November 17

It was a dark and stormy night… well, I guess at least one post had to start that way. Outside its raining and the cold wind blows. I’ve been to yoga, eaten dinner and now all I want to do is turn up the heater and unwind from the week. B. described his working week as ‘easily left behind’ and I felt that mine was defined by problems that seemed like minor irritations as soon as the next issue came along.

Anyhow, I’ve discovered that it’s very hard to take a good photo of rain (especially while you’re out in it) so instead I present a picture of our newly painted smallest room in the house. For most people this would be no big deal, but I am thrilled, largely because of these three words:

• brown
• Hessian
• wallpaper

Unfortunately (?) I don’t have a ‘before’ photo but anyone with the slightest imagination should understand that this was not a good look (particularly disturbing was the covered boiler). In fact, what’s there is still Hessian wallpaper, just not brown. In terms of bathroom decoration my preferred style would be best described as ‘lunatic asylum circa 1910’ – I love that clean stark white look. Our landlady, in contrast, prefers a ‘cluttered attic’ design. She was only convinced not to have it repainted in aubergine when the painter pointed out that the framed paintings (the many seafaring themed paintings) already provided enough colour. Now we only need the rest of the flat to be flooded so we can do something about the mineral green living room walls.

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This Friday’s post – much longer than last Friday’s and with no reference to soup - is dedicated to my dear friend (you know who you are) who described last week’s entry as being ‘light on’ and suggested I must have been suffering from ‘Friday-itis’ – I tell you, what cheek!