I defy the water!

Faced with the almost daily prospect of flood I have decided to do the emminently British thing

And pretend it isn't happening - Carry on up the Khyber style. Strawberry mousse anyone?

So we're decorating our bedroom - yes, wallpaper, paint, carpet, furniture and rising waters. Hah, I say, HAH, to Loki and all the gods of mischief and malice that try to trip me!

So I've got my colour charts and wallpaper swatches (not because I don't know exactly what i want - just so I can give them to beloved and give him the illusion that he is part of the deicsion making process. He knows this - he will pick out three colours, I will declare them ghastly, show him what I want. He will nod approvingly and go hide somewhere. He is well trained) and I can begin to fight chaos with my gold and red palace!