Well, if I do say so myself, Molly has excelled herself today! I had the lovely job of stripping wallpaper in our hallway . Don't you just love it when men ask you to find something and you spend half an hour looking for it, only to find that they found said thing two minutes after they asked you to look for it and then didn't tell you? Roberto (husband) had asked me to find the wallpaper stripping machine. I searched the house from top to bottom, only to find that he had located it in his shed two minutes after he had asked me, and then forgot to let me know....Grrrrr! Think I will lock him in his shed for a few hours (I will call it the naughty shed). Anyway, wallpaper is well and truly stripped now in our hallway. New plaster has been prepared for new wallpaper (see, I know all the builders' terms now). I have also made 20 cups of tea for Roy (builder) and Roberto, who are building an arch over our driveway. They couldn't feel their feet because it was so cold, so I even made a cauldron of home made soup for them. I have well and truly earned my glass of wine tonight.
We are going back to the carpet shop in Hull tomorrow to choose another stair carpet. The one we chose was too patterned and I don't want my house to look like an old lady house (sorry, old ladies!). God, that means I'll have to listen to Tony in the carpet shop droning on about what carpets Sarah Beeney chose for her Renovation Nightmares TV programme...AGAIN! It also means that the three Bandidos will be back here soon to fit the new stair carpet. Oh joy!
Our living room is slowly getting back to normal. I thought we might have to remove a window to get our sofa in the other night. It was a bit of a struggle but we managed it in the end (a bit of swearing was involved, as usual). Can't wait to make my living room look like Christmas magic.
Roberto's Libyan friend, Shaz, called in today (he big doctor man). He wanted to ask Roy and Roberto to do some work for him. Apparently Big Mike the builder/plasterer had quoted him £50,000 to build a two car garage (you're having a larf aren't you Big Mike?). Big Mike must have seen Shaz's big Mercedes and priced the job accordingly. Anyway, Shaz was admiring their work and told Roberto he liked our house so much that and he would give us his house in Hull (eeek!), his big Mercedes and 200 camels for it. I told him to "barter-off", or words to that effect. What the hell would we do with 200 camels anyway?
It's nearly wine o'clock, mes amis. Have a good weekend.
Roberto's Libyan friend, Shaz, called in today (he big doctor man). He wanted to ask Roy and Roberto to do some work for him. Apparently Big Mike the builder/plasterer had quoted him £50,000 to build a two car garage (you're having a larf aren't you Big Mike?). Big Mike must have seen Shaz's big Mercedes and priced the job accordingly. Anyway, Shaz was admiring their work and told Roberto he liked our house so much that and he would give us his house in Hull (eeek!), his big Mercedes and 200 camels for it. I told him to "barter-off", or words to that effect. What the hell would we do with 200 camels anyway?
It's nearly wine o'clock, mes amis. Have a good weekend.
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