Cherry takes the reins

Oooh - thanks Honeysucklelou2! Based on that I think maybe an electric one as space is limited - any recommendations as to make? (And thank you for reading through a massive screed!)

Funny day today, I was supposed to spend much of it at work but I wasn't needed later so I had a couple of extra hours off. Caught up on here - and found H bank has decided to acknowledge the mortgage payment they took the other day: it's now where it should be and dated 1st June. I think they are just slow to update their online banking.

We went for a run this evening which was most enjoyable.

I have started a rather ambitious scheme to do something about the state of the kitchen walls, which have been a mishmash of new paint (from a tester pot), old paint (probably 20+ years), very old paint (thinking 1970s?), a couple of layers of 'when the house was new' (1930s) and tiles which look like 1960s.

I thought it was time for a change.

The thing is... I know nothing about decorating beyond paintwork. There is some rough plastering where the new electrics went in but it wasn't finished 'nicely' as it was a stop-gap because we knew we needed to do something drastic. That was at least 18 months ago... DH says he doesn't see the mess (he sees other messes that I don't) but anyway we trogged into town and bought things to make the walls better.

Part one has been filling gaps and trying to smooth the plaster. Clearing up after that took some doing, especially as there's probably lead in some of the older paint so I've tried to find every tiny flake. Part two will be washing the bits that didn't need plastering, then I'm going to try to wall paper, and once that's done, a coat of paint or two will at least make it look somewhat as if it were meant.

I'm not sure I'll be able to do any more tomorrow as DS is on another night shift and will need peace and quiet to sleep, and later in the day I'm working too.

Spends:
Decorating materials (household) £16.05
Housekeeping £11.60 plus whatever DH spent on meat for tomorrow: we may just come in on budget.
ebook £0.99

MS stuff:
Um...

Thanks both .

Today looks like being another NSD and another no-run day. I got up really looking forward to a run but it was raining and I haven't yet braved the rain despite DD's assurance that running in the rain is fab. It's cleared up now but I'm in the middle of cooking and once that's done there's only a bit of time before work.

I set out to make pasta to take to work and was part way through when I realised I'd already defrosted something so I'm now having that as a late lunch... did a partial sort f the fridge which may save a couple of ingredients but there's so much 'other people's stuff' there that I haven't sorted it entirely.

I doubt I will have any personal spending today (haven't finished my book yet!) but if DS gets his act together I will be booking flights for him - which gets me supermarket points on my CC but will probably be my biggest CC spend ever and while the money is there to pay it off (phew), I don't know where I stand if for some reason the flights have to change. The reason he's delayed isn't actually his fault: he applied for the leave in September but his course allocates two tranches of leave and doesn't actually tell students which one they fall into until near the time! Not even for a family wedding.

I'll amend this post if I spend anything.

I tried to be MS by buying some train tickets ahead of time and while I found a discount, it's only on a single fare and as I need a return, the tickets I usually get still seem to be the cheapest.

Hopefully a fuller post tomorrow though I'm on shift tonight and tomorrow's a bit busy.