today was spent pretty much as yesterday was; mazza carried on scrubbing away at the gluey remains of the vinyl lettering, with hammerite thinners and sandpaper - while i decimated the alien lifeforms on the side of the roof that i had spared the day before.

so not much to report really. however herman now has a roof which is spic-n-span enough to start painting on.

white enough to paint black now


about an hour after i finished scrubbing down the roof and came upstairs to put the dinner on, it started raining with the odd lonely snowflake in amongst the wet stuff

PEDANT: it’s called ‘sleet’ you idiot

ME: no it’s not. i know what feckin’ sleet looks like. this was rain with the odd snowflake in the middle of it OK?

PEDANT: oh. OK then. sorry for interrupting. please feel free to continue with your rivetting meteorological discourse

ME: dinnae worry. i will

where was i?… oh yeah. it started ‘not-sleeting’ about half an hour ago and the weather forecast has promised snow on its way. so i’m torn between hoping it stays fine, so i can get started on painting herman’s roof tomorrow and hoping it snows like mad - coz i’m such a big kid at heart, i still get really excited when it starts snowing.