Another epic day

Today has been an epic day and we have achieved loads so let's get to it without delay.

Dutch checks out his pillow

Dutch likes his new house

Lots of rubbish to clear

Much tidier now

The chicken gets her leg treated

Blowing dust off the filters

After doing my exercises this morning I went out and stapled Dutch's pillow down to the pallet and moved all his bedding over; he seems to have settled in to that already which is great news. After dropping her at school I got stuck into moving the pile of sticks, leaves and other wooden junk from the edge of the patio and swept some other leaves up from around the place. It's looking much neater now. When the men arrived they went straight in to treat the chicken, which is a pretty simple task that I'll have to do tomorrow and Sunday. She seems a lot better. After that they went into Rosie's rooms again to clean the filters in the air conditioning units.

Bekir fitting the new lights

Lifting the unit upstairs

Probably not its final resting place

I hate flies inside so much!

Kill all the flies

Taping the door up to keep the smoke in

The first inside task was the finish up fitting the lights as my new bulbs are on their way but not here yet. I spent a bit of time tidying in the balcony and decided to move the unit in there upstairs to replace with a better shelving unit to help the balcony toys stay tidy, so the men helped to lift it up and put it in place. I noticed that once again we've got a huge fly problem out there so this prompted the next task - setting off a smoke bomb in there. It went off so fast and then we found that the doors to the balcony are not very well sealed so we had to rush to tape up the doors into the lounge however it was too late to seal the door in the bedroom so that had to be shut off and abandoned for 24 hours. It was stinky!

Halil fits the bulbs he found

Drilling for the first frame

Lots of frames going up the wall

Fitting the Lord of the Rings posters

Right at the top of the ladder

And all the posters are up and look GREAT!

The men then had to head out to get better screws and wall plugs for the next task and they were able to pick up some bulbs for the lights so the ones coming from the internet will now be in spare. And now the main task for the day, that I expected to take all day, which is hanging the posters up the stairs to the roof space. They went up super quick and before I even realised it all of them were up and I had to work to decide where each poster is going to be set. I was bouncing around and so excited to see these up and done but now I need to buy more posters and frames to complete the walls (and one of the frames I bought is actually empty so yeah I do need more).

Using the laser to ensure everything is level

Cutting through the plasterboard

Starting to drill it out

Holes punched through

Sweeping up the rubble

The four holes looking great

I expected that job to take all day so I was even more excited that now the men were at least able to make a start knocking the holes through from outside Room 13 into the Games Room. I explained what I wanted and they got the laser out to get the holes actually matching and discovered the floor really isn't even out there; one hole is 1.5cm closer to the floor than the other! It was then out with the grinder and cutting through the plasterboard and then the big drill bit and knocking the holes through and I could barely believe it but by the end of the day they had completed all the extra three holes and so we now have the four holes through. Amazing progress!

Pitched the tent for tonight

Rosie set up for Movie Night

As I mentioned earlier the bedroom is out of action (and I went into it after dinner and it is so bad I had to hold my breath the whole time) so I pitched the tent and me and Rosie are going to camp out tonight. She's having a movie night with Angela while I'm typing this up and then we'll go out with some hot chocolate and have a nice night out there.

So there it is. We've a busy weekend lined up so expect another long one on Monday. Thanks for reading and  back Monday.

So much progress today

Today has been one of those days where loads gets done in a sudden rush so let's get to it.

Louise snuggling this morning, Xena in the background

Checking the wound on our white chicken

Let's start off with a couple of very different animal pictures. This morning Louise and Xena were cuddling me as I attempted to wake up before taking Rosie to school. Then last night I found one of our chickens was bleeding from a wound on its leg. This morning I showed Bekir who had a look and later on got something from the vet and treated her. She seems OK, so hopefully she will recover quickly.

Starting to drill for the shelf

Drilling the final shelf

Replacing the Hobbit Hole

Delicate BFG repairs

The attempt to purchase enough shelf supports by Halil on his way home last night failed due to the shops not having enough and this morning they went to three local shops and bought them out to get just enough for the teddy shelf in Rosie's room. With these now finally in hand Bekir drilled and affixed all the shelves in place and they look great. It was then lots of tidying and moving of tools, as well as putting the hobbit hole back in place and finally refixing the BFG to the wall in the bedroom where the dust had peeled it down. Finally; the project in Rosie's Rooms is done!

Bekir recovers a couple of guitar hooks

Keeping the dust tidy

My guitars are looking great!

Putting some shelf supports up

Removing a panel for Dutch's home

Cutting for a door flap

With this task completed the  men went straight into the roof to hang the guitars on the wall up there and they flew through this task. We had to take the two down from the wall in the lounge and then we together worked out the spacing and they set to. I'm so happy about how they look, it's amazing to see them up and of course now I want more. I also shifted one of the green chairs over to by the window and sat watching them work. With the guitars up they put up some shelf supports for me (I think I'll have my record player and amplifiers on there) and they used my new laser level to make it look great. With this done they even had time to do another small job. We've decided that Dutch is going to have his bed in the old toiler reservoir shed outside the kitchen door so we got Bekir to remove a panel from the doorway and Angela measured and cut some old material to hang over the front to keep the weather out. She'll do some sewing of this, put some weights in the bottom, and then tomorrow we can attach it and move Dutch in there.

Flowers on the pea plants

Rosie's Teddy display!

Angela cleans the top of the units

Rosie cleans the bottom sections

After school I snapped a picture of the pea flowers on Rosie's raised bed. We are forecast a huge (and I mean huge) dump of snow in the next week so hopefully they survive! With Rosie I sorted through her teddies and got them all lifted up onto her shelf and she has barely any room for any other teddies! It was then time to clean the new storage while I was building the boxes that will go into these spaces. I also have a brought a load of her toys in and stacked them up but I don't have pictures of that.

So there it is. What a great day. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Thanks for reading and back tomorrow.

More on the floor

It's been a few days since the last update as the men weren't in yesterday; let's get the weekend and that out of the way before seeing what progress was made today.

Rosie riding her tricycle

Digging sand with the excavator toy

Getting the lounge tidied some

Rosie loves driving her police car around

Out around the land with Rosie and Xena

Rosie feeds the birds

Mummy and Rosie with her new drawing pad

Saturday was a glorious sunny day, as was Sunday and yesterday actually, and Rosie and I went into town for a quick trip to pick up a new clothes basket and a few tools for me and then we had a lovely talk with Grandma and my sister. After a rest it was time to go outside and play with trikes and digging tools . All in all a lovely day with plenty of it spent outside. Sunday Angela got stuck into removing all the decorations in the living room and I helped a bit, as did Rosie. We also got more time outside with the police car and Rosie and I played some hide and seek and had a lovely stroll around the garden. Rosie also fed the chickens. Rosie was back to school on Monday and she received a gift for one of the other kid's birthday - a pen and pad and she is LOVING it. She's starting to learn how to hold a pen correctly, and is filling the book with lots of writing. Very cool to see.

Bekir runs the cable through

A temporary hose attachment point

Halil mixes up a load of cement

Over half done already

The weather changed dramatically over night and it rained heavily and today it has been raining and very windy - still no snow and it's warm; this winter is just not right. The men were in today, however, and first off they ran the power across from one side of the new room to the other, for the power points I want up there. then Bekir fitted a temporary tap onto our water tank so they could use a hose from there rather than bringing it up from outside; smart. Finally it was a lot of mixing of cement and spreading as they worked to finish the floor in the new room. It was a good day of progress and I can't wait to get up there tomorrow when the cement has gone off to check it out. I still need to work out the lights I want up there though.

So there it is; the day is done. Thanks for reading and I'll be back tomorrow.