Oh Dear

For some reason better known to anyone but me, I decided to "clear all data" and now find I can't get back into some sites. Give me time.

Today I swept cobwebs from the outside areas and bricks. Himself hung curtains to replace the ones the cats had used as climbing frames. I had to hem them in situ which probably was another unwise idea I had today. They don't close all the way but are more for appearances. We will, however purchase new curtains for the bedroom which will close all the way to give the new owners some privacy in that area even though we don't close them. We rarely close our curtains on areas that can't be seen from the street and I like waking up to the sunrise. 

I have been feeling a bit like a rabbit in the headlights. I am finding it almost impossible to get moving so overwhelming is the whole situation.

I am hoping that after the carpets go down tomorrow and things can be put where they belong I will be able to see the light at the end of a very, very long tunnel.

I have only watched snippets of the coronation and read bits and pieces online. Why in the name of all things holy are our media referring to our King and Queen being coronated? Is this a thing? I thought they were crowned.

On that note, this grumpy old woman will go in search of gin. 

A 250km little drive.

Today's weather has been miserable. Cold and wet.

Just the way I like it!

I convinced Himself to take another drive and we went waaaay back over to the other side of town to look at a couple more display houses. I am really glad we did because I found a colour scheme I just love. Very similar to what I have chosen but with some tweaks. I believe the style consultants have access to the actual colours used in the displays but I took some photos just in case. 

Pizza for dinner and we will have an early night as tomorrow we really must get stuck into the final stretch before getting this house on the market.

I am sure everyone will be very glad when I can think of something else to rabbit on about!

Need drugs

This morning the agent's offsider came around to check the place out.

She commented on the size of the place and said it was "very unique". I inwardly cringed but didn't correct her. 

Himself then had a conversation with the agent about price range. If the agent is to be believed FIVE couples have driven past and shown interest. 

My back has been giving me gyp all day so I haven't done too much. A bit of work in the garden is all. I took some serious pain killers last night and did sleep well but I think I need more.

Himself was working down the blind side of the house and tripped over a branch and landed on his back and wrist. His wrist looks a bit swollen. I have read the riot act but I doubt he will listen. 

On a completely different topic - I am so sad to read every single day of a shooting in the US. When will this stop? I can't begin to imagine how awful it must be to live with the fear of a random person opening up with powerful guns and killing the innocent. 

I don't understand US politics and don't like to comment on other countries - we are far from perfect. But this just beggars belief.

3 weeks left of Autumn and Winter is knocking hard on the door this weekend. Wind, rain and temps barely getting into double figures (*C). 

I am cooking tonight so I had better get a wriggle on. Chicken katsu with rice. I love my rice cooker. Does anyone else use one? We had one when I was a kid in Hong Kong and although I have tried to cook rice other ways, the rice cooker wins every time.

More house stuff

 

Well at least I will have the third in the bag in a couple of months!

We are both really tired and sore. We might have been a bit snappy with each other today.

I took the dogs on two walks because the park would have been too muddy and Himself's knee is giving him gyp. On the second walk my back was spasming and Murphy was being a turd. It was a long walk but I didn't swear once (out loud).

I went to the supermarket and walked very slowly around leaning on the trolley. I must have been slow as Himself wondered why I had taken so long!

Anyway, most of the hard yakka is done.

I had a chat with the stylist. I had wondered why I hadn't received her quote. She had my email address wrong. My email address is my last name @ gmail.com. My last name is unusual so I always say my last name and spell it out. Even so, she wrote it down as she thought it should be spelt! In her defence she did have reasons to be distracted and had explained when she arrived.  And yes, I do have faith in her!

Once we sorted that out and she sent the quote to the correct address we had a chat and I have paid for her services. If it all goes as she says it will, this house will not know itself!

On the new house front, I have received a bucket load of information in preparation of our Studio M.

Oh my.

This is our third build. The first was in '86 and the second in '99. The styling sessions took about 2 hours and we were not given options on door furniture, window treatments, cabinetry and the like. With this build we can even pick the rubbish bins to go in the kitchen cupboards if we so choose. So a lot to explore and digest so that when we go down to Traralgon on the 7th June for our appointment we will have a lot already picked out to save time on things we need assistance with. I am so glad we went to the session the other week as that has helped already.

I am trying to think of something fascinating to write about but my back still hurts and I hear a second G&T calling my name.

Another short post

My vision is very blurry.

I saw my ophthalmologist this afternoon and my pupils still haven't recovered from the drops they use to dilate them.

I go for cataract surgery on my left eye on the 14th June and my right on 19th July.

Explains why I have been struggling to focus and why I am wearing my sunnies even when the day is dull.

As if life couldn't get more complicated let's throw this into the mix! 

I still want the house to sell and settle as soon as possible and will just work the surgery around it.

A tip

If you need to pull the staples out of the floor from which carpet has been removed the best way to do it is in bare feet. You will find every. single. one.

You're welcome.

I am now going to look for bandaids.

I hope you had a good day.

Old.

I just read a news item wherein an elderly man was arrested for the murder of a woman.

HE IS YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF!!! 

When did we get old? Or worse, elderly?

Elderly screams decrepitude, infirmity, frailty, knocking on heaven's door and all that.

We might not be in our prime and the spring in our step might not be as bouncy as it once was.

BUT WE ARE NOT ELDERLY.

The dog is on antibiotics and antidepressants. 

Our land settlement went through.

Tomorrow I will catch up with J and C and do another Vinnie's drop off. Himself will hopefully do another tip run and a storage run. He needs to finish the interior painting (one coat on two walls) and fix up some timber work. Then he can pull up the carpet and we can move some furniture around.

Time for a gin.