EMPTY THEM ALL

 Today I am making a start on a BIG JOB.

We have the painter arriving on Monday, so I have to empty all the cabinets in the lounge, the houses, blue glass etc.  Everything has to come off the walls, furniture needs to be placed in the middle of the room and so on.

The painter, Johnny,  is doing the lounge/dining/kitchen rooms first, so that's what I will be doing for the next few days.

Lacy is coming on Sunday to help with the furniture moving.  I might need to rope in Steve as well, cos our lounge suite is VERY VERY HEAVY.  I'm thinking they will need to be taken apart to move.

Back to today though, I will work on the ornaments and paintings etc.

I am going to set up some trestles in the garage to put a lot of stuff on... which means no sewing for the next little while.  *sigh*

It is Black Friday.  Are ya superstitious?  I'm not.

ONWARD...

OMG it is so humid this morning!  I'm sweating buckets.... but getting my jobs done.

I've got the Britto Cabinet empty, and am about to start on the 'dining room' cabinet next.  I've taken down the bigger paintings as well, and will get all the other stuff down later on as well.

I have spent a bit of time pondering the weight loss journey I've been on FOREVER... and wondered if any of you can remember my 'BEFORE' photo?  Way, way back in 2003?

Refresher, not just for you, but for me too:

ABOVE:  In fact, my heaviest was 130, but I lost a couple of kilos BEFORE going to Weight Watchers, lol.  It is good to look back sometimes, to know that while I've gone up and down over the past 20 odd years, I have always kept trying.

I am proud of that.  And I'm feeling really positive right now.  

I am NOT trying to get back to 67 kilos, but at least a healthy weight. 

Alright, enough waffling, back to it.

* Looking at that photo (above),  my face says it all eh?  That was the ONLY time in my adult life I had 'short' hair as well.  I'd cut it all off due to how I was feeling I think... down and out.  Never again will that happen!

ABOVE:  No time like the present, as they were coming down, to wash them.   They were not toooooo bad, but do get grease and dust on them being above the stove and oven.

I am making such good progress!  The lounge/dining room looks so weird without all my paintings and bits 'n' bobs. 

I am taking a break now, as I'm so damn hot.... PROBABLY not as hot as other people, sorry other people.   *I couldn't help myself*

Well, my afternoon was spent getting more done in readiness for the painter on Monday.

I got two loads of washing done, and dry!  Bugger all rain, even though we were told to expect DOWNPOURS, and thunder and lightening.  It might still happen overnight or tomorrow.

We've enjoyed a quiet evening.  I have my fan on me all the time, so I'm OK.  I HATE air conditioning... I actually end up getting too cold!  

And yes, I'm used to conserving power!  It's something I've always done.   I can remember when we had 6 kids at home and our power bill was $30 a MONTH.  And I worked hard to keep it that low.  Now days, our power bill is around $30-35 A WEEK.  And I know that is fairly low by today's standards.

Right, I'm outta here, I'm bloody tired after all that packing up today.

Catch ya tomorrow.