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| Work in progress - still. Why is Time so unforgiving? |
No, the hovel hasn't sold. It's not even on the market yet – it’s still far too
dreadful - and time is running short before my Great Escape to Mallacoota.
So what's the 'triumph - ish' thing about? Well, some progress has been made...
My bro Mickey and his wife Jayne have done wonders in the
garden. I’ve filled 2 trash-paks already. The garden is still an Issue., but currently looks fab in places, especially as everything is blooming. Damn those weeds...
As for indoors - the floors – well. You know, I’m thinking it might be smart
to leave the bare boards (or is that just lazy cheapskate Betty speaking?) This
is how I’m thinking:
My choices are to ‘finish’ the floorboards or not.
If I do, it will cost a bomb and the buyer may well decide
to re-carpet anyway… The way things are now, I’ve started the ‘reno’ and got the
floors ready for whatever they want to do to them – right?
A raging case of conjunctivitis has kept me away from school
this week so far, so I’ve been enjoying the isolation and indulging my hermit
status by painting the walls. Well, undercoating them anyway. I believe you
need to ‘neutralise’ a house when you want to sell it (although my last place
was bright and beautiful, and sold very quickly for a good price). I loved my deep gold walls
*sigh* but I suppose they’re not everybody’s cup of tea. The main living areas
of the house are going to be a deadly-boring cream… although I refuse to
repaint the bedrooms.
Bloody hell, this is all too hard and I just don’t have the
time to do it all! Is it worth dragging a few thousand dollars out of my redraw
facility, and paying experts to come and do some of this stuff for me??? Thing
is, I have this stupid DIY bent – why pay an expert when I can do it myself?
But I just don’t have the TIME!!! Time is my constant nemesis *sigh*
Aaaargh, frustration plus! Change of subject before I tear out my hair (actually, I need a haircut, so maybe I SHOULD pull it out!)
Baby Basil grows bigger, naughtier and more irresistibly
gorgeous every single day. I’m SO glad I weakened, and brought him into my chaotic
life. I get that warm-fuzzy overwhelmedness every time I cuddle him, and feel like my heart is goimg to explode.
We (Basil Bitey-Bear & I) stayed at Mr & Mrs
Boomerang Boy’s place for a few days, looking after their cat, Loki (who’s
Basil’s brother). OMG OMG OMG, they were so mega-cute together! Totally
inseparable. I desperately wanted to steal Loki. I was so sad bringing Basil home alone. Cranky but lovable Aldwyn,
who’s still boarding here, sniffed disdainfully at little Basil and
wandered off – welcome home, Baz, yeah, bugger off and don't annoy me - I enjoyed the peace and quiet while you and the Old Chook were away - and Basil has been
following me all over the place ever since. I think he misses Loki. So do I.
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| What do you mean, 'we can't take him home with us?' Basil is distraught. |
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| But I'm sleepy, and the pumpkin is soooo inviting! Do we really truly have to go home? (and leave Loki behind?) |
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| Seeya bro... Get out of my pumpkin! Please come back to play... |
3 comments:
I like the bare floors. I am all for being lazy and having it work for the soon to be new owners. If you are going through a realtor they might give you some insight on if a finished floor will help a sale or not.
And Basil and his brother are just sooo cute. Do you think it hurts to be that cute?
There's a time to cut your losses when you're so timme-constrained so it's a no-brainer really. Best of luck!
Wasn't that long ago when you were wondering whether to ever get involved with cats again. Why is no-one surprised at the outcome? ;-)
Oh, Trobairitz, I'm sure that any pain generated by cuteness would be alleviated by the cuddles that result from it.... (at least, I hope so! Better give Basil extra cuddles, just to make sure...)
And Geoff - all I have to say is this: once a crazy cat lady, always a crazy cat lady... lol
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