Far and Away

Thank you @Snowie ..... I feel your presence with me, and I miss you when you're not here. I have a lot of unspoken support, and it means so much ..... wind beneath my wings.

Half the room painted now @Faith-and-Hope @Snowie Having a break to have something to eat, rest a little then do the rest. It is definitely going to need 3 coats so will have to do 2 coats tomorrow. I also need to do all the trims and that is fiddly so will take a bit of time. Looks like 2 more full days before it will be done then I can move furniture back and clean properly Friday. Not looking at doing the dining room now - think it will be too much for me.

I also need to do a big shop because the poor fridge is lonely with not much in it Will make a list tonight so I can rush through and get everything I need super quickly tomorrow.

Dinner first then back to painting. 👍

Enjoy your scultpre and drawing work @Faith-and-Hope - will check in later to see how you are going.

Hey @Faith-and-Hope How are you going? Have you finished your sculpture work for this evening yet?

I have finished the first coat on all the walls and started on the ceiling. Hit a hurdle in one spot that I will have to see to tomorrow. Looks like I need to sand it back a bit more then replaster - very annoying but whatever paint was used underneath previously was definitely oil based and is causing bubbles - grr!

I'm cactus tonight - but I do need to have a shower becuse I look like a ghost lol

You'll get paid in paw prints for that new patch @Zoe7 ..... I hope that is enough to put a smile on your face.

I changed my plans for tonight by getting stuck into my collage work @Zoe7. It's not the sculpture I intended to work on, but I am in a late class group tomorrow morning, and I need daylight for part of the sculpture work ..... so I have pushed all that over to tomorrow morning instead. When I reach a stopping point with this collage I will do the next drawings I want to do.

Nelly is trying to chase me to bed 😏 ..... I have worked out that she thinks my bedtime should be 10:30 ..... lol

That made me giggle - most people would consider 10.30 a good time for bed so Nelly is following the crowd lol

Yes I will have a chance for more paw prints now - that really is the up side of the hurdle I have hit. Fortunately the area that needs to be redone is over the old fire place so I can sand and patch it tomorrow then paint the rest of the room, put the furniture back and then do that section last. It is not a hurdle I needed but it is what it is. I have already decided the dining room can wait until next holidays - one room at a time is enough.

You have just reminded me that I was going to do some collage work too. I still have all my butterflies to cut out - which will take days but if I do a little at a time then I should have then done by the end of the holidays.

I hear you about needing natuiral light - no doubt tomorrow I will see all the bits I have missed painting tonight. Luckily the paint seems to be blending well so some patchups won't be obvius.

It is raining here tonight (again) but it is really nice to listen to - and it is hitting the window in the loungeroom so I am literally getting lost in the water dripping down the windows. It is very calming. I have had a shower too so I fee much more 'human' and relaxed.

Good to hear @Zoe7 .....

I have made a cup of tea and put my feet up for a bit. There is a lot of standing required for this collage work.

You have me very interested now in what you are doing now @Faith-and-Hope Do you have a theme for this collage you can share?

Tobes was snuggled next to me but has now moved onto the doona. I really should have given him a bath but he will most likely get dirty again tomorrow so no point yet.

It's the one I mentioned last week @Zoe7 .... based on current circumstances. It needed a pedestal.

Oh yes - I thought it may be a new one. Putting it on a pedestal is interesting - certainly has my imagination running wild @Faith-and-Hope

How are the kids doing - especially D3 after what happened? ...and how are you feeling now?

D3 = psychosomatic response today .... she is feeling really unwell, but also goes into an exhausted state.

S2 has slipped back into major sleep issues. While I am in isolation WH is fussing over them ..... which might be what's driving the spiral for both of them ..... but rather than trying to compete, which only causes s-mothering, I have to stand back and let them reach out to their psychs for support.

Sometimes standing right back helps to reveal the true problem. I hope it does here .... 😔

I have done my drawing, and Nelly is going bananas, skating all over the hallway floor as she is trying to do the Mad Cat Dash ..... lol ..... and bleating a lot.

I am heading off to bed.

G'night busy butterfly ❣️