First – Sorry I have to postpone “Ruby Tuesday” I had planned to go over there today and fine tune a story etc but a friend, Jeff rang and asked if I could help paint his house – in exchange for a load of firewood!! Yeah! Count me in!
For someone that enjoys looking for ways to reduce spending & be economical, swapping some manual labour for firewood is a no-brainer to me!
Our friends bought a little investment house – a fixer-upperer in a great area – and are getting things sorted out for the keen tenants that are waiting to move in.
(Note *Friends* Actually family, but down here in Tasmania that could get complicated. Jeff’s Nan is my mothers second cousin. If you want to work out the nitty gritty cousin titles feel free, but it hurts my brain. 🙂 I label everyone ‘cousin’ or ‘friend’ and move on! 😀 )
Mana hasn’t done house painting before, so I dragged the poor girl out of the garden and gave her a paintbrush! (nothing like offering our international guests some variety hey?)
We started easy on the doors and then moved onto skirting boards and doorframes
Had to paint a few areas that already had the new carpet down!! Scared much???
Thankfully no mishaps and we pretty much got done what Jeff needed to have finished today.
So one day of painting will give us a good number of warm nights by the fire for free! Yay!
Not to mention a couple of days of getting very warm stacking the wood up!
I am totally off to bed – Just a couple of photos of the clouds this afternoon to leave you with… they looked a bit splendid this afternoon!
Cheers all
Good job! Loved the story, as always!
Such a strange looking sky!