Archive for the 'House' Category

Skin in the game

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

On Tuesday afternoon at 16.20 we decided not to return to England next week …

Remember the Christmas James set his arm on fire?

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Not that that was necessarily the highlight of the season of course …

Petty crime

Friday, November 9th, 2007

In which paving moves next door …

Ze jumpers zey ar runnink

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

We have a connection at home after just four months wait …

Please excuse that briefest of silences

Monday, February 12th, 2007

… we’ve moved into our house! At last! …

quick note

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

we finished the sanding today, managed to clean the mountains of dust and put down a layer of the infamous universal undercoat. 4 rooms and a hall are now a murky white colour ready for their top coat of floor paint – heres hoping it will look lovely. plan to have finished the floors completely […]

trophies

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

the place were the screw went into my foot doesnt really hurt any more today, but the raw blisters on my knees and ankles (from sanding the floor on them:( do a bit – specially when i go in the shower. they are covered in mecurachrome(sp?) so both jo and soph wanted to touch them, […]

Toddlers and tentacles

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

We were eating seafood last night and Josie was trying everything on my plate …

So here we are then

Friday, October 6th, 2006

The wireless network is set up, we have mobile phones, the children are sleeping through and we’ve seen four houses (and counting) …

Well … the house is looking tidy

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

The packers have been in today …