Today I/we have:

Mondays I love.  I know it's wierd - most people can't bear the thought of work on a Monday morning but I like going to work and getting back into my projects - that's the joy of loving what I do for a living.  I have this mantra that the minute it becomes hateful I would leave.  What's the point if it makes you unhappy?  You live once!  I am faced with a particularily hard week this week - no PA/Assistant, deadlines, hosting training sessions, training a French work experience student (this is impossibe when she hardly speaks any English and we are not the traditional of offices.  Eight times I tried striking up conversation and cracking jokes, but the jokes on me when I had to repeat it for he 5th time very s l o w l y.  She's cute as a button though - she just doesn't get me/the office/the work/the British weather/the fashion/the food!) 

So over to fence saga. .... First thing I notice is that we've bought the wrong paint colour (told you we were pretty useless!) It's Cedar Red not the dark Oak we were looking at ...... due to this error we decide it's definately the wrong colour for the fence at the bottom of the garden - won't blend at all ... so I suggest that painting the fence by the door to the conservatory to see what the colour looks like (4 panels of fencing how difficult could that be???) First of all I have to strip off all the old dead twigs and branches that have come from next doors garden before spending 30 minutes looking for the little step ladder so that I can reach the top.  Once found I start and immediately flick paint over the patio slabs (these slabs cost us a small fortune - they are genuine 1850's slabs to compliment the house).  Whoopsie.  Henri assures me the still boxed new power hose will take it off ... am not so sure but choose to believe him otherwise I could be a while finding the some kind of toxic liquid that will take it off!  As I start to paint it on it becomes obvious that it's nothing like creocote to paint on.  I actually have to be careful and do it 'properly'.  Damn it.  Three hours later and I have done only 2 1/2 panels.  Am typing in front of it now and thinking it's definately going to need creocote on top as it's more red than cedar.  O goodie.  Fence painting may take up the rest of my life at this rate!  So much for doing these challenges all 'goddess' like with no whinging!

• Painted a different fence!
• Henri's done all the ironing again (am a lucky lucky wife!)
• Henri has fixed the wardrobe and sorted out his clothes (whoop de whoop - been asking for ages!)
• Cooked Ravioli al burro for supper

And working on the Goddess in me; I have:

• Completed a 2.3km run first thing this morning (there was though, ALOT of procrastinating at 6.30am but finally find the strength at 7.15am when I reminded myself how much cake testing I did yesterday!!)

And indulged:

• Soaked in a bubble bath for longer than necessary (and it was after this morning's run, no wonder I was 10 minutes late for work!)

What have you done today?