Next Monday, we are having the painter back, to paint the living room. It should have been done in the summer, but other stuff got in the way.
This means clearing cupboards, shifting furniture, and some cleaning before he starts. All being well, he should be finished by next Thursday morning, ready for the new carpet to be put down soon after.
The only reason I mention this domestic drudgery is that I may not have the usual amount of time for my blogging routine.
So if I seem to have ignored your posts, forgot to comment on something, or missed thanking you for commenting on mine, that will be the reason.
The same applies to my current serial, Russian Sector. If the next episode is late, or doesn’t appear, don’t worry. It will follow on soon.
And if everything gets done on time in the house, you might not even notice much difference.
Best wishes to everyone as always, Pete.
Hope it all goes well, Pete.
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Me too, Jennie. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope Ollie will have a say too. ๐ Michael
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His job is to keep away from fresh paint. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sounds a little bit sad. ๐ Teagan’s cat Chrystal has been in the middle of the action, she wrote some weeks ago. Give animals a chance to become artists. ๐
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Don’t you hate it when real life gets in the way?
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John, I have to admit that I don’t do ‘upheaval’ at all well. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nor do I, Pete…I have a new roof about to be put on, and I cringe when I think about all of the disruption all around me…several weeks of it!
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I feel that pain, John!
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I hope you blog normally. I will miss you. I could tell you to schedule posts but you are Pete not someone else๐ btw how is ollie doing?
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I will still be around, just not at the usual times.
Ollie is OK, but his fur is taking a lot longer to grow back. The sores have gone, but he still has the bald patches. I will be updating about him this morning on the blog. x
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๐ญ๐ญ๐ญI will miss you so much. You should massage him with coconut milk on the furless parts. The fur will grow in no time or if not coconut milk then use aloe vera gel. Trust me it’s very effective. My aunt has a dog and in the sunny seasons it gets very hot and he gets rashes so they cut some fur but apply these things and it’s back in no time.
Doctor Suzan knows every problems’ solution. ๐๐๐๐
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Hope it all goes smoothly.
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Thanks, Peggy. We have used the painter before, and he was reliable last time. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Domestic drudgery is an apt description. I painted the entire interior of my house a few months ago. My go-to move was to wait until the wife was out, crank up the music, and zone out. Every once in awhile, I’d come back to reality and realize I’d finished another wall.
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Thanks, Pete. Because of Veritgo, I don’t actually have to paint the walls and ceilings. But I do have to get it all ready for the man I am paying to do that. My go-to move would be to go and stay in a hotel for a week, then come home when it is all done. ๐
Sadly, I cannot afford both.
Best wishes, Pete.
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What colour?
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It is called ‘Natural Hessian’. (Dulux) Very ‘neutral’, Janet. The carpet is ‘sort-of ‘mushroom’. (The darker bits)
Not that I had any say in the choice. After all, I am married. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Best of wishes for getting it painted on time. Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. Monday is ‘P-Day’ here. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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New carpeting? Manfred Kraus wants to know if Ollie carpet bombed the Johnson household.
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Fiction merging with real life now? It is even confusing me. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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We have the ‘decorating season’ in the winter and the ‘gardening season’ in the summer. Last year two rooms were plastered with much upheaval. I can’t be doing with the decorating season this year! I hope it goes well for you, Pete.
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Thanks, Stevie. I have delayed it for a number of years now. ๐
At least I don’t have to do the painting.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope it all goes well and without a hitch, Pete. I have had my fill of trades people for a while.
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I can imagine you have. Thanks, Maggie. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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It will be worth it once it’s over. x
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Thanks for that encouragement, Cindy. That’s what I keep telling myself. ๐
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I hope all the work goes according to plan, Pete. I am currently nursing a painful mouth after having a decayed molar removed, but it had to be done. Cheers, Jon.
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At least I didn’t have to have a tooth out, Jon. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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I should hope not! At least a recommended diet of soup & ice cream for the next 2 days is some compensation……. ๐ Cheers, Jon.
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Best of luck with the upheaval, Pete
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Thanks, Sue. I have never been that good at dealing with such things, but it should all be over by the end of this month.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good to know for I was going to ask today if everything is alright…..good luck with the painting….chuq
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Thanks, chuq. I was late to the blog yesterday after spending most of the day chipping ice off a freezer in the shed. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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I just got back from MoMo’s walk it is 19 degrees….and for here that is damn cold….LOL chuq
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It’s good exercise to do yourself – or would that be likely to lead to a even greater domestic upheaval?
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I can’t do much up ladders or steps these days, David. Vertigo kicks in, and I get too dizzy. It is also preferable not to be told “you missed a bit”. ๐
I will get my exercise walking Ollie in the mud.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ha ha it doesn’t sound like drudgery or upheaval someone else is doing the work , but I’ll grant you it’s inconvenience.
Nonetheless I believe it may well inspire your writing , to much comfort puts our mental faculties to sleep.
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Thanks, FM. Sadly, vertigo stops me doing anything up ladders these days, so I have to pay someone else. I know it makes it all a lot easier, but I have never been good at dealing with ‘inconvenience’. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hope it’s warm enough for you to open windows- nothing worse than the smell of paint permeating through the house. See you when you get back
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Thanks, Cathy. It will be cold I expect, but we will open the windows anyway. I am still around, just not so regularly from next Monday. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hope it goes well, Pete. The carpet fitters managed to chip off some of the new paint when we had ours done and I had to get the painter back to touch it up again. The carpet people paid for the half day he had to come back so all ended well but there was a lot of bad language in between!
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It’s always a decision between painting first or carpets first, Mary. At least if we have the carpet laid once he has finished, we won’t get any paint on it. ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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That was our thinking, too – and the carpet fitters’ recommendation ๐
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Organisation is the key to speed and efficiency! Hope it all goes smoothly!
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Organisation, speed, efficiency.? This is me we are talking about. I am still crippled from sitting for hours on the floor of the shed yesterday, defrosting a freezer that looked like the South Pole! ๐
Best wishes, Pete.
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Shouldnโt laugh really, but I am ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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