Mal and I took Rosie out for her morning walk. It was a long way and made me realise I had not fully recovered from the flu and spent the rest of the day exhausted. Mal decided as rain was forecast (no we didn’t have any), that he would start painting the winter lounge. We now buy the dye and mix our own colours as the shop mixes never seem to turn out the colour we want. It is now obvious that our builders messed up with the plaster on one of the walls as the original paint started peeling off on to the roller. What a mess. When it dried Mal decided the only course of action was to scrape it all off, seal the wall and start again.

