One step forward........

The Domestic Goddess has been on a roll again today. She is determined to get on with Baggy's plans to make their house a holiday cottage. Yesterday she bought some curtains for the sitting room. She spotted them in the local department store and Creative Clara was ninety-percent certain that they would a) fit (Clever Bird totally forgot to measure the window) and b) go with the new wall colour (Clever Bird forgot the paint swatch) and the new sofa and chair (Clever Bird forgot the cushion). But Baggy bought them anyway. Last night she draped them over the rail and decided that they were perfect.

It's amazing really, Hormonal Hannah stops Baggy from remembering why she went into a room and yet she can remember colours clearly. So today The Goddess decided to hang them. Once the strings have been pulled to hang them, one is not able to return them. Never mind, she was sure they'd be fine. First The Goddess washed the window within an inch of its life, ready to be painted, then she took the old curtains down. Curtain hooks put in the new ones. The three strings drawn to gather them, she attached the hooks to the curtain rings. More gathering was required, so Clever Bird took the whole curtain pole down, curtains still attached, to save The Goddess from having to adjust it with her arms above her head, which had already hurt Baggy's arm and shoulder when she hung them. The Goddess pulled the strings further, but Clara was not happy, one end was gathered, the other end was smooth. Then Clever Bird realised why - The Goddess had pulled the strings almost out of the curtain! It would seem that she should have tied off the strings first. Sewing needle found, The Goddess then rethreaded them and tried again. Nearly an hour after starting this task, the curtains were finally up.

Bloggees (who care) will just have to take Clara's word for it that they also go with the sofa and chair, as at the moment the furniture has been moved so that Calum and Clara could paint more walls this afternoon. Calum has disappeared off on some secret-squirrel mission and Baggy doesn't have the strength to move the sofa back! Yes the house is in chaos!

But it's getting there!

It might be an acquired taste, but at least it's cosy and a bit different. Not all holiday cottages need to look the same. Well that's Clever Bird's theory and she's sticking to it..........