Matthews Mansion

The weather has been frightful, which allows us to notice that the house does not leak.... Actually, its quite comfortable, though you can hear the rain on the roof in the loft, but it is isn't that loud.  Also I managed to do my Christmas shopping before lockdown was called.  And we got the tree in too. And the link to the cute cat video.   https://photos.app.goo.gl/ 5FPm2a7VLZR6edUj9

 We have been in for a week, and it is quite nice. the Decorator was in touching up the painting and we had some landscape gardeners doing some turf.  But really.... now the builders are gone till next year. Apparently woodchip that is starting to decompose is an ok bedding material for grass.

 Due to some misunderstanding the builders we were expecting on Saturday and the cleaners we were expecting on Sunday couldn't come.  We were told on Saturday "no one's coming around" its yours.  There are some things happening next week. The builders are coming and sorting out some of the last of their stuff and taking the skip away.  We are not expecting builders back again till late January to fix the new front door and do work on the garage roof.  We are making a list of the little things that are wrong.  Somehow the water to the dishwasher was disconnected, some painting that was missed, the downstairs bathroom not quite done.  So we started early this morning with the vacuuming and the cleaning of surfaces and the scrubbing of floors.  It was really very dusty. We let the cats roam the whole house  on Saturday and Sunday we let them into the garden.  After 2 and a half weeks of being locked up they stepped cautiously out the back door.  Sniffing the air, nervous