Is it really Friday? I have to keep pinching myself as I have just endured more than a week and a half of renovations on our only bathroom, with EVERYTHING being ripped out (except for the floorboards and framing) and then rebuilt.
Just this afternoon I have continued the cleaning out of my pantry and dishes cupboard because my 8yo left the door to it open yesterday morning while the plasterer was sanding down all his work from the previous day in kitchen (there had been a cupboard in that wall, but it was reclaimed by the bathroom). Hence, a coating of fine dust on nearly all the dishes and food items!
There is a lot to be said for indoor toilets after having used a Porta-a-loo for this period. For the first several days I became severely sleep-deprived because I'd wake up in the night, need to go to the loo, try and talk myself out of it, until I was so awake that I'd have to go outside anyway (down the stairs to the lower back garden) and then be unable to fall back to sleep again for an hour or so.
And let's not mention the cat who would yowl at 4am to be let out so that she'd be long gone before the tradesmen arrived.
If anyone has noticed an increased grumpiness level lately, you'll now know why.
But, it's been worth it. When the lino is laid and the tiling is done, I'll post a picture of our work of art .. er, bathroom.
Just this afternoon I have continued the cleaning out of my pantry and dishes cupboard because my 8yo left the door to it open yesterday morning while the plasterer was sanding down all his work from the previous day in kitchen (there had been a cupboard in that wall, but it was reclaimed by the bathroom). Hence, a coating of fine dust on nearly all the dishes and food items!
There is a lot to be said for indoor toilets after having used a Porta-a-loo for this period. For the first several days I became severely sleep-deprived because I'd wake up in the night, need to go to the loo, try and talk myself out of it, until I was so awake that I'd have to go outside anyway (down the stairs to the lower back garden) and then be unable to fall back to sleep again for an hour or so.
And let's not mention the cat who would yowl at 4am to be let out so that she'd be long gone before the tradesmen arrived.
If anyone has noticed an increased grumpiness level lately, you'll now know why.
But, it's been worth it. When the lino is laid and the tiling is done, I'll post a picture of our work of art .. er, bathroom.