Rapunzel Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair

What. A. Show.

Thursday afternoon I was a little sceptical of going to see a pantomime in July as they are normally associated with Christmas. Normally in the lead up to Christmas and in the School Holidays to get into the Christmas sprit but how wrong was I!!

Thursday night was absolutely fantastic! It was at the opening show of Rapunzel at The Tivoli Theatre, in Aberdeen.

From the very start to the end, I was in stitches! George Sampson, winner of Britain's Got Talent, has got the most quick witted sense of humour! He was brilliant! Of course, I just wanted to see George do his winning dance, signing in the rain. I wondered how or if they would even manage to squeeze his performance in a Rapunzel show, but you never know with Panto. It's all very 'in the moment'!!

The whole show was absolutely fantastic. The little kiddies dancing were second to none! I'd be balling my eyes out if my child was on that stage! Well done to those little ones and their parents!
There were 62 local children dancing on stage! All from Aberdeen City and the shire! Aberdeen has got some amount of talented dancers that's for sure.

The music was down to a T! So much feel good and well known songs.
I could believe when Price George and Chester had a 'dance off', where Chester danced to Gangnam Style and Price George did his famous Signing in the rain routine. It was phenomenal. I was in awe the whole way, definitely a lot different than seeing it on the TV. He was amazing.

The show has something for everyone! Quite a few adult jokes in there.

Well done guys! It's a 5 star from me! - ★★★★★ -

From Left to Right, Chester The Jester, Myself, Rapunzel, Horabella, Fairy Kind Heart, and Joseph Prudy.

See you in October guys!

 

With love, Morgan xo
 

The First Six Months

I have to admit, in our first six months, we have not done a lot of renovations. A lot less than I hoped actually.

The very first thing I most definitely had to get rid of was the old fashioned rail half way up the walls, dado rails. The dado was in our living room and in the hallway. They actually came off very easy but it was the amount of wallpaper and paint on the walls that made it messy and hard to cover up. 

We painted the hallway and 3 of the living room walls white and the main living room wall Duck egg. Don't get me wrong you could see marks on the walls where the rails used to be if you knew it was there or looked long enough. We went on holiday to Orlando and Daniel's parents got our walls plastered. So once back, I had to paint again but with the sofa now in the living room too!
After that, we both agreed that there would not be any decorating until into the new year. 

The next thing we did in the house was put the TV up on the wall. Now this doesn't sound much but it was chaos. The wall we wanted the TV on, and the only wall the TV could go on, was not strong enough. We couldn't understand why not, this wall is the wall that supports our stair case so by rights it really should be a supporting wall but it wasn't!! Daniel had to cut out a huge hole in the wall, only to find cardboard between the plasterboard. Once we had a hole to work through, Daniel reinforced the wall so that we could get our TV up. This was quite a few trips to our local B&Q, one day we were there 4 times. Not the kind of shopping I enjoy.. 

We now have a hole in the plaster, covered up by a huge bit of plywood and then the TV bracket mounted on that. We already feel sorry for the next owners of this house.

That was the only renovations we have done in the first 6 months but I have bought plenty to fill the house. I'm always buying, a lot more homely with our own finishing touches, including our brand new sofa. 

Here's to the next six months! 

With love, Morgan xo 

The Story Behind Door 66

Hello I'm Morgan and this is my brand new Home Renovation Blog.
It all started on the 1st of September 2017 when Daniel and I, moved into our very own first house.

The name came as our house number is 66 and wanted to share behind the front door of the house so incorporated them together.

We decided we wanted to document our change from house to our home together and what better way to do it. We have used Instagram as our main platform but are now venturing out onto the blogging scene.

So please bear with me as I get used to blogging and coding. This is all very new to me.

I look forward to sharing our journey with you all!

With love, Morgan xo