Another month begins

Having done the barest minimum throughout January I am totally gob-smacked at how fast it's whizzed by. I did manage to get the first coat of paint done in Kirstys bedroom after getting the manky wall paper stripped off. Unfortunately now though the temperature is so cold in there that it may be a week or so before it's warm enough to contemplate getting the lilac top coat on.

As the cold spell has hit, the horse has taken to drinking 6 buckets of water a day which is a complete bugger when you can't just run the hose to fill up the trough. She's also now eating 3 bails of hay a day as well so it's not really surprising she has to wash it down with something.

It's Kirstys birthday tomorrow, double figures, I can only wish that it will see the end of her constant tantrums and strops that we have endured for the last few years. The plan had been to get her room finished by then but it's not going to happen.

Our party schedule for this year is being severely hampered by the events going on in the UK. With the Queens jubilee and the Olympics, the guest list is looking decidedly thin on the ground for both the May party, in June, and the August softball weekend. Could be eating a lot of leftover pig the way things are looking at the moment. Maybe Janes 40th birthday party will be the biggy for 2012.