A job well done

I love the feeling of finishing something I really didn’t want to do

then standing back to admire my handiwork

I get a satisfied feeling – knowing what started out as a chore has morphed into a pleasant surprise

With my shoulder playing up early last year from the injury I sustained the year before and then the osteo- arthritis in my spine causing me so much pain and suffering there were things around the house that hadn’t been cleaned for a while. 

My kitchen windows for one – I had intended to do them before Christmas but like a lot of things time got away from me.  I am lucky in a way that they are under cover and aren’t at the mercy of the weather but even so this morning they were splattered and smudgy and looking really gross. 

Now what do we see here
Bright shining spaarkling clean windows 

Yes, for some reason I felt really motivated this morning

Actually I was fed up looking at them and knew I wouldn’t be happy with whatever Dh did to them

one of my failings – not being able to delegate:(

So chore or no chore I got going and am I happy with the result!

I can now see that lovely tidy deck and way down the garden

without having to peer through the grubby curtain and water splashes  

Oh and when I had cleaned the outside panes I also tidied up the back deck 

BTW thanks for all the lovely comments you made about the cosy lived in look and feel of this space

Many of you called it a porch which I think is a lovely term but I tend to think of a porch as being at the front of a house and be quite a small area

This is at the back of the house up off the ground and running almost the width

but doesn’t go round the corner

 so to us it’s ‘The Back Deck’ 

At the moment it looks rather bare without all the stuff lying about

yet I know within a few days I’ll get lazy and leave things lying around again:)

Oh and look at that

I loaded these without really looking at them and only just noticed someones tail there lol

Didn’t take her long to claim her chair did it??

ps, all it took a dollop of vinegar and a smaller one of washing up liquid

in a bowl of warm water

then newspaper used to wipe the window clean

A tried and true method used in my house all my married days

carried on from when I had to clean them at home before that 

Are there any jobs you put off

and what motivates you to get them done?