It was Saturday today...

...and so, just for a change, we worked.

Terry started the day by fixing the sink in the toilet with the bits that we bought yesterday and now we have a working sink. While he was doing that, Liz and I put the first coat of paint on the wall of the part of thge living room that we papered yesterday, as well as a fair amount of paint on the floor as well. Liz may have a steady hand and a keen eye when it comes to painting but she's working with me and a line of masking tape across the edge of the floor is never going to be sufficient. Mind you, it's looking quite good in there and a second coat will work wonders for the wall.

Back in the toilet, Terry finished off the grouting of the little mosaic tiles that he fitted and once he was out of the way  Liz painted the woodwork in there too. Now it's almost completely finished in there. Just the shelf and the towel ring, the second coat of paint and a bit of touching up, and that will be that.

After lunch while Liz was painting the toilet woodwork, Terry put the damp-proof membrane down on the terrace at the back of the apartment and I rubbed down the door to the cupboard under the stairs. That door was filthy - I don't think that it had ever been cleaned at all, ever since the apartment had been built.

As an aside, if you don't know the story of the apartment, it was built in 1969 and the first occupant was an old blind man who was unable to clean up after himself. He died in 1997 and the apartment stood empty and untouched for three years with no takers until I bought it as a ruin at a knock-down price.

Anyway, after all of that it was 16:00 and we were exhausted. We should have been out shopping and then going for our Saturday night meal but no-one was in the mood. Domino's special Saturday offer of large pizzas at just €7:99 each take-away swung the decision for us. My vegetarian with no cheese was absolutely delicious and there is enough left over for Sunday lunch.

So that was that - we are all worn out again and so in a moment I'll be off to bed. The others crashed out a while ago.