Monday, October 30, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
The story of the bathroom
Phew nearly there!!
Who would have thought that decorating a small bathroom could take so long. Well it has me this week, almost all week in fact.
Monday
Take everything out and take down cabinets etc. Couldn't get raw plugs out no matter how hard i tugged without loosening the plaster,,so in the end DIY SOS got the hammer and hammered them further into the wall and filled in the holes with polyfiller. Then leave it to go to a speaking engagement.
Tuesday
Prepare surfaces wipe down walls and sand paintwork no problems so far!! Put 1st coat on ceiling. The ceiling i should say here was once a dark blue (not my choice). " coats of white had so failed to cover it. Well here i go,,,,,balancing on edge of bath,,,oopppsss nearly went there. Which idiot put silicone around the top of tiles on top of blue paint uuggghhhh. Wont cover at all so i have a nice thin strip of blue around a lovely cream ceiling. Put 1st coat on walls. Not too bad but needs another.
Wednesday
Had to pop into work to pick up a couple of books,,,,,then really had to hit the supermarket,,,,no food in fridge. Then had visitors in the afternoon. Work done zilch. Worked late into the night putting on gloss. Tried to cheat by rollering the back of the door,,,not such a good idea as i have now managed to get gloss paint on the floor. Had a cover on the floor as well.Mission impossible to get off. More unforeseen expense as i may need to get new laminate.
Thursday
Got 2nd coat on walls eventually in between the phone ringing and more visitors who just turned up. Question: Why does the phone always ring when your up the top of the ladder? Looking good so far nearly there. Now whats left? Oh yes the BIG clean up and putting everything back. Think i will leave that til the morning. Will need to think about how i'm going to get the new cabinets up without a drill hhmmm. need help me thinks.
Watch out for a pic of the new look room when i get it dressed so to speak,this may take a while hehe.
I need another holiday to recover now.!!
Who would have thought that decorating a small bathroom could take so long. Well it has me this week, almost all week in fact.
Monday
Take everything out and take down cabinets etc. Couldn't get raw plugs out no matter how hard i tugged without loosening the plaster,,so in the end DIY SOS got the hammer and hammered them further into the wall and filled in the holes with polyfiller. Then leave it to go to a speaking engagement.
Tuesday
Prepare surfaces wipe down walls and sand paintwork no problems so far!! Put 1st coat on ceiling. The ceiling i should say here was once a dark blue (not my choice). " coats of white had so failed to cover it. Well here i go,,,,,balancing on edge of bath,,,oopppsss nearly went there. Which idiot put silicone around the top of tiles on top of blue paint uuggghhhh. Wont cover at all so i have a nice thin strip of blue around a lovely cream ceiling. Put 1st coat on walls. Not too bad but needs another.
Wednesday
Had to pop into work to pick up a couple of books,,,,,then really had to hit the supermarket,,,,no food in fridge. Then had visitors in the afternoon. Work done zilch. Worked late into the night putting on gloss. Tried to cheat by rollering the back of the door,,,not such a good idea as i have now managed to get gloss paint on the floor. Had a cover on the floor as well.Mission impossible to get off. More unforeseen expense as i may need to get new laminate.
Thursday
Got 2nd coat on walls eventually in between the phone ringing and more visitors who just turned up. Question: Why does the phone always ring when your up the top of the ladder? Looking good so far nearly there. Now whats left? Oh yes the BIG clean up and putting everything back. Think i will leave that til the morning. Will need to think about how i'm going to get the new cabinets up without a drill hhmmm. need help me thinks.
Watch out for a pic of the new look room when i get it dressed so to speak,this may take a while hehe.
I need another holiday to recover now.!!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Fire Mountains - Lanzarote
The Fire Mountains on Lanzarote
I think these photos show just how awesome the raw nature of God can be. It was a sight that truly blew me away. It's so unspoilt by mankind that it just makes you more aware of how we are destroying this perfect planet that God has made.
Monday, October 23, 2006
What a day!!
what a day i've had today.
It all started last night really. I had been asked to speak at a Church's Ladies Fellowship before the summer holidays. I had said yes and rightly or wrongly had been expecting some sort of confimrmation in the post.
At 9.30pm last night i got a message on the answerphone asking if i was still going.
It is half term this week si i had to find some childcare pretty quick. hence ring my oldest son who said yes. Brilliant Thank you Lord. My son rang me back approx 1 hour later to say sorry cant do it have to go to work,,,noooooooo.Too late to reply last night i rang this morning explained the situation. No problem, bring your daughter along..ok thinks I. Will see you later.
Put the phone down,, yikes i had nothing prepared. Well God its down to you I said?
Prayed about what to say,,,nothing really sprang to mind so decided to give my testimony and wing it so to speak. Whatever happens it has to be the Lord.
Well when i arrived at the church the room was full (well about 30) of older ladies. I gulped, what would they think,,my testimony is not exactly nice in places. Well Lord i'm sure you know what your doing. I spoke for about 30mins about my life and my walk with God along the way. as i was talking i noticed that a lot of the ladies were nodding in agreement. Well Lord this must be from you i thought.
At the end i had the opportuntiy to chat with a couple of them and thay told me how much they had enjoyed it and that some of them too had gone through trails, torments and turmoil in their lives, but they had stuck by the Lord and he had bought them through as well. They even invited me back another time.
What i guess i am trying to say is that being faithful to God brings its rewards. He knew exactly what he wanted me to say and put the right words into my mouth. The afternoon was a great sucess and i feel very blessed to have been in such company.
All thanks and praise to God.
It all started last night really. I had been asked to speak at a Church's Ladies Fellowship before the summer holidays. I had said yes and rightly or wrongly had been expecting some sort of confimrmation in the post.
At 9.30pm last night i got a message on the answerphone asking if i was still going.
It is half term this week si i had to find some childcare pretty quick. hence ring my oldest son who said yes. Brilliant Thank you Lord. My son rang me back approx 1 hour later to say sorry cant do it have to go to work,,,noooooooo.Too late to reply last night i rang this morning explained the situation. No problem, bring your daughter along..ok thinks I. Will see you later.
Put the phone down,, yikes i had nothing prepared. Well God its down to you I said?
Prayed about what to say,,,nothing really sprang to mind so decided to give my testimony and wing it so to speak. Whatever happens it has to be the Lord.
Well when i arrived at the church the room was full (well about 30) of older ladies. I gulped, what would they think,,my testimony is not exactly nice in places. Well Lord i'm sure you know what your doing. I spoke for about 30mins about my life and my walk with God along the way. as i was talking i noticed that a lot of the ladies were nodding in agreement. Well Lord this must be from you i thought.
At the end i had the opportuntiy to chat with a couple of them and thay told me how much they had enjoyed it and that some of them too had gone through trails, torments and turmoil in their lives, but they had stuck by the Lord and he had bought them through as well. They even invited me back another time.
What i guess i am trying to say is that being faithful to God brings its rewards. He knew exactly what he wanted me to say and put the right words into my mouth. The afternoon was a great sucess and i feel very blessed to have been in such company.
All thanks and praise to God.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Now is the time
Wow what a fantastic evening my friends and i had on Wednesday. We travelled down to De Montefort Hall in Liecs to see the most fantastic amazing Delirious in concert.
The guys were on top form as always singing their latest music. Their latest cd/dvd Now is the time was available for sale. It was well worth the pennies they charged. My daughter loved it and wants to go next time. She is a little young at the moment.
The guys were on top form as always singing their latest music. Their latest cd/dvd Now is the time was available for sale. It was well worth the pennies they charged. My daughter loved it and wants to go next time. She is a little young at the moment.
Hi There
Well hello one and all.
Welcome to my blog. Will hopefully try to keep this as up to date as possible, but am not promising. Sometimes lifes too short to be on a computer all the time hehe.
Welcome to my blog. Will hopefully try to keep this as up to date as possible, but am not promising. Sometimes lifes too short to be on a computer all the time hehe.
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