Daily Helen

Today we had to prepare the offices for some renovation work. Part of the floor has to be redone. The noise and mess were something else....

And here's the shiny new appliance. ~ A year ago today I was having a bubble bath ~

I've been using this scruffy old oven/mini kitchen for way longer than originally intended. And now - at last! - it's been replac...

I got my two pictures back from the framer this morning. They will sit on this shelf with my brother's pot until I get them hung on t...

Latest addition to my sitting room. It's bold, but I like the colours and the pattern. ~ A year ago today I went to a birthday part...

My kitchen light takes three of these spots. They need replacing far too often. Of course it doesn't help if I drop them before I ha...

There is a new stop street in my neighbourhood. The traffic roars down the road in the morning... hopefully this will help to slow it d...

New lampshade. I think it looks okay. ~ A year ago today I was enjoying my beach holiday ~ 

The first hard rains of winter arrived today. The drains outside our offices couldn't cope and the water came flooding in. Also, we ...

I've been meaning to buy a new bathroom light fitting for over a week. Finally got the thing... now I need to get on a chair and fit...

I had to call the plumbers today... I thought the geyser had burst due to all the wet, but fortunately it was just a leaking pipe which ...

Yet another thing that needs fixing (or better still, replacing) in my house... kitchen light. Damn bulb blown again. ~ A year ago toda...

I bought some new plates and cutlery today. I went for plain and simple. ~ A year ago today it was blowing a gale ~ 

For the second time in as many days my plugs tripped and I had to battle my way past all the cleaning products in my tiny utility cupboa...

A week or so back one of my keys broke. Finally got around to have another one cut. In fact, did a whole spare set. One chore done off my ...

I wasn't happy to see the painters painted over the exposed brickwork on the side of my building today. Don't know why they did that...

The painting of the outside of my building is in full swing now. My cats aren't enjoying it and neither is my garden :( ~ A year ago ...

My building is going to be painted soon. The painters are on site already, preparing the walls. And final decisions about colour are being m...

It is a wonder I got any work done at all today - had workers in the building, fixing our plumbing, workers outside my office window, loadin...

My kitchen sink is very temperamental... if I just look at it funny it clogs up. It's been doing to again this week. Sigh. ~ A year ago ...