Carpets, card, and wallpaper.

[curiouswombat]

I am not writing about the terrorist attacks in London, I am writing of everyday life - to remind me that everyday life goes on - no matter what the terrorists do.

This morning my work took me to Ramsey - and so I began my lunch break there, and spent some time deciding on carpet for the little bedroom - should I get an end of roll piece cheaply, or buy something I really like? There were end of roll pieces that were quite nice, but there was nothing in the colour I had decided on, and I would have had to pay for underlay. But there was a nice warm pink in a reasonably priced carpet which came with free underlay...so pink it will be. The walls are beige, and the bedding is cream, so this will add some warmth and colour.

I called in at home briefly for a bite to eat, and first shocked S2C by commenting that his mother might be in London, when he hadn't remembered that she wasn't in Australia, then was able to reassure him that she wasn't, as I also had an e-mail with her itinerary sent some time ago, and filed. She is currently in Newcastle.

When I got back into Douglas I called in at Travis-Perkins for wallpaper for the bathroom - white with a little silver. But when I went to pay I couldn't find my debit card! I had left it in the carpet shop in Ramsey. When I rang them they said that they had it, and one of the men would drop it off at our house on his way home this evening - good service! Only that he hasn't. Hope this is because he forgot, not that he's posted it through someone else's letterbox!!

The decorator has been doing the little room an hour or two at a time - it is so small that it doesn't take long to put a coat of paint on. I think he's been doing it in breaks from other bigger jobs - but today we haven't seen him at all! Hope he hasn't broken his leg or something.

And I have been immersing myself in the next chapter of Ten Years After, which is very different again from the last one, and distracted me nicely from the news. It will be ready to post at the weekend as usual.

Comments

[opalescence.livejournal.com]

((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) I'm so glad that your mother-in-law is safe. And I would love to see pics of the finished rooms. Decorating is kind of a love of mine.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I should have taken a before picture of the junk room, but it didn't occur until it was basically empty.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

LOL! You know, I do that every single time... I'll be nearly done with a big project and realize, "d'oh!" I'd forgotten to record the untouched version for posterity. I've done it with the yard, with the garage, and with our own Junk Room earlier this year (which went from having nearly waist-high piles of stuff to being a usable room). And just yesterday, I forgot to take pictures of the front door landing area, before I cleared out all the junk that had accumulated and set up a new shelving unit for shoes (and baskets on top for mail).

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Lovely reassuring post that life goes on in all its mundane glory. I have been praying for everyone I love there and was on double prayer time this morning when S2C noted his mum might be in question. So very, very glad all is safe.

The room is sounding quite comfortable and good that the underlay came with the carpet.

We are pulling out our carpet and preparing to tile the floors. It makes sense with the dogs and there are so many lovely tiles to be had now. Our temp. here is hot most of the year so the warmth of carpet isn't as essential. We'll likely put around some room sized oriental style rugs on top the tile. I love redecorating but wish I had un unlimited budget *g*.
Lots of good taste, not so much cash.

Kathleen
{{{hugs and love to you there}}}

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Tiles and rugs sound lovely.

Re;S2C andh his mother. He always professes to be totally detached from his parents, having been at boarding school whilst they worked in Africa, and therefore not having been all that close to them. He seems to almost pride himself on not being bothered - which is why he hadn't realised that his mother was in the UK. But when I mentioned the possibility of her being in London, his post yesterday shows, I think, that he is less detached than he thinks, and I was glad to see it - especially as I knew where to find her itinary and could reassure us quite quickly.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Funny thing, parents, no matter what we think we SHOULD feel, no matter our history...they still become mummy and daddy when we least expect it.

I've even known people with genuine horror stories about their childhoods who still react towards a parent as if they were close and loving when the chips were down. I suppose it says something fundamentally good about most people that we allow our parents to be less than perfect and still love them in most cases.

You DD is blessed in that both of you so clearly love her that even people who only know your family in this way can see it. If we can, she must and so she is lucky.

Love,
Kathleen

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You DD is blessed in that both of you so clearly love her that even people who only know your family in this way can see it. If we can, she must and so she is lucky.

Thank you. I feel it is the other way around - we are blessed with her, and we are lucky! The actual giving birth bit was rather traumatic - I can still hear the consultant saying 'If we are going to come out of this with a live mother and a live baby we are going to have to operate NOW!' - probably wasn't meant to have heard that!

But it is more that you hear so many people worrying about the problems they have with their children, but she has never really given us any cause for concern - well not yet anyway. Can't really take much credit for it either - we learnt how to bring her up as we went along, and figured it out between the three of us - with only occasional wise words from my mother!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

In the aftermath of 9/11, I remember various psychologists on different shows saying that it's not good for children (in general, not just the ones directly affected) to be inundated with all the 24-hour news coverage and that they should be able to watch their regular shows and do their normal day-to-day things. I guess it helps reassure them to see life go on as normally as possible. I think it's equally true for adults.

I'm imagining your pretty little room; it makes me smile.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're right about 24 hour news coverage. Yesterday's TV was interesting - lots of extra news coverage, but soap operas in their usual slots - nothing can intefere with East Enders! Very British, I thought!

My daughter was a pre-teen when Diana Princess of Wales died, and after nothing but coverage of that on TV for hours on end, she said she was fed up to the back teeth with 'Dead Di' - and the name has stuck in our household ever since. Yesterday she commented, as a 17 year old, that she was glad they were making an effort to remain as normal as possible and 'not having another Dead Di Day.'

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Thank you. A perfect post for today.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. For some odd reason I dreamt last night that you flew over especially to mend my daughter's computer!! Wouldn't mind, but it isn't even broken!

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

I flew? Was I on a broom or did I have a cape?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Well -I'm assuming you flew - you could just have walked.....

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Walking on water would be cool too!

And almost as unlikely as me being able to fix a PC.

[evilawyer.livejournal.com]

Please, please, please do write about everyday life. We need to remember that it will always be there, no matter the insanity. And good luck on the work ---- it sounds like you are ready for the "it always takes so long" reality of it.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thanks. S2C says the little room is being decorated in stop-motion!

[frimfram.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're getting on ok. The card thing is a bit of a worry though! My mum used to have a tried-and-tested trick of leaving her purse on top of the car at petrol stations and driving off, losing it somewhere on the way home. I'm sure it's genetic reasons that mean I've never succeeded in keeping a card til anywhere near its expiry date...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The card was posted through our letterbox about 8am this morning. I welcomed it like a prodigal son! Would have killed the fatted calf if I'd had the card to buy one yesterday!!

[jerusha]

It's good to know that life goes on. It's an important thing to remember.

And it sounds like your decorating is going well! Your room sounds very pleasant. Plus, more "Ten Years After." Hooray!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The decorating has ground to a halt as we haven't seen the decorator for a couple of days. As soon as he gets the paper up everything else can get slotted into place - but he seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet!