This past weekend I attacked our walk-through wardrobe with white paint and brushes – sadly much too fiddly for rollers.
The whole endeavour took forever, so long that I had time for little else other than some more paint acquisition (for graffiti abatement – argh!), light housework and a couple of satisfying 4-5km(ish) runs.
But AT LAST the majority of ThePalace(OfLove) painting is complete!!
Well, all save the doors, the inside of the babies’ built-in wardrobes and all of Bessie’s bedroom. Sadly we cannot progress with her room because in the new year we will pay a small fortune to have the top balcony properly repaired (as in ripped up, re-waterproofed and re-tiled). This is because the recent incessant rain laughed in the face of the insurance repairs and we had some quite dreadful leaking – mostly confined to Bessie’s room which is directly under it.
But still – hurrah! Very amazing what you can achieve when you’re motivated. Most credit to Don who did most of the motivating.
While painting, I busted out my phone and nifty portable Bluetooth speaker and listened to podcasts, viz: serial (last episode) , this american life , the virtual memories podcast and John Safran’s true crime (this last one is surprisingly interesting).
This was so great that I have subsequently pondered giving audiobooks a crack – despite my previous strong aversion to such things. But Holy!Goodness! Upon investigation, they are not inexpensive, so maybe I’ll consider the pondering a while longer.
Meanwhile, I’ll spend some time basking in the sparkly white glow before we tackle the wretched doors in the new year.
I use audible which is about $15 a month subscription which basically means one book a month but you occasionally get rewarded a bonus or chance to buy extra at discount
Have you found that you listen to one audiobook a month? It seems an attractive option, but I worry I’ll end up with a stockpile I’ll never listen to.
Tackling (and finally finishing) those house projects is so liberating! Congratulations! I gave my kitchen a cheap facelift a couple of months ago and smile each time I walk in. Also, it was a nice surprise to see you’re listening to Gil’s podcast; I’m going to start lobbying to accompany him as the official Virtual Memories photographer if he keeps interviewing such interesting people.
Enjoy the new sparkly white glow and happy 2015!
Amy!!
It was totally Roth-mas (Roth-mukka?) in my haus this morning with your excellent newsletter and Gil’s completely wild treatise on coffee – which totally needs to make it to the podcast – popping up on my tablet.
I’m a rather late adopter to the podcast, I’ve long been meaning to (particularly since the blog has been less posts and more podcast wrap-ups), but tech got in the way.
Gil has Truly The Very Best sign-off Ever. Don and I keep repeating it to each other in a terribly pitiful attempt at a Gil accent.
And yes, you should absolutely be Official Photographer.
Happy Holidays!