Harder than painting the Sistine chapel?

I honestly think Micheal Angelo had it easy compared to what we have tried to achieve today.  I am sure the Sistine chapel did not have walls with paint that constantly flaked off.  Maybe I should take that back I have just googled about him and apparently he had to deal with mould and plaster that would not dry so full respect to him, he would have understood our difficulties.

The walls we are trying to paint onto are a nightmare.  Despite the thorough sanding and preparation they old paint flakes as we try paint over it. The job today was to paint the whole of the bedroom and we have completed this with a coffee break!  However when we went back to look at the wall it looks like a cat has scratched it all and it is flaking off in patches as it drys.  So we have to rub this areas down and G is filling it all in so we can try and get a second coat on tomorrow.  We also managed a first coat in the hall.

The 'before' photo

Arghhh! Fresh paint peeling off the walls as it drys.

G also created the first oak shelf for the alcove.  Actually its the second but the first was not successful as his ruler hadn't been calibrated.  He just shouted that over to me I think in lay mans terms it means he messed up on the measurement.  He was really disappointed as it meant the piece of oak could no longer be used.  He has turned the disaster around this afternoon as he has made it into an oak chopping for me.  I have been after one for with groove for carving roasts on.  The photo shows him in his 'workshop' creating it and the other photo shows the shelf as it was meant to look cut from another piece of oak.

My new chopping board...previously a shelf

The shelf as it was supposed to be

We finished the day with a run and a sea swim and then rushed back to cook supper for Mogsy, she was supposed to be coming over with her new man but a family crisis meant he had to rush off.  We had a lovely supper and it was great to see her.  G had to retire to bed as he was shattered.  Mogsy has only just left and after me saying all day that I was not going to drink much she and I finished the evening by finishing my anniversary bottle of cointreau and a few glasses of sloe gin.  I think I have now hit an all time record of how quickly I can get through a bottle of cointreau. G has stirred from his slumber so I think I will join him in bed.

Supper with Mogsy

Maybe G shouldn't have left Mogsy and I alone with the Cointreau and camera!