Peter is scraping the last of the woodchip off the stairwell. Yesterday we discovered that the ceiling of the stairwell was merely hardboard papered over, and wouldn't scrape. So we took it down and found a pristine plastered wall and ceiling behind it, but vertical, rather than the 45 or whatever degree slope that was there before. Peter has a ladder that can be used on stairs, so we are keeping the height and space, and I am now looking around (ie Ikea!) for a swish pendant light to have as a feature, and to give extra light to the stairs. I can't believe how different it looks!
Woodwork will be painted today, and the plasterer is coming tomorrow afternoon sometime to skim the ceiling and anything else that needs it.

The side strip that I always forget about down the "blind" side of the house is nearly clear. I think I will attack the front bed today, as I have some bedding plants to go in. Frost forecast tonight, though. Good job they're hardy!

My desktop computer has been re-homed with my son in law! Hooray! Not only that, he found out why it wouldn't start, got a part to fix it, and has downloaded the contents onto my (up to then unused) terrabyte external hard drive. Yay!

Andrea

ps I whacked on 2 and a half pounds while I was in Iceland....carb fest!