If you were to ask me, I would have said that the past week had been fairly quiet. And it is true that there have been some days when I haven't ventured out of the building. Monday, I didn't leave my flat. Today, I haven't left the building, although I have been down to the rubbish area and to the reception desk to pick up a package.
Even given that, I have been fairly -- if not busy then at least purpose-filled. I have embarked on a decluttering project, which I wouldn't ordinarily do a mere 3 months after I have moved in to a new place. But I am sorting through cupboards, moving furniture around, buying odd bits of furniture, reorganising things. I am also aware that I have brought some things with me that I don't need or don't want in my new space, and some things that I don't have that I would quite like.
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| New TV shelf |
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| I should perhaps have tidied the chair blanket before taking the photo! |
You may remember my considerable dislike of the carpet in Eilish Court, largely based on the fact that cat fur stuck to it and was almost impossible to remove. The disadvantage of my hard flooring is that cat fur doesn't stick to it and blows around the flat. I move a suitcase yesterday which has been in its place for less than three months and cat fur blew all over the place. I moved everything out of the "balcony" on Saturday and thoroughly cleaned and cleared it. I moved a couple of things around on there today so I could put a new shelving unit in - and cat fur blew up from a floor that was fur-free on Saturday afternoon.
I am not going to carpet the flat but I am considering buying a rug for the living area. I have put a blanket on the floor in the bedroom to see how that goes. It seems to be going ok:
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| Whiskey likes it |
I went to work on Wednesday and Friday as usual. Lindsey is now back from Canada and on Thursday she and I met with Freyja and went to look at the rooftop meeting room. Freyja and I jointly turn 110 this year and we decided to have a party to celebrate that milestone. Freyja manages the rooms at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre and suggested we use this room as the venue. And it's lovely, with a wrap around balcony and beautiful windows.
It will make a great party room.
The stadium entrance to the building is looking very summery
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| The hydrangeas at the street level entrance aren't growing as well and aren't flowering yet |
And this was my morning view during the week, on a day when it wasn't raining:
‘On a day when it wasn’t raining’……how long do you reckon it’ll be before we can say that with confidence. It poured (again) today out here in Kilsyth.
ReplyDeleteYou’ve certainly made made headway turning your little apartment into a home during the short time you’ve been there. I bet this time next year you’ll look back on all the changes/alterations and smile.
It only drizzled here today. Yesterday, when I went to Alphington to the market, it was lovely and sunny when I left home. It started to rain with enthusiasm about halfway through my market visit. I was not wearing a rain jacket!
DeleteYou are probably right about looking back in a year's time. I was surprised when I looked at the photos we had from when we first moved into the last place, how much we had changed things by the time I sold it 8 years later