It's been a stinker
The weather here over the past week has been amazing, with temperatures over 30 most days. The city is one of the best places in the world when it's sunny, as all the grumpy poms seem to be happy and a lot easier to tolerate... Last weekend I had to work for some of it, but managed to get out to the park for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon, which was very relaxing and nice to have a cold glass of Pimms.
I'm not sure what's on for this weekend - I suspect it will involve some DIY, but hopefully some relaxing as well. I don't have any work to do, which is great news - and I fully intend to make the most of it.
So what's happening with the house? I will try to organise some pics, but for the meantime here's an update: The bathroom is mostly done, with the floor just needing a few more coats of paint (we painted the floor boards white - which looks quite cool). The bedroom has been pretty much done for a while, but we had the carpet pulled up again today to put some more sound insulation under - so I hope that has worked well. We also had a loose floor board which made an awful noise everytime you walked over it, so that should be gone now. We had a carpenter build a wardrobe for us, and that's going to be installed next week - so the room will be pretty much done. In fact, I think I might buy a flat screen TV for it this weekend - as we only have a crappy old box in there at the moment - so that should be some fun.
From here we need to sort out the flooring in the kitchen/diner area, so that we can install the kitchen that has been sitting in our front room in flat packs for about 2 months. Then we will be well on our way, left only with decorating sort of work, which is easy peasy! So it's slow going, but positive nonetheless.
What else? Work has been typically busy - but fingers crossed I might be able to take a day or two of next week. God that would be nice!! Bit bored of it at the moment, but a little break will sort that out I think. We're off to Italy in a few weeks for a wedding, so that's something to look forward to. Weather should be nice - and we get to return to the wedding venue for a different wedding - how cool!
That's about it really. I'm going to pack up now and go meet Sam for a quick drink before heading home to the family and a curry. I hope you're all well - and I look forward to speaking to peeps soon!
I'm not sure what's on for this weekend - I suspect it will involve some DIY, but hopefully some relaxing as well. I don't have any work to do, which is great news - and I fully intend to make the most of it.
So what's happening with the house? I will try to organise some pics, but for the meantime here's an update: The bathroom is mostly done, with the floor just needing a few more coats of paint (we painted the floor boards white - which looks quite cool). The bedroom has been pretty much done for a while, but we had the carpet pulled up again today to put some more sound insulation under - so I hope that has worked well. We also had a loose floor board which made an awful noise everytime you walked over it, so that should be gone now. We had a carpenter build a wardrobe for us, and that's going to be installed next week - so the room will be pretty much done. In fact, I think I might buy a flat screen TV for it this weekend - as we only have a crappy old box in there at the moment - so that should be some fun.
From here we need to sort out the flooring in the kitchen/diner area, so that we can install the kitchen that has been sitting in our front room in flat packs for about 2 months. Then we will be well on our way, left only with decorating sort of work, which is easy peasy! So it's slow going, but positive nonetheless.
What else? Work has been typically busy - but fingers crossed I might be able to take a day or two of next week. God that would be nice!! Bit bored of it at the moment, but a little break will sort that out I think. We're off to Italy in a few weeks for a wedding, so that's something to look forward to. Weather should be nice - and we get to return to the wedding venue for a different wedding - how cool!
That's about it really. I'm going to pack up now and go meet Sam for a quick drink before heading home to the family and a curry. I hope you're all well - and I look forward to speaking to peeps soon!
posted by Dan at 5:55 PM
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