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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The curse of the writer
I do believe I may have slumped into writer's block both blog-wise and book-wise. Aaargh curses! Book-wise, it's painful. There I was, happily pounding the keyboard and then ...... nothing. The problem with these sorts of things is that you are never quite sure when the old brain will get into gear again which is worrying. Ah well *shrugs*.
We have been pretty busy over the last week or so - mostly helping James (my brother) sort a few things out and keeping up with the homeschooling. I've also, in the midst of my just.....can't....write phase, have been being a bit ruthless with our household possessions. We decided to replace our dining table with a new one - actually, it WAS ours originally and then James had it and then he didn't need it anymore so we had it back! It does go better in our lounge/diner I must admit - more in keeping with the slightly modern look we have going on than the rustic farmhouse one. Anyway, in sorting out the tables I obviously had to clear a load of stuff out the way and was forced to do a bit of decluttering (it looks SO empty in here now - bliss!). Then I needed an Allen Key to tighten the screws on the new table together (Tim was out doing banking and stuff during all this) - I hunted in the kitchen draw, not there. I hunted in the cupboards, not there. So I had to go look in the garage, at which point I nearly fainted ...... so much rubbish. I knew where the toolbox was but I could not get to it without first moving a tonne of stuff, so I started hauling it out on the drive. Eventually, having exhausted myself and still not found the dratted Allen Key, I texted Tim saying "please come back, I could use some help!!" and about 2 seconds later he pulled in the drive (that's what I call service *laughs*). He came along, put all the boxes and whatnot back in the garage, tightened up the screws with a pair of pliers and sorted out the top of the table which I'd done wrong and knew was wrong but couldn't for the life of me work out what was wrong. That's the thing with me - I'll just stand there staring at the thing like a flummoxed Krypton Factor contestant and Tim's logical brain will work out instantly what the problem is!
Anyway, the upshot of all this is, that we decided that STUFF HAS TO GO. We just have waaaay too many belongings and it's getting ridiculous so we're binning, Ebaying and giving away like crazy. Then I'm giong to redecorate a bit and make some new curtains and cushion covers - I've already run a colour scheme past Tim who said "I'm leaving it up to you" .... to which I replied "but don't you have SOME preference?" - "no", he said "I'm leaving it up to you". Righto, jolly good then.
So when I'm done and we have lime green curtains with hot pink spots, you won't mind then? Of course he would, he'd have a total heap to say about it! *Rolls eyes*.
No, I'm not going for lime green and hot pink *laughs out loud*.
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You're a better woman than me then - I can't stand doing it! :) I like it when it's done - looks lovely!
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if you want a hand with the decluttering , i love that sort of thing :D