Some progress

Today's walk was a little less painful. The muscles are beginning to get used to this and I did make the 10,000 steps by lunch time. I was not groaning as I laboured up the final hill towards home either. The feet were complaining this time so tomorrow I shall try putting my socks on inside out. Seems a little strange I know but the insides are of a rough cotton finish while the exteriors are smooth and this may (or may not) make a difference. If not then new socks may be needed. Wish I could afford new shoes but will need to save for those. The big bonus is that it really is beginning to work as I have shed almost a kilo. So I will not quit for something as minor as complaining feet. Get used to it feet I say.

Just before lunch I finished cleaning the final side and have begun scraping the old bits of cedar shingle and glue off the roof. I am still undecided about the windows. I was never happy with them but the thought of attempting to make new doors and windows with my less than basic wood work skills will prove a challenge at the very least. Any suggestions/opinions gladly accepted. I have also noticed as I cleaned away the siding today the the existing windows stick out somewhat. If left as they are the place would really need some sort of siding put on the make them sit properly. I think I may concentrate on the internal renovations next beginning with a coat of white throughout. Then the stair case needs to be reconstructed. After that I can see about the internal doors. They need some sort of work. Here again to replace or to adapt ? Whatever I will need doorknobs. Then the wall paper and floors. I don't think I will continue just now with this forward plan. Just getting this lot done will keep me occupied for some time ahead. Too many tasks ahead of me and I tend to feel discouraged. So as the title of the blog suggests - take small steps.

I did look out some floor coverings that I may use. This old one is the wall to wall carper I did for the master bedroom and I have washed it so it looks as good as new again. So this one is going right back in but with news curtains and bedspreads.

Then I found this one which I think is rather pretty and I just washed it out and reblocked it. So this will do quite nicely for the study. It  really is a pretty colour not as washed out looking as in this shot being a spring green background.

This next one was the one I was originally going to use in the study but now I think it will do nicely for the baby boys' room with blue curtains and spreads etc. So I will wash and reblock this one.  I wanted to do a William Morris rabbit design but it is too large for me to get down to scale and I cannot locate any other design I really like.

I have located a great design to adapt to the planned rug for the kitchen. Can't wait to start on it. However I really need to decide on the stair runners. Just realised there will be a small challenge in doing the rug as I need to do a mirror image of the rooster on one side. Still that will keep my tiny brain nimble.