The Big Push Day 1

The beginning of the renovations started today, ant was up early, 7.30, i woke about an hour later. We sat and had our coffee and planned out the work we would do over the next week, he is home for three days then away for three. I headed out to do the food shopping, picking up Mark on the way, and ant stayed at home and worked on finishing off the out building. After i had dropped Mark off i headed up to Tony's to pick up the two tins of paint Jackie had kindly brought us back from the uk, it is much cheaper there. I only stopped at Tony's for a few moments then headed back home. When i got back ant was still on with the crepi, i unloaded the car and did a little tidy up then made us some lunch.
After lunch ant started to strip the wall paper on the stairs, he had run out of crepi so we will have to finish that job at another stage. I cleared one of the bedrooms ready for painting, i borrowed a roller off Jacqui Rowe and then set too, it was a bit streaky on the first coat, but the second coat finished it off nicely. It was so hot in the room i was sweating like a glass blowers ears so i was topless for all the village to see, hopefully no one passed.
By six in the evening i had done two coats and all the cutting in i dared without making a mess, ant was still steaming the wallpaper on the stairs, it sounds a bit like someone trying to blow up a very large balloon, a bit of a thankless task, i bet he regrets tearing strips off the walls when we first came here now!! I headed down for a bath, i got most of the paint off, then put the dinner on, a simple roasted chuck tonight with roasted potatoes and carrots, need to keep our strength up over the coming days. I requested ant stop what he was doing when the steamer is empty so he can get bathed and relax for the evening, this still has to happen yet so i can imagine my requests are going to become commands in a few minutes. Hope fully we will enjoy a peaceful evening in front of the telly, as we will be worrn out. At least we have achieved something and the middle bedroom is further towards being finished, tomorrow holds the delight of emptying the living rooms and sanding the floors, the place is going to be a riot for the next week but i will just have to live with it.
Bye for now