Last night, although Elizabeth and I were tired - we decided to push on and prepare the dining room for painting this morning. After a restless night and an early wake-up from Cleo - 4.30am - I fell back asleep and had horrible dreams, so at 7am when I awoke I wasn't in the best of moods.
Still it was a fresh day and a fresh start.
Today's achievements have been nothing but remarkable - Elizabeth and I began in the Dining room and powered through it, and while the first coat of paint dried in the dining room - we emptied the study - which I had only put back a couple of days ago. When the dining room was finished - it was on to the study and by 6pm both rooms had the ceilings painted and two coats of paint on all the walls.
I also want to acknowledge my family - to my Sarah who has kept Elizabeth and I watered - cold drinks on tap, today she made us a fresh beautiful cake and tidied up with Granny. To my Dad - thank you for working on the floorboards in Elizabeth and Sarah's cupboards - a left over chore from the last lot of laying. And to my Mom - thank you for supper - yummy mash potato and sausages - for the shopping, for the encouragement, for the tidying up and just for being you. To Matthew, please get better sweetheart - I am worried about you. (Matt is sick with the flu & has been for over a week).
So here are some photos of the day's progress.
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| Matthew out of bed for the first time in a week - pretending to help - a few hours later - he was back asleep |
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| Oh my goodness - wish I was getting ready for the Opera - at least I looked a little smarter! |
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| I think Elizabeth feels the same |
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| Our beautiful girl - baking a 'perfect' cake for morning tea |
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| Preparing the study for painting |
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Stripping off the border in the study
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| The lounge filled with furniture |
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| What - huh! - Not a great look - Sarah took this surprise photo of me - I love it |
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| Half way painted |
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| Looking like a skunk - smelling like one as well, after working in high humidity all day - great to be posting from bed - fresh and clean |
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| Final act for the day - sitting in the driveway washing the brushes and rollers - it will be a few days before we paint our bedroom. |
Thank you Elizabeth for your help: for the fun that we have had together: for the laughter we have shared: and for your hard work. You are an amazing young lady and I love you - you have a work ethic to be proud of, and you can achieve anything you dream or want - if these few days work are any indication of how you live your life.
Tomorrow we will put the house back together and then Elizabeth and I are heading to the movies. A deserved day of rest.
2 comments:
You're exhausting me....looks like fun though!
Julie it is fantastic - so clean and beautiful - don't want to stop, but need to think about the writing as well.
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