Thanks for asking Sue.
Not sure but Merlins eye was a bit closed again, so have put some cream in and keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get any worse again.
House is going ok .
Bedroom completely finished except some pictures putting up.
Kitchen has had new Worktops and for a week I had no oven ,no hob and no sink until today .
Having no sink was the worst , having to,take pots up and down stairs in a bowl to wash them was a real pain .
Still today I have it all finished and I am hoping to get it painted next week .
As the Worktops were grey , gloss white cupboards at top and wood at bottom, I am doing the walls in grey with a slate wallpaper on one wall .
Hall ,stairs, Landing and lounge have been started and under coated by a handyman who is doing it in exchange for my old cooker ( which is really almost new as only used about a dozen times in the last place and not yet a year old)
That's being done in soft yellow with a striped grey and yellow paper over the chimney breast .
Still I don't have to pay out to get this done, and that also includes putting up a curtain pole and new light fittings in hall and Lounge.
So in a couple of weeks, all downstairs will be done except the porch.
Then I can do the 2 bedrooms.
One wants paper stripping off, but is a small room, the other will just need ceiling and walls painting .
Small one is a deep blue and the bigger one is a plum colour .
The last place will be the porch as it needs shelving in there taking down ,then painting as its orangey pine cladding including ceiling, so have a nice cream colour going in there .
The last job will be a new bath,toilet and sink around end of October , then it should,all be finished .
Next year I won't be doing much except a bit to the garden .
I have someone who is painting all the fencing,for me in a few weeks , if I get the stuff , he said he will do it for £75 .
There is a lot too, around 7 full panels at 6ft , 7 at around 5ft plus wall under it and concrete posts to paint .
So a lot of work that I don't really feel like doing as well as inside.
Unfortunately my fibromyalgia has got worse , I have very sore arm ,leg and back and inflamation at top on the same leg which is giving me pains in my groin and my back is quite bad .
It even hurt when I had a shower from just the water on my back .
I had a stair rail fitted and new door lock a couple of weeks ago and he is coming back to put 3 new bedroom doors on which were only £45 for all 3 .
I am under the doctor for a,lot of health issues and having blood tests for low calcium and low kidney levels , but am sure I will just carry on as usual , but take it easier when the house is done.
Saying that the doctor said my weight was good ( I lost 2 stone, so,about,right now ) I hardly drink and have never really smoked , so got that going for me I guess .
All winter to relax and chill .
Hoping cats all stay well now though for a good long time !
