More frogs have bitten the dust . The big one was the bookshelves. Horrible job. So much measuring and thinking and arithmetic to plan them out, full of potential errors if one does not concentrate. Then half a workshop-full of tools to put then up. Finally the terrifying moment of truth: are they level? Phew, yes, they are, bang on. What a relief. 42 feet of shelving ready to fill.
Unpacking the books is proving harder than I thought though, these boxes are full of all sorts of stuff. I have paused that for now.
Bedroom 2 is cleared for the carpet fitter tomorrow. The bed and other items have come out to join the chaos of boxes in the hall and sitting room; they are all having a jolly time mingling with furniture they don't normally meet. I was so pleased about that I tackled another frog job before tea, putting the curtain rail, curtains and blind up. Curtains are a job that never ceases to bore, measuring and ironing and spacing out the hooks. Ticked it off on the list though. This list is working wonders for a procrastinator. It makes it clear that any job can be procrastinated, but some other one has to be brought forward.
Each task comes with a comet's tail of preceding jobs before it. The dryer is stacked on top of the washing machine, but before I did that i wanted to insulate the pipes in the hall cupboard behind them, so when the friend's husband who said he would help suddenly announced he was coming round at lunchtime I had to scurry off to Screwfix to buy the insulation and get that put on. My friend came too, which was a bonus, and they did most of the appliance stacking task between them. She is only little, I didn't realise she could lift so well. What happy couple they are, you can see it in the way they can do an awkward job like stacking appliances in cheerful cooperation. It was like having the brownies turn up
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The stacking kit is excellent by they way. If you are thinking of getting one, get the sort with a shelf. The shelf pulls out so you can fold the dry laundry onto it straight from the dryer. My standard of living has gone up no end.
It is desperately dark doing these indoor jobs at this time of year and I keep popping out to do some outdoors tasks too. I have put the garden to bed as we were instructed and cleaned some of the windows. . I keep realising at about 3 pm that I must get out and catch the dying rays of the sun. Each year it is a surprise, just how short these winter days are.
20 tasks and 7 days to go
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