This is my blog about emigrating to Bulgaria. It starts with the idea and will take you through all the steps I am taking to create my new life in this wonderful idyllic country. Thank you for reading.
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It looked, today, very much like another day for the men to go early but it didn't pan out like that thankfully. First of all, however, the weekend.
Rosie with her selection at the toy shop
Playing with it at home
Looks like a painting
Saturday was, as always, Daddy day and I had the great pleasure of taking Rosie to the toy shop as a week or so back she finally did a week collecting enough stickers on her chart to get a treat. She is so good at that shop and she walked all around looking at things (but not touching without asking) before she found the Peppa Pig Playground and that was it. She insisted on carrying it out to the car and then in from the car to show Mummy. She has played with it pretty continually since getting it as well. It was a bit overcast and dull and rainy for most of the day but then late on the storms passed and it was a lovely day.
A beautiful start to the day
Rosie having fun on the trampoline
Impressive storm bank
Just a bit of rain and wind
A lot of rain in a short time
Thelma and Louise do not like thunder
Sunday is Mummy day and it dawned sunny and lovely and remained so all morning. This was a really good thing as while I did a few hobby tasks Angela was able to go to the restaurant with the excellent park and let Rosie have a really lovely time. I went up to join them for lunch which was also awesome. Once we got home the clouds started to gather and it got heavier and the thunder got closer and then after Rosie woke after her nap a huge storm came smashing through with high winds, heavy rain, and close thunder and lightning. Sadly one of the big sunflower plants did not survive; we are gutted it was a monster! The puppies were not impressed but Rosie seems to enjoy storms.
Fitting more drains while it drizzles
Getting ready to do some wood work
All the wood sections ready
And so to today. The weather was forecast stormy all day and it was cloudy first thing, though the sun broke through during breakfast in a really beautiful display. Bekir and Halil were in on time and started mixing cement and fitting the next drains across the patio but it was raining/drizzling (though not heavily) for a while before finally just around their coffee break the heavens opened and they had to take cover. I thought about sending them home again but they had ordered some sand so had to wait for that anyway so Angela suggested asking them to make some planters she wants for the patio. Halil swept up and then they took themselves into the workshop and cut the lengths needed. The sand delivery truck arrived as well during this time and dumped its four tonnes of sand onto the pile.
How it looks at the end of the day
The weather cleared and they were able to get outside again most of the afternoon and so we ended the day with just under half of one length left to do before they can completely tidy, flatten, put down the metal grid and then it'll be pouring cement time. How very exciting indeed!
Welcome to another day and more progress over here; very exciting progress at that.
Wiring up the lights
Starting to clean
Breaking sticks in the cool sun
Angela using woodworking tools
Plugs start to be fitted
Wet floor, but clean (ish)
Today Rosie went back to school for her second day so I waved her off in the car while Angela drove her down and I felt really sad to see her go; I know this is normal though. The men were in, including Hikmet today, and got stuck in with Bekir working on electrics, starting with wiring the new light switches I picked up yesterday evening, while Halil and Sally scrubbed and cleaned the flor, which took ages as it was very dirty. They got wire brushes and everything involved. Hikmet was back to clearing the huge pile of wood, breaking the twigs up and stashing it for next year into the end of the green building. With Rosie at school Angela got stuck into making a planter for the balcony, of course with a hot cuppa nearby. Bekir completed the lights and got started on the plugs, first of all on the wall behind our bedroom. Sally and Halil were mopping and scraping and cleaning all morning.
The skirting painting begins
Bekir working electrics, Sally painting
The desk is in place
Hikmet is making great progress
A light. In the corridor!
With the floor cleaning Sally and Halil masked off and started to paint the border with black paint I also picked up yesterday. This was done pretty quickly, though it is a fair size, and then the rest of the tidying began with the scaffold going downstairs ready for library painting to begin tomorrow. Bekir continued on the electrics and got all the plugs in place and after I finished work I cleared off the old desk and Halil helped me shift it to the end of the corridor; shortly I'll be moving out there for my work desk while the area outside Room 13 is done, and there's also some work done inside Room 13 like blinds, upgrading network and a new on-demand boiler. It is SO cool to see how the corridor looks now it is all but done - tomorrow we'll have the light fittings in, the curtain up on the windows to the bedroom, and it'll be totally completed!
So I'll see you tomorrow again; thanks for reading.
