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16 October 2014

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I Hate Stripping!

For the past three days we`ve been stripping in the bedroom. Wallpaper stripping that is! We`re repainting it as some o` oor visitors will be using the room whilst they`re here. I wouldnae mind, but we didnae have three or four layers o` paper on the wa` like they used tae have in the auld days. Nope. This was one measly layer. But thon paper was thon thick, embossed kind that must have been put on wi` superglue, no` paste!
So there I was, up a stepladder (and still no` able tae reach the top o` the wa`s, being a five foot ruddy dwarf!!) scoring the paper wi` the stripper, then soaking it wi` hot soapy water, then doon tae the stripping. And does it come off wi` ease? Och no`, no` at a`. It comes off in tiny wee inch long bits, sticky wee pieces that get a` ower the floor and stick tae the bottom o` your shoes so that ye cart the stuff a` throughoot the hoose!

I have just seen, on the news, a village in County Durham where the men ootnumber the women ten tae one!! Noo I am wondering, what happened tae a` the women then? Hmmmm....is something shifty afoot in the County Durham village.....?

The room for the medieval feast is a` but finished noo...a` I need tae dae is clean up the flagstanes and dress the room itself.

Oh, and noo on the news is the story o` Dr Christine Bradshaw wha` helped on the lifeboat rescue in the Pentland Firth. A brave woman, thon....speaking as somebody wha` gets seasick on a puddle.....

The wee sparra in the byre is doing fine, though the mandarin that was a merganser continues tae moult, he is a` drab and broon looking noo, wi` only one bright orange wing feather left! Maybe he is preparing tae grow fancier plumage yet, in order tae attract lady mandarins in the near future? They fellas in thon County Durham village could take note......;-)
Some o` oor ducks that hatched their broods in various places along the track and doon by the pond have been up at the hoose wi` the bairns, looking for grain and acquainting the young ones wi` the etiquette o` the duck/chicken/goose mob. I think we noo have aroond forty odd ducks, though how many o` the wee ones will mak it I dinnae ken, we usually lose at least some tae gulls, crows and the weather.

Och weel, back tae work, sheepskins first then bedroom stripping! Only one mair wa` tae dae, and I will be right glad when it`s done and finished! I`ll never put up wa` paper again, never! I dinnae care what fancy patterns they show me, I will steadfastly resist the lure o` the paper. It`s paint and paint alone from noo on, for me. It`ll likely tak me weeks tae get the peedier bits o` paper oot the carpet. Aye, I ken...I should have put doon dust sheets or newspaper......

Posted on Hermit Life at 08:02

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Oh heck HL, I came here expecting photo's of you looking Lady GodIvor like, on your horse with the long hair. Or maybe that woman in MacBeth, she had long blonde locks too. We stopped the wallpaper lark years ago, only put up the odd border ( very odd sometimes) in the front room, and the master bedroom ( I'll need to keep off these Estate Agent web sites ) , any chance of any photo's of you stripping, think of how many peoples would visit your blog then. A very cunning blog today HL.....

Tws from The Battered Duck'n'Hen


Poor Tws....a perfectly reasonable hope dashed! Hermit definitely looks like she has the figure for going Godiva, but in this furcoat climate? And think of the damage a nasty recoil could do!Wallpaper, like ironing, is an invention of Auld Nick... Anorak Towers was once a hotbed of Regency strip, flowery dados, vinyl butterflies and My Little Pony........*bleh*

F**ing C*t from The Deepfried Cock&Bull


late hubby solveds the problem with wallpaper-we built a wooden house,inside wood wod and even more bloody wood!! no need for paper or paint-varnished the bloody stuff before putting it on walls or floors!

carol from itchycoo park


Oh I wish we had a wooden hoose Carol! I would love one. Aye Tws, going Godiva is a peedie bit cauld on Sanday, besides, at 45 I reckon I wouldnae be doing onybody ony favours so will keep well covered. Glad tae see I`m no` the only one wha` is anti wa` paper...*shudders*...evil stuff it is...

Hermit from Sanday


it is good having a wooden house,hermit very ecological,well insulated,very cheap to heat,and stays pretty cool when its 36掳in the shade. When you mention 45 is that your age and is,-you look really good

carol from le chalet de St.Dez


mmmmmm a Fjogstad would be nice...

Flying Cat from Dreamland


I agree that wallpaper stripping is YUK. give me emulsion any day. at least when Hooch slobbers its easier to wipe off , thats unless its on the ceiling.:(

Barebraes from Shapinsay


Ugh. That doesn't sound like much fun. I don't even know how one strips wallpaper but it sounds tedious! I never got your email reply - my email is very odd like that sometimes! I opened up a new email account elsewhere and it froze in less then two hours. I'm cursed!!

Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney


Can you remember which village it was? I'm from there originally. Maybe the women have all run off.

alix from west midlands


So...all the women have gone from a village in Co Durham... and from the Isle of Lewis....is there a commune somewhere full of runaway wimmin? And HOW does Hooch manage to slobber ON THE CEILING??????

Flying Cat from under a duvet


Aye Carol, I`m 45, some days I feel aboot 90, others me other half swears I`m aroond 5 though...;-) Alix, I cannae mind what village it was, I was typing on the laptop at the time and no` paying awfy much attention, but they did show some o` the laddies there and some o` them werenae half bad looking....

Hermit from Middle Age


you don't look your age,as for acting like a 5 year old-welcome to the club--the older i get the crazier the stunts are!!

carol from in the shade


Fc you add water to the hooch and food and then you wait for him to shake his head violently it goes eeeeverywhere !!!

Barebraes from Shapinsay


...and you have to be very very careful with your fingers when typing that.....

Flying Cat from Cheshire Grin


The slobber hits the roof when Hooch has the shakes. Other bullmastiffs do this equally well, Newfoundlands are less violent and thus generally plaster people and walls. # Brick or reinforced concrete (or steel cladding is the way to go, for those of us who don't want to maintain logs. Remember that boothy in Scalloway? That's my idea of a maintenance free shack.

mjc from NM,USA


i remember when our son was two he was sitting in his high chair in the kitchen eating a chocolate mousse--he did not like it so he nicely hit it with the back of his spoon and splosh,the mousse ended up on the ceiling!! how he lanaged it was a mystery but it went all the way up

carol. from in the shade


Sometime I wish I wasn't such a nosey kitty.... I like 'boothy', result of an interesting liason between the Booth and a bothy...

Flying Cat from *bleh*




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