Monday 11 October 2021

Dog, seeds and woodchip

 


I had an overnight doggy visitor at the weekend.  This is Molly, she's adorable and only a year old.  She happens to belong to my ex husband and his wife.  Long time blog readers will know how I feel about them (short version is I wish them no harm but I don't have to like them) but he's my children's father so I make an effort.  They'd been let down by their dog sitter and no one else they trusted was available at short notice.  So I said I'd have her.  They know how much I love dogs and have years of experience of owning labs.  They were suitably grateful and I gained some Brownie points.  Family harmony and all that!!


I ordered some some wee brown envelopes to store my saved seeds.  I finally got round to packing and labelling them.  It somehow made me feel like an organised gardener! 😁 


My bathroom installation was due to start today.  But it didn't 🙄 Fingers crossed it goes ahead later this week as promised.  My lovely mum came to help finish stripping off the woodchip wallpaper with 3 layers of paint (pink, yellow and lilac).  It was a terrible job.  I always knew it would be but kept avoiding it.  The walls under it are in remarkably decent condition so I'm thinking after a quick sand and filling some holes I can just paint it.

I have to keep telling myself that all this kitchen and bathroom chaos will be worth it!!

12 comments:

  1. Good for you for taking the high road - no point in antagonizing someone you have to get along with. Hope the bathroom installation happens sooner rather than later.

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    1. I figured with my son's wedding next year it wouldn't do any harm to make an effort. They didn't ask, I offered so I took them by surprise. Keep them guessing!! LOL! ;-)

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  2. Well done - and Milly looks lovely. xx

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    1. She really is a sweetie so it was fun! :-)

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  3. I understand your feeling towards your ex, they match mine. Keep thinking of the end result.

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    1. They're just not worth my time and energy even thinking badly about them. They're well matched and deserve each other. I'm just happily living my life in my own way, hope you are too! :-)

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  4. They say if you get to the stage when you have no feelings whatsoever - either love or hate - you're doing well so I'd say you're doing well! Looks like a lovely dog too.
    Argh, woodchip, what a nightmare it is to remove. I'm sure it will be well worth all your hassles to get all this work done. x

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    1. It's taken me 11 years and a lot of counselling to get to this stage :-)

      Woodchip is nasty stuff esp once it's painted!!

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  5. Taking the high road is awesome. Glad that you have reached that point. What a cute dog.

    God bless.

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    1. Thank you! It's a nice place to be :-)

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