Feels strange

already, and Tim has only just gone to his girlfriends before their holiday to Morocco.
Yes, I thought I would be happy to be here on my own with the cats! But seeing him get out of the car
and go - no kiss, not his thing apparently - I realised it was the first time he has been so far away from home without me - ever. We did the last minute question time: have you got your passport? have you changed your health insurance? have you got your money? have you written down contact details in case of emergency? is your suitcase locked? and so on. He assures us that given his age and the fact that he is going with Amber, who will organise him no doubt too, we are sure he will have the time of his life. But I will still miss him.
To combat this 'loss' I stopped at the supermarket and bought ingredients for a Chicken Rogan Josh this evening!!! I do love a good curry. Some Quality Street simply to have them in the fridge for the moments only chocolate will do, and some of my favourite soft cheese spread. What treats!!!
The plan is . . . .get up in the morning and start on the bedroom.
Ok, Ineke - any tips for us?!!! As you finish we are starting off, so apart from making sure I have music to listen to, I have got my work cut out for me I suspect. We are doing two walls first before moving the
furniture around to the other side so we can do the other two walls. Now son is away I have no qualms about placing some things in the landing as they will not be in our way there, so that is the reason for starting now. My tasks before Friday when my other half will come to help, is to clean all the unwanted stuff away, hopefully clean the ceiling, put the special stuff on the wall to prep for wallpapering, and sand and paint the skirting and doorframe. I have bought a spray paint especially for the radiator - at the moment it is a horrid pinky colour/shade which we hate, so white is going to replace that as soon as possible. I know I have to be disciplined this week and get my head around actually doing it, because what I love is actually the moment we are ready to paint and decorate - once all the preparatory work is done. I love watching all those house renovation programmes but it is the decor side of things where my interest lies. I have a rental house so what I really, really would love to do I am not going to do. We need to make it simple and clean, and appealing to anyone moving in here after us. I want to spend the limited money on the portable items - but mostly a new bed. I would love a new bed frame!! And curtains - wouldn't that be fab?!!!!! Though I love to look at the stars during the night I will be glad to hang curtains and feel the security of them in the coming months of winter. No expensive lights either - I still have two wall ones which just need new shades (Ikea), and if we move the socket up a tad I can have low level bookcases running all along one wall (Ikea)...a paper lampshade in the middle, and finally, finally, we can put up the wall decoration I bought several years ago, and have been saving for above our bed. And we already have the picture frames with my printed texts on them so hey - we are almost there!!! New wardrobe and chest of drawers; touch up the rattan chair that is in the shed, and we will be shabby chic in no time!!!!
Looking forward to seeing the photos of your completed room, Ineke, by the way!!! Wish us luck.
Sue xx