My Gloriously Messy Week...

I would love to be sitting here telling you I have had this amazing, productive, organised sort of week that is Pinterest worthy... or instagrammable

you know what I mean right, all pretty, carefully curated and collected

and looking like I have sailed through without a hair out of place

 hitting the end of the week feeling nicely accomplished and deserving of some time off

and perhaps a pretty drink with an umbrella in it

but nope I am skidding in with my butt bouncing on the floor

my hair is more akin to a person testing electrical sockets with damp fingers

the studio looks a little like I have held a rave followed by a toddler's birthday party in it

and despite the rest of the house looking surprisingly neat, tidy and visitor ready

I haven't been able to find my left sneaker for two days

and I suspect there is something in the back of the fridge that may actually be growing an appendage... or maybe it is a stray leftover lamb shank 

either way I'm not checking it out and risking it being gross

Sinus can do the honour of delving into the scary fridge leftover zone when he gets home

So despite the deplorable state of the world I inhabit do I get in and put it to rights

nope I am sitting carving a lino block

so let's look at the week shall we

hair was cut and coloured so it looked great for a day

and then old einstein hair made a reappearance

happily a nice fresh light colour, but einstein none the less

Phants turned 20 which is uber scary

not just because she is actually 20... which is seriously grown up

but it also meant a quick trip to the transport department for her to get her learner's permit as she had always thought she would get it before she was twenty

snuck that one in with hours to spare!!!

we have even done our first drive and car, nerves and sanity are all intact

in all honesty she did fabulously well and we only have 12 months and 99 and a half more hours to log before she can sit her test

she also managed to change her profile pic from here twelve year old self to an actual recent photo... Phants is not a huge one for social media you see

so this is big... like momentous big... friends phoning to congratulate her big

Last night we had a birthday dinner which meant lots of cooking, baking

and decorating the dining room which is always fun

even if it is a little fraught with danger as it requires climbing on things to hang those giant paper flower, ball things and other stuff from the ceiling

well I have to cover the scorch marks from the poorly thought out idea to cover the ceiling in fairy lights a few years ago... they looked glorious until the scorching stared though

We also got new curtains which necessitated Sinus using tools

and some light cussing and a couple of hours later the main bedroom is transformed

okay maybe not transformed

but it certainly looks like grown ups live there now

of course Sinus nixed the idea of attempting a ceiling covered in fairy lights up there

despite my assurances that I think I know where I went wrong in the dining room

I have done all sorts of fun-ish work projects

snuck in some sketching time

and eaten ice blocks in the endless summer warmth

we have walked the waterfront and marvelled at the perfection of the 

sky and water at this time of year

and have discovered that Barry the cat  is somewhat scared of certain vegetables

cauliflower seems to scare him, though it turns out broccoli isn't a problem

carrots freak him out and make him hide, but beans just make him curious

cats are weird

So quite frankly you can keep your pinterest, instagram perfection

I like things just as they are

happy painting all...xx

PS thanks to all of you who sent me photos of your cups and mugs for my Cuppa with Friends Project... they are all printed and on the pile waiting for painting to begin