Apologies for Baggy's absence yesterday bloggees, but Hormonal Hannah decided that Creative Clara needed a bit of a break. Plus it was a tiring day. Baggy, Calum and Minty Mutt drove over to the soon-to-be-a-holiday cottage yesterday afternoon and did a little more sorting out. Calum left for work at about 5.30am on Hairy Biker Hen's motorbike! It will be going home at the end of the week. You never know bloggees, Hairy might make an appearance soon! Well, if the weather stays warm and dry she might.
Baggy was having such bad nightmares that she decided to get up pretty early. The Domestic Goddess was vacuuming the master bedroom by 8.30am. Fortunately the neighbours are very early risers, as wattle-and-daub walls are nor exactly soundproof. When Creative Clara says that she was vacuuming it, she means the whole room - ceilings, walls, beams, floor, in preparation for paint. The sun had come out and was spotlighting the cobwebs. It would seem that since the feline furries have moved out, every spider in the village has moved in. Furry Mama was apologising for killing them as she went along. Any she spotted first were removed to a safe place. Walls finally visible The Goddess set off to get some paint, only to realise that there was no mega-expensive, breathable-white emulsion left. Clever Bird toddled out to the shed and found a big tin of aged white eggshell paint, for wood and metal.
Change of plan, The Goddess could paint the woodwork in the master bedroom instead. It took almost an hour for her to do the window - the joys of little panes of eighteenth-century glass. Bedroom door next and a little cupboard door that required Baggy to stand on the dodgy ladders. She had them flat on the floor, but still nearly fell through the useless metal plates. Clever Bird was just thinking that at least it would only be a fall of a foot or so, then realised that if she went backwards she also needed to consider Baggy's height, so potentially Baggy could whack her head from seven feet. Freda Fretter made her get off the silly ladder and refused to let The Goddess paint the really high window-light.
Feeling frustrated, Baggy decided she needed a cup of tea. She was on a flying visit, but had wanted to get a bit more done. As the kettle boiled, she looked out of the back door at Minty Mutt digging a large hole in the garden, clearly bored. She registered the filthy, scratched paint on the doorstep. Hmmmmm. She tried to remember when she had actually painted the kitchen. Clever Bird realised that it must have been nearly four years ago. She put a touch of aged white on a skirting board near the doorstep and was nearly blinded by its comparative brightness. Apparently aged white can age considerably more. Clever Bird realised that The Goddess was going to have to paint the whole kitchen again. Two more windows done and left open to dry. Baggy's hands started to go blue under the white paint. Two doors done. Two more internal windows done. Baggy finally got her cup of tea from The Goddess. By now she was on a role. Even Hormonal Hannah was enjoying herself and although Furry Mama wanted to get home to the cats and Derek, Baggy wanted The Goddess to get as much done as possible.
She went in search of paint and found a tin of the rectory red she used in the kitchen. Fresh brushes also found, The Goddess started on the walls that Clever Bird didn't think really needed painting. Pah! Who was she kidding? Two walls later she realised that she should have set off for home or she'd be driving in the dark. But she'd done almost seven hours solid painting and really felt as though she'd achieved something. Baggy is loving mindless activity - gardening, painting, grooming the horses, even Heaven forfend, vacuuming, but they all mean that she can switch off and disappear into the moment and it soothes Hormonal Hannah and Freda Fretter.
Next task, reengage brain cells and draw a scale drawing on the land registry map, showing the two areas of land that they need to buy. With Weedy Wilma Willpower's help, Baggy knows she can do it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!..........................
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