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Aug. 18th, 2022 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsMy brother took down the top units a few days ago and I can officially say the downstairs of my house is in chaos right now. Everything emptied from the units is now in the living room or pushed into a corner of the kitchen so there are bags and boxes everywhere and I keep going for something and remember I need to find it first.
The unit doors, blind rails and old extractor are in the garden ready for a tip run at some point and the units themselves are anywhere where there is space and I need to give them a good scrub with sugar soap before they go back up next week. I did think I could maybe put stuff back on the counters but with the electrician coming and the ceiling being done it was pointless as everything would just need to be moved again.
The electrician came yesterday and the fuse box has been moved so we now have fuses that can be reached easily and turned on and off via little labelled handles and not fiddly wires and he'll be back next Wednesday to fit four new double sockets, which means more channelling of the walls and taking some of my newly painted tiles down.
The ceiling is being done on Tuesday now and the actual rebuilding of the kitchen, units going back up, counters, new sink etc will happen either Wednesday or Thursday. So, nothing is being done house-wise for the next few days beyond trying to organise bags and remember where things are.
Meanwhile, deliveries keep arriving -- today the sink will be here between 2-3 and we've picked a new fridge-freezer that will arrive on Monday. It'll be lovely to have one that doesn't leak and with drawers that aren't broken, plus it's going to be integrated which sounds nice. Though does take away my magnet gathering place. It also means we're having to try and eat down what we have in the old fridge-freezer, so some weird meals are coming up I think.
Right now we're very much at the it'll get worse before it gets better point, but I do know that it'll be worth it, and can cope living like this for the next week or so. It's an excuse not to dust anyway.
We cancelled our holiday today. We could have waited until next week but honestly, even if James' op was brought forward a few days it wouldn't be enough recovery time and obviously, health always comes first. My MiL has said she'll give us the money she gets back so we're thinking of either going to the Lakes or Amsterdam sometime in autumn instead.
It was Bodhi's first birthday yesterday so I spent the day up at her house leaving James to first go to the dentist where he had a tooth pulled and then stayed in with the electrician before joining the party. I wasn't planning on going up so early but got a message asking if I was free could I go help with the balloon arch, so by half eight I was blowing up hundreds of balloons and then constructing a Cozi Coupe car. And may I say, they're much more complicated to build than they look.
Bodhi had a good day and was celebrated well. She had a cake smash and you can see a short video here at Kayleigh's insta. ( As always, she's got a public account and knows I link and is fine with me doing so ) And some photos
Please make sure to look at and admire my work on the balloon arch *g*
We were supposed to be going to see Nope at the cinema today but James has been crashed out on the couch for a couple of hours now. This last week has been a lot for me never mind him so it's not surprising he's napping. I guess I'll see how he feels when he wakes up and then see if we're leaving the house o' dust and mess for a while.
The unit doors, blind rails and old extractor are in the garden ready for a tip run at some point and the units themselves are anywhere where there is space and I need to give them a good scrub with sugar soap before they go back up next week. I did think I could maybe put stuff back on the counters but with the electrician coming and the ceiling being done it was pointless as everything would just need to be moved again.
The electrician came yesterday and the fuse box has been moved so we now have fuses that can be reached easily and turned on and off via little labelled handles and not fiddly wires and he'll be back next Wednesday to fit four new double sockets, which means more channelling of the walls and taking some of my newly painted tiles down.
The ceiling is being done on Tuesday now and the actual rebuilding of the kitchen, units going back up, counters, new sink etc will happen either Wednesday or Thursday. So, nothing is being done house-wise for the next few days beyond trying to organise bags and remember where things are.
Meanwhile, deliveries keep arriving -- today the sink will be here between 2-3 and we've picked a new fridge-freezer that will arrive on Monday. It'll be lovely to have one that doesn't leak and with drawers that aren't broken, plus it's going to be integrated which sounds nice. Though does take away my magnet gathering place. It also means we're having to try and eat down what we have in the old fridge-freezer, so some weird meals are coming up I think.
Right now we're very much at the it'll get worse before it gets better point, but I do know that it'll be worth it, and can cope living like this for the next week or so. It's an excuse not to dust anyway.
We cancelled our holiday today. We could have waited until next week but honestly, even if James' op was brought forward a few days it wouldn't be enough recovery time and obviously, health always comes first. My MiL has said she'll give us the money she gets back so we're thinking of either going to the Lakes or Amsterdam sometime in autumn instead.
It was Bodhi's first birthday yesterday so I spent the day up at her house leaving James to first go to the dentist where he had a tooth pulled and then stayed in with the electrician before joining the party. I wasn't planning on going up so early but got a message asking if I was free could I go help with the balloon arch, so by half eight I was blowing up hundreds of balloons and then constructing a Cozi Coupe car. And may I say, they're much more complicated to build than they look.
Bodhi had a good day and was celebrated well. She had a cake smash and you can see a short video here at Kayleigh's insta. ( As always, she's got a public account and knows I link and is fine with me doing so ) And some photos
Please make sure to look at and admire my work on the balloon arch *g*
We were supposed to be going to see Nope at the cinema today but James has been crashed out on the couch for a couple of hours now. This last week has been a lot for me never mind him so it's not surprising he's napping. I guess I'll see how he feels when he wakes up and then see if we're leaving the house o' dust and mess for a while.
