Out of the way

Good evening, good evening, good evening, as Stephen Fry would say...I give gratitude just for the thought of his wordy welcome to each edition of QI!

My cunning plan worked and after a short nap and very l-o-n-g lie down doing very little I finally stirred msyelf about 6pm as that's my cut off point for drinking caffeine and I felt very keen to have a cup of tea. And then I got a few more things done...yay! I found a temporary home out of the way for my stereo and cds and tapes. the crucial part of that sentence is 'out of the way' There are a lot of things out of the living room at the moment and I'm beginning to run out of out of the way places to put them. There's stuff beside the 'spare side' of and under the bed and the kitchen table and behind the kitchen door but the shelf on the wall needs to be cleared so it can come down and be painted while the wall behind is being done so I've shuffled things around a bit more and am grateful for my great ingenuity! I'm also delighted that, against all odds I got down on my hands and knees and put a first coat of satinwood on the stretch skirting I've been working on the last week or so. This means there's now a green strip at the bottom of the walls in here as far as the eye can see. Never mind about yet about where it can't or that the latest bit still needs a second coat! It's a big psychological milestone to have the paintwork joining up on three sides of the room...when the second coat is on I can legitimately say I'm on the 'home straight' with the skirting board you see! Little things eh?

All this evening activity led to a shamefully late supper and it's past 10pm and I'm thinking dessert? indigestion? TV? Sleep? Decisions, decisions...I think my body is telling me loud and clear what it would prefer so I'd better do the decent thing and listen! I give thanks for a conference pear and a clean pair of pjs...I give thanks for a mild evening to leave the window open for that paint to air and dry and I give thanks for all the great virtual friends I've made through the Cancerchat forums and my blog. I hope you all are doing OK...Karen and Juanita I haven't heard from either of you for a while so special thoughts to you...