Indeed today is truly a Happy Happy moment for me, no not my dog Happy, but truly me feeling happy today, specifically this evening. I smiled over and over again as I looked at my almost done room. My three walls have ICI's Brilliant White all over, and a DIY feature wall with a color akin to our local teh tarik. I must however say, it is a clever tone as it brings out a feeling of warmth and cosiness to the room.
It starts with me trotting down to IKEA late this morning, ready to make a purchase for my new wardrobe, but lo and behold.....it's out of stock! Fell in love this afternoon........no did not meet someone dashing......whisper....my heart's already taken. Oops did I just blog that........ Seriously, I fell in love this afternoon with an "Island Unit" in IKEA, but ouch........the price was quite a bit. Sigh.........holding my horses, I need to really ponder on that. It will be so pretty, and perhaps kind of a stand-offish or should I say Stand-Out to my already tired looking kitchen.
Early evening, my reliable handy"man"........first born Carol comes to my rescue. She mumbles as carting the bed from downstair to room at the top of the stair was not part of the bargain she anticipated. A little pretty please or we can do it another time did the trick. I became an instant apprentice as my daughter summoned me to get the tools. I scurry down....open the tool box, and bring to her 2 screw drivers, spanner and a wrench! She smiles and says ..........."Mom, I am not fixing any taps today". Quite frankly, I did not recognise or realise the big heavy heap of metal was a wrench, until Carol's response. Tongue-in-cheek, I told her this was the best hammer I could get my hands on.......chuckles.
Please pardon me, whilst I adore Tim Allen, my little blue tool box have stuff I do not know why it's there, and things which should be in the tool box is not quite there. We have though, MacGyver to thank but A wrench and spanner is transformed and becomes our hammer. With some noisy hammering , Spanner in hand and Happy as audience.........within minutes, Carol presents my beautiful white bed!!! Applaud.........
As quickly as she arrives, Carol takes leave and explains about the last minute shopping for her back packing trip. Ben (my favourite nephew and Carol's house mate) and Carol are globe trotting adventure style to Thailand, Laos etc. During a short car drive, I reminded her of a seasoned traveller's tip........bring your worst and soon to be discarded clothes and have the wear and throw attitude. Her eyes literally popped out and then lighted up when she heard about this tip..........
The sun goes down, my shorts go up and t shirt and up the ladder I go.........paint brush in one hand and paint tray in another as I balance myself to do the finish touch up of my feature wall. Splish splash......wall's done. As I sit on my new vinyl timber looking floor, I get my hands on fixing my 3 track curtain rails. The white sheers go up, ladder climb again, the next layer of curtains, white cotton with stripes and the valance........I switch on my lampshade........ah.......warm romantic light. Truly I cannot wait to sleep in my room again with book in hand and my lampshade which doubles as a reading light. Did I miss out an important detail.......Happy's got a new bed too, it's one of those cushy oval looking cushions I picked from Ikea.
It's late and I bid adieu lest I write someting giberish as I eagerly wait to go back and sleep in my old new room...
1 comment:
Hi Irene, I was wondering about the title of your blog .... empty nester. You sound like you need lots of love as you're portraying yourself living in an "empty" home. As I have been living by myself most of my life, I tend to distinguish between aloneness and loneliness. Have you ever pondered about it too?
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