An itty bitty day

Today has been a day where nothing that was planned has been achieved, really, but lots has been done. This is true for both my day job and also for the workmen, though the distraction of the workmen was our fault as we changed up our plans slightly.

A really overcast morning - no sunrise here

Bekir's glass cutting kit

Bekir cutting up tiles to edge in the Art Room

Mesut starts sticking the sides on

Amazing scrambled eggs

Overcast and miserable (and raining hard)

Glass being fitted into the display units

I slept through my alarm and woke about half an hour later than normal to clouds and rain. I struggled to get going but still did my usual chores before A got back with the men however the shifting of the wood didn't happen once more. The men were cheerful enough when they arrived and Bekir was tasked with putting the glass into the other display cabinet for me so he got his tools together, but then went to cut up tiles for Mesut as his task was to finish off completely around the area where one of the large units will be in the Art Room, so it can be moved and fixed into place to reduce the risk of damage. He worked really fast and very shortly afterwards the edging was complete. A made me a huge plate of scrambled eggs which was so welcomed on such a miserable day. With his assistance for Mesut out the way Bekir got stuck into fitting the glass into the unit.

Having fun making soup

Grouting begins

Mesut puts some paint on the walls of the Art Room

Now cleaning between the tiles in the Games Room

The tiling situation at the end of the day

The display units are done

Emma came over to see A which was lovely; it's good to get mixed company and it's always a pleasure to have Emma around; we're hoping to see Nik soon as well. Mesut finished the side tiles very quickly and got onto grouting the tiles underneath where the unit will go. Lunch came and went and I was feeling very unusual but eventually forced some food into me and that did help a bit. After lunch Mesut got some paint on the walls where the unit will go, though we did find that the green is a bit strong to cover with just one coat of the new paint. No matter, it's all progress and while this distraction has meant that they actually haven't finished the Art Room floor, it's all stuff that needed to be done. With the painting done Mesut went into the Games Room and started cleaning between the laid tiles in preparation for grouting while Bekir continued laying tiles. We're not as close to finished as I hoped however getting the walls painted in the Art Room will really improve the look.

Lots of soup for the freezer

A very flat surface for pouring resin

I'm a little unsure what I'm doing here...

A bit happier now I've made even more mess

Spread the gunk onto a Jewel Case

Sunset time

After taking the men home, which was uneventful, I came home to help A carrying all the soup out to the freezer; that's a serious batch right there. I then came upstairs to pour water effects on some of the tiles I'm making and look at how flat that floor is! Amazing job from Mesut. After dinner, lovely sausage and spuds with beans, I came back upstairs and had an attempt at making papier mache, though I added some grit to the mix to make even more mess. We shall see how this turns out. The clouds stays, though mid afternoon there was a period of glorious sunshine, and the sunset was a pretty show, if not as amazing as it can be.

And so there's another week; another two weeks until I have to go away for business so two weeks left for the men to finish everything as they have to finish then. I'm going for a shower and then I may do some more hobby time. I'll be back on Sunday I reckon. Cheers for reading.

Today it is rather warm

Today is going to be a short update mainly because I've not bothered to take pictures therefore I don't have much to hang the update around. A fair amount has happened, however, so onwards.

Prepared to chop for firewood

Last night we sat out on the balcony for a bit hoping to see meteors but there were none in evidence. We did see a very bright satellite which could even have been the ISS but who knows. We went in to bed and fell asleep quite quickly and slept right through, other than A waking to pull the duvet up which was a good idea. In the morning she refused to let me go and do the puppies / birds routine but she did come back to bed again after and we stayed snoozing for quite a while. Eventually we got up and had our tea on the balcony and then I pulled myself outside to do some chopping of wood. At first I had to refuel the chainsaw which was quite easy and then I had to start it which was more of a challenge however soon enough I was cutting away and I chopped until I needed a rest from the noise and fumes. I continued with the axe for a bit until my dad came out to see me and I was putting him in danger from flying wood and was sweating up a storm anyway so in I went.

Dedication to the rewiring task

My dad had made a start rewiring the plug in the vestibule that also powered the boiler so my shower was cold until the residual water from the boiler came out. It was amazing. He was hard at work pretty much through the whole day fixing up this switch and now as I type this it is fully done and working. We found a few interesting things (earth connected to live, earth disconnected completely in the consumer unit) which are now fixed and my electrics is once again safe. We also now have an available socket in the vestibule as the boiler is directly wired in.

Watching the burn

We had to head into town to get some bits and pieces for me and my dad, and also some shopping, so we did this pretty much after breakfast. It was a successful trip other than a rather unpleasant encounter in one of the shops which prompted me to pretty much run away; not the best way to act however I'd rather that than cause a scene. Anyway, when I got back I found that A was hard at work and had been cleaning Room 13 and emptying shelves in preparation for the Great Return. We also had a pile of stuff to burn which we put into the drum out back, watched all the time by the puppies.

Woohoo back using Room 13

After this (and after eating a lovely chili beans on toast on the balcony for my lunch) we got on with moving things into Room 13 and other than a scary moment when we thought a tile had broken it went very smoothly. The desks are no in there yet, that'll be something for later in the week, but the fridge, cooker, food prep tables and petchka are all in place and it is so nice to be able to be in there again, and to have the reduction in clutter in the hallway.

Picking up more glass

A went into town with my mum to post some cards for her and while she was gone I filled some water bottles then totally failed and went to bed and slept, with the puppies snoring alongside me. She came back and found me and when I had finally woken up I re-emerged and we did the chickens together, which was lovely. My mum had decided to continue with the glass pick and she did this right until it was time for dinner, which is great.

First Onion is harvested

Very happy with her tatties

Talking of dinner A made a lovely toad in the hole once again, using onions from our garden and she also harvested a small handful of potatoes and served them up. They were all amazingly tasty and we enjoyed every mouthful, sat on the balcony watching what we hoped would be a rain storm heading our way. Sadly, as of the typing of this update, this has not hit us and it is still hot and airless right now.

I'm going to publish this, go help with what is left of the watering round then after a shower go to bed. I'm pretty tired. Tomorrow is Greece day so fingers crossed it's a scorcher when we are down there.