. Saturday… not sure yet what I’ll do. Hoping to do some reading as well. I’m reading Jeffrey Deaver’s “Lincoln Rhyme” series. Fantastically creepy and well written. Hoping the Library has “The Coffin Dancer” which is the second in the series.

Gotta go. The Head Nurse insists I get to bed so she can lock down the ward. See you on the other side, mates!

The past 2 days…

The past two days have been spent:

1. priming wood trim
2. painting (same) wood trim
3. running errands
4. answering phone calls
5. answering emails
6. getting a very good hair cut
7. reading about how badly I eat
8. wanting to improve my eating habits
9. watching “Ben Hur”
10. being tired

Also my orange cat “Bofur” has gotten into the habit of jumping up on my shoulders whilst I’m sitting at the table.  Love or dormiation?  Only HE knows for sure.

Catching you up

For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve a bit of explaining to do.  For those of you who DO know me, just hold on, I’ll get back to it.

One of my mates bought a house.  Not just any house.  He bought one of the thousands of foreclosed homes in the United States.  Ben bought his home, complete with two other buildings, a sizable lot, and a river view for 1/3 it’s original value!  BUT, and there is always a but, innit?  The house was completely trashed inside and needed a new roof immediately.  Even with all of that against it, with all of us (3 of us total) doing most of the work ourselves, the house is a real bargain.  Because the house is currently on a busy highway and considering the state of the home interior, the value of the property had plummeted.   Here’s the real cool thing….  the currently busy highway is to be bi-passed by a new 4 lane highway a mile distant and Ben’s property will be on a scenic highway along a winding river!  How brilliant is that?  His investment should only increase in value.  The place used to be home to 3 people and 3 pit bull dogs.  The dogs scratched and chewed the interior doors and in the end, one had been left behind and had finished off the already grime filled carpets.  It was truly nasty.  Ben bought the place in late October 2007 and it is nearly finished.  We’ve worked very hard on it.   That is where I was painting yesterday, bumping my head on ceilings, etc.  Just thought you’d like to know.

I’m going to finish my lunch now.  I’m having a sandwich of smoky ham on pumpernickel bread with an orange cookie for pud.  Scrummy!