PanBiker wrote: ↑10 May 2025, 10:55
Clearing another side of our kitchen for painting.We started this week and hope to have all the walls done before we go on holiday. This is the third and it involved a wall shelving unit taking down and of course all of Sally,s, cheese and condiment jars collection that lives on there, they have all gone through the dish washer or sink ready for replacing. It's relatively painless doing it one wall at a time. Last one will be the one with the dresser and full height freezer on, all the drawers will have to come out of the dresser and the freezer before we can move them. We have to do piecemeal to maintain a functioning kitchen. The ceilings either side of the boxed in RSJ supporting the bathroom wall are not particularly large but the middle boxing in supports two full length batons which in turn support two lots of hangars and butchers hooks and all our commonly used utensils.
Morning
I feel for you, not an easy job , having just finished ours at home, but well worth it in the end. Your description was very familiar
. Here thankfully we have no more decorating, just a few minor repairs and replacements. Our main task this time is to get the garden looking its best just in case we have any viewers .
Yesterday we managed to get veggie plants off the market, a couple of strawberries to fill in gaps, sweet potato, courgettes, gourds, beetroot and tomato plants. I managed to get everything except the tomatoes planted before the heavens opened with a vengeance. It rained the rest of the day on and off and most of the night. The next three days are forecast more of the same but perhaps not as heavy.
Today therefore will be indoor activities. i bought a kg of strawberries yesterday from a local supermarket, actually cheaper than the market so I will be making strawberry jam later this morning to James Martins recipe. I also have some trousers to shorten for Bob that he bought on the way here from Portsmouth M&S outlet store. I have not been very lucky there this year, I usually manage to top up on summer trousers, t shirts etc but there has been nothing there and things I sent for online either did not fit or did not look right. One dress I really liked that I bought in a sale for £40 from the online store of a good make that I often buy from was way too small . You can imagine my surprise when I saw exactly the same dress in a different colour in the supermarket where I bought the strawberries. I bought the next size up for just 25 euros. Its a little large so I will be doing a minot alteration today .
Thats our day, enjoy yours. Once again the weather at home is much better than here thought the forecast after Tuesday is very good. Have a good day all.
. Here thankfully we have no more decorating, just a few minor repairs and replacements. Our main task this time is to get the garden looking its best just in case we have any viewers . 
