Saturday, November 12, 2011

No guests = nothing to do?

November has been the first month since February this year without guests here at Millknock Farm. Far from giving us any time off, it simply gives us the time to keep the house looking it's best. For most of the year all we can do is clean, maintain the garden, and keep up with any urgent bits of maintenance work (replacing smoke alarms, fixing leaky taps, etc). So, it is now that the bigger jobs, like decorating can be done. The back bunk bedroom has had a new window board fitted, and has been decorated. The downstairs double bedroom has also been repainted. Next on the to-do list is to paint the kitchen, and give it a spring clean.
It is also during these quiet times that we get the chance to make sure everything is working properly. We don't have the time to check everything every week, so unless somebody complains we have to assume everything is working. This week we discovered that the cd player wasn't working, so it has now been replaced with a new cd/radio/i-pod dock.