BE GONE~!

A few years ago, I put some tape on the front door frame, and wrote 'PARCELS HERE PLEASE' on it.

So that parcels would be left out of sight from the road at our front door.

Come time to put the house on the market, and a few weeks into it, I thought "Hmmm, I might take that tape off".

And there started 'the problem'.  The damn tape would NOT come off, I tried prising a little edge up to pull it off... nope. That little edge just broke off.

ABOVE:  OMG.  What a mess.  I tried various ways to get it off easily, but nothing worked.  So I put it in the 'too hard basket', and just left it.

But it kept bugging me, cos I knew it wasn't a good initial view as people came to our door.

So yesterday, while killing time before my dental appointment, I decided to make a concentrated effort to get that goddam tape off.

ABOVE: By then I had ascertained that the edge of a sharp knife would do the job, albeit very slowly.  VERY SLOWLY.  It took me just over two hours of carefully scraping it, teeny tiny sliver at a time... but I did it!

I cleaned off the residual glue with Meths... and boom:

ABOVE:  Dancing with JOY!  I did it.  I was so chuffed with myself for persevering with it.

Good job DONE.

It's sometimes the small things that make ya day.  Don't forget that. 😌😊😉

Moving on to today.

Sadly, we have to attend a family funeral in Thames.  My Uncle Dave (on my Father's side) passed away last week, so we shall attend his service in Thames, and catch up with some relatives I've not seen in many years. 

I shall probably check out the local Thames fabric shop while there, might as well try and have a positive in an otherwise sad day.

12 noon. Safely in Thames.

I admit it... first stop was the local fabric shop, where I found some neat Kiwiana fabrics. She had HEAPS of Kiwiana fabric that I'd never seen before!

ABOVE: We are now having lunch at a Kebab place before heading to the church service for my Uncle.