We did some more painting at M’s house today - I was going over the trim that was still a bit patchy, making it look all white and sparkly. It’s looking really good - painting the trim makes all the difference to the room. There are still some bits that will need another coat, so I’m going to do that tomorrow. Hopefully then I’ll be finished with the painting. Even though I do like painting, my knees do get a bit weary of being knelt on all day. Still, I’ve got quadriceps of steel now from all the crouching! Well, not really, but it feels as though there’s something there.

Before we went to M’s house, we went to an auction around the corner from us. We’d had a look at the house a couple of weekends ago, and thought we’d have a stickybeak at the auction to see how much it went for. As it turns out, pretty much everyone was there to have a stickybeak, because noone bid at all. There were two vendors’ bids, and that was it. It seems that selling your house by direct sale is the way to go these days - people just don’t buy at auctions any more. There are so many auction shows on tv at the moment, and it seems more often than not that they are passed in. I think if I were to sell my house, I’d go for a normal sale - an auction would make me too nervous.

I had a really nice risotto for tea tonight - after all our hard work today, we decided to go out for dinner on the way home, so we went to a cafe near our house. I am totally hooked on risotto - it’s fabulous. Well, when it’s done right - I had one recently that wasn’t very nice at all. I think the place I had it at did a bit of a rush job on it; either that, or they have no idea how to make risotto.