Forgive me.....

For my sins, for it has been several days since my last blog. We have been manic in preparing the house for letting, and getting the heck out of Blighty which feels like it's in receivership. All the stuff went into storage and was followed by a few more trips as boxes get filled with useless crap. You never know when you might need that length of wire, or half a light fitting – someone might break the good one that's been working fine for the past 8 years! I touched up all the paint work in the house, including all the walls, but hit a snag with the stairs/hall and landing. The paint said it was for those walls on the tin, but when applied was most definitely not right. A second coat with the paint mixed properly was applied, but this too was not right. It was beginning to look like a patch work quilt, and given this was at 8:00pm the night before we were due to fly time was running out along with Sue's patience. Sue reckoned it was “Gentle Fawn”, but I was convinced it was “Cappuccino” Much argument later, it looked like it was the former, and it looked OK, until it dried. The shade was still too light. I found the tin of original paint, which was marked up Living room base, and had to leave an apologetic note for the new tenant, that if he didn't like the two tome effect which had taken me hours to do, then would he like to cover it over with the proper stuff.