I feel so darned grown up – last Friday I bought me a 1.65 metre ladder! It’s kind of like when I bought my first drill. Not only was it something that I no longer had to go around borrowing from neighbours, but in fact neighbours started borrowing mine!

And well, my new next door neighbours, Colm & Lidia, have a ladder that I’ve borrowed on occasion. But it’s not a very tall ladder and my ceilings are 3.5 metres high. So when I saw this baby on special offer (it’s exactly this one, brand name Altipesa, but with three more rungs) I just had to have it.

It’s great. I can now change ceiling lightbulbs, remove curtains for washing, dust ceiling air vents, all that fun stuff. Oh, and while living here on my own I can now also close my livingroom curtains at night. Because they aren’t very slidy on the curtain rods they need to be pulled from high up. I need to find some “grabbers” for that job, but for now the ladder will do.

Lightweight and sturdy, my new ladder lives out on one of the balconies, out of (my) sight. I’m told that there is no problem leaving it out in The Weather, but I may look for another home for it. And that’s today’s news! What an exciting life I lead…