A Little Housekeeping

 Photo Dump Part 2

Working in the Backyard with a Hive full of sometimes Cranky Bees comes with the very real probability of being stung.  And Garden maintenance in a full bee suit is not really practical. 

2nd October

So now that the Girls are off to Greener Pastures - DH decided to finish laying the path behind the Bungalow. After all - We did have a few bricks left over from the Chimney demolition.

Another "Small" job off the list!

9th November:

I was happily Painting the Kitchen when the Refrigerator started Beeping - That incessant "Someone has left the door open" sound.

It probably only needed a new door seal but NO ONE would repair it.

FOUR Days of wearing Noise Cancelling Headphones later we were able to get a new one delivered.

Which of course involved moving everything that had been stored in the back room away from the doors so they could bring the new one in.

(They don't make this style in White anymore so I had my choice between "Rubbish Bin Silver" and "Dark Stainless" - So Black it is!)

* * *

The Rest of this Post is really for MY records. But you are welcome to keep reading.

The easiest way to repaint a house is to keep the same Colour Pallet you already have - Especially IF it Works.  So with that decision made:

Ceilings were mostly painted in Taubmans Chalk Half Strength and we were literately Scraping the Bottom of the Pot to finish the job. 

The rest of the rooms were painted in Ray of Light. 

Kitchen and Passage/Office remained in Celery Bisque and the wonderful Staff from Haymes Paint Colour matched the Accent for the Cornice as well as the Green from BR#3

The Sewing Room also kept its Mountain Stream Colour - A Taubmans colour but we used Haymes Expressions Paint this time.

That left the Front room, wanting a colour change in here I still had no idea what colour to choose. So - Why not? "Use the next one on the Paint Card" And that is how it ended up the colour it is!

And woodwork got repainted in Dulux Aqua Enamel Semi-Gloss.

That just leaves a little housekeeping in the Garage. 

Taking any old, unusable, unwanted paint around to the Resource Centre and leaving it for Paint Back. 

(Recycling program for paint products.)

We also had a Detox your Home Day at the local Resource Centre and made good use of that!

Properly/Legally disposing of everything from Cosmetics to a Brown Bottle with POISON written on it.

November ...

 I fear that this will have to be a bit of a "Photo Dump"!

It hasn't all been Baby snuggles and quality time with the 3 Grand-daughters.  

Although we did manage a day for GD#2's 2nd Birthday when all 3 were together.

Most of the month has seen me:-

Patching...

a LOT of Patching

Painting

a LOT of Painting

Clambering around the ceilings using my Awesome 'worth every cent' adjustable trestles,

Finding better ways to do things

Watching our "Perfectly OK" playground ripped out and replaced with an almost identical one..

Keeping an eye on the ever rising Water Levels of Creeks (& Rivers) near and far.

(This one is opposite DS#1's home!)

We had an early morning trip to Town.

While we were there we saw the Myer Christmas Windows (without the crowds of Children).

In the middle of all of this - The 'Fridge packed up. It has an alarm when the temperature rises (door left ajar) It beeped for FOUR days - non stop until we could replace it.

Today we moved all the furniture out of our Bedroom and, well, It was not a pretty sight.  

We found where all the 'Dust Bunnies' have been hiding.  The thing is - Dust happens, it is just more noticeable on polished boards than Carpet.

Time to invest in a Robo Vacuum!  (In my defence - this was all under the furniture.)

DH has been helping too.  He is a Wiz with moving ladders and washing down walls!

We are almost done - just one more room and then we have to put it all back again!