Busy...Busy...

Started the day off quite early, because the carpet cleaning firm were due to bring the rugs back.What a good firm they turned out to be..Pro-Clean. They collected the rugs when they said they would and returned them earlyish the next day. I must say they have done a good job too, the rug that was in the middle room which does take a lot of wear and foot traffic from humans and cats looks really good, like new. So well done that firm.
I set about doing the bathroom, wanted to give it a good clean and Vin disappeared outside. Wasn't sure what he was doing then i spotted him painting the outside wall. This was supposed to be done a couple of weeks ago, and he had scraped the old stuff off the wall, then the tank trouble cropped up, so it had to stop. Last week we had bad weather and the hurricane or strong winds threat, and so it was delayed again. he had the paint and everything..Sandtex..in Clotted Cream, which has turned out to be a lovely colour.

What a difference, before and after, the bit on the right was what it looked like scraped and waiting to be done.

All done and beautifully too! The hanging baskets will look gorgeous with some winter flowering pansies in them.
I set about doing the house brasses, we have quite a lot round the fireplace and my Mum used to do them every week to keep them shining. To my shame i leave them till they need doing these will last till Christmas now HaHa. So that was our morning, we are getting there.Vin doing the garden wall reminded me of the time that Mrs Thatcher visited the school where the old school meals centre was. She was Minister for Education at the time, and because she was walking past the end of the building, the council painted the end wall a brilliant white. Nothing else..just the bit she was walking past!!!!
Jane was having a busy day today too. She had to get up early to get to college because she had to get a bus and a tram to get there with not having a car. Then she was doing a full day there and collecting her car mid afternoon and had to get it to the Quik Fit place to get the free MOT retest. As long as you get the car there before 6O'Clock they will do the retest.
Tonight we are havi9ng:
Cheesey Kiev,
Mixed vegetables with a few potatoes as a gratin.