SO PROUD

 

ABOVE:  I am still in awe of our gorgeous fence!

And I'm so proud of it... one: for me designing it, and two: for Steve building it for us, with Stew's help of course.

It really was a family effort, with Me, Lacy and Bex pitching in to help with the hard work of painting it too.

Sometimes we get a bit complacent with what's around us.  A couple of nights ago I really NOTICED the fence again, with the setting sun behind it.  It's just beautiful and unique.

I really, really love this home of ours.  I hope we can stay here for many, many years.

Now, as for what I'm getting up to today?

I MIGHT go for an FBG walk over in Cambridge.  That will all depend on how I feel when I get up.  If I go, I will have to leave by 8.30.

Later on today I will be doing a little packing, as Stew and I are going to Tauranga tomorrow for the weekend.

It is our friend Jacqui's 50th Birthday, and she's having a get together tomorrow night in town.  So, a good reason to have a weekend over in the Bay.

We shall be staying the night at a Motor Camp, I've booked us an en suite Cabin. I'm really looking forward to getting away for a couple of days.  We need the break.

So, I've been very slowly putting a FEW paintings back on the walls, for now.

I'm not painting the interior of the house until next summer, so decided to hang my favourite paintings back up.

Yesterday afternoon I put my collection of 'WE HAVE LIVED HERE' paintings back on the hallway wall.

But, instead of all in a row, as I've done in the past, I thought I'd put them in a tight group, thus taking up less room.

ABOVE:  I have to say, I'm rather chuffed with how they look.  I also, for the first time, added the dates under each painting, to show how long we lived there.

I am thinking of getting the (WAY above) fence photo printed onto canvas and use it as our new HAMILTON picture.  Who thinks that's a good idea?

Or should I get some other 'iconic' Hamilton (scene) painting instead?

Right, I'm going to get up and see how I feel.  If I feel OK.. I'm off walking.

8 am:  and walking is a big, fat NO.  My back is killing me this morning!  I'm sure it's often down to how I sleep, what position.  My back hasn't been this sore in a while in fact.  Mid AND lower pain... so I'm going to take some pain killers and just slowly plod on with some household jobs this morning.

I should be right by this afternoon.

1.50 pm:  Oh my gosh, it's been a really busy morning.

Lacy came over and we went to Spotlight and got NEW curtain tracks.  The brackets for the old, existing tracks just would not hold up.  Grrrrrr.  Such a waste of time yesterday, driving around hunting them down.

ABOVE:  DONE!  Finally got curtains back up.  I've missed them.

I know they will have to come down at the end of the year when we do the painting, but over winter, I definitely wanted them back up.

After the curtain fiasco, I headed off to do some business, post some stuff off and so on.

Then I grabbed some lunch and came home.

I'm damn tired!  I had to spend over 40 minutes in the bloody post office, I ended up standing in the queue four times!  FOUR BLOODY TIMES!

1. Fill out this form and come back.

2. Here's your receipt, now fill out this form.

3. Here's your receipt, now go back and fill this out in CAPITALS thanks.

4. Here's your next receipt, and 10 cents change.

Leave, with steam coming out my ears.  😖😡😤 

Going to the Post Office is a massive peeve of mine.  It's always a mission.

This afternoon, first migraine for the year.  Felt sick as a dog, lay on the couch for 3 hours.  Didn't help at all.

Finally starting to feel better and it's 8.18 pm.

Stew made his own dinner tonight.

He had chicken and salads in  Pita Bread Pockets.

I had some marshmallows!  

Now that I'm feeling a bit better, I groomed the dogs ears/tails.  OMG what a job.  I don't know how they get them so knotted sometimes.  But, it's a good job done.

I'm now going to relax, maybe have a small dinner?  Catch ya tomorrow.