Showing posts with label trampoline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trampoline. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 March 2024

Winter is done

Wow it has been some time since the last update; I planned on doing regular updates through the winter however of course as you can tell I never started and so now I'm sat here the night before the men are due and I've got to do an update to catch up. With a combined 574 pictures and videos to go through. So I'm just not going to bother. This'll be quite a quick update and tomorrow I should be back to normal service...

Rosie

Princess Rosie and a jigsaw
Princess Rosie and a jigsaw
Another jigsaw
Another jigsaw
More completed jigsaw
More completed jigsaw
She's proud of this one
She's proud of this one
Dinosaurs!
Dinosaurs!
In progress (this one still isn't finished)
In progress (this one still isn't finished)
The one she finished today
The one she finished today
Rosie has been really getting into doing jigsaws and is getting really good at them. Just today we did another together and I'm having to buy more and more, and bigger and more complex, to keep her entertained. It is really good for her though so I don't mind at all.
Fish being buried
Fish being buried
Awesome shapes on the trampoline
Awesome shapes on the trampoline
Bicycling
Bicycling
Rosie playing her keyboard she got for her birthday
Rosie playing her keyboard she got for her birthday
Out to the new restaurant for dinner
Out to the new restaurant for dinner
Helping me mow the lawn
Helping me mow the lawn
Going for a ride at the park
Going for a ride at the park
Rosie made these
Rosie made these
Doing a puppet show
Doing a puppet show
Our bulbs coming up
Our bulbs coming up
First camping of the year
First camping of the year
Enjoying the sun and the breeze
Enjoying the sun and the breeze
So more stuff with Rosie before we go on with a few more subjects and wrap this up. We had one dead fish which Rosie was determined to bury so out we went and put it into a little hole by the cherry tree at the front. She has also had lots of fun with the trampoline, her bike, her keyboard (she's getting good at it already, learning some songs!) and doing things with me like going out for dinner and riding along on the mower as I've already started having to mow the lawn! We also took her to the park a couple of days in a row with her bike which went really well. She's also made some martenichkas and we hung them on some trees. She did a puppet shows in the puppet theatre we made together, enjoyed the spring flowers and last night we camped. Today was lovely and she got to enjoy the warmth on the patio.

Building Progress

Window people fitting tilt and turn
Window people fitting tilt and turn
Halil helps lift in the new sofa
Halil helps lift in the new sofa
Bekir and Halil fitting more posters
Bekir and Halil fitting more posters
More plugs required
More plugs required
We've had a few things happen, all of which almost prompted me to do an update but never quite did. Firstly while Angela and Rosie were away visiting her parents I had the window people in to refit all the remaining windows that we needed to have swapped over. Halil popped over to help the delivery of our new three seater sofa which is now being used every day. They also replaced the broken and missing fly screens. Bekir and Halil were also in for one day only where they put up my picture frames for the stairs and fitted some more plugs in the music room.

Right I'm going to wrap this up here. Thanks for reading and back tomorrow.

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Plastering, and dinner on the balcony

It is so good to have Angela back, though of course she wasn't actually gone for that long but still. Back to "normal" today.

Tidying up around the doorways
Tidying up around the doorways
One wall looking very good
One wall looking very good
Another corner is reinforced
Another corner is reinforced
Trimming expanding foam from round the doors
Trimming expanding foam from round the doors
Bekir sanding the ceiling
Bekir sanding the ceiling

Bekir was on his own all day today as Halil had some chores to do, probably around his flat in town, and just dropped his dad off then collected him at the end of the day. For his part Bekir really cracked on today, first of all installing all the corner protection around the access doors for the crawl space and then plastering over the walls completely; he finished the first coat on the first wall. He also applied the corner protection to the corners as you enter the corridor so this is now really solidly built. Then he was onto the second wall and began the same process, trimming the expanding foam then installing the corner protection and applying some plaster. He didn't quite get that completed so that's for tomorrow. Finally he went into the crawl space and sanded it all down so tomorrow Halil can paint.

Angela enjoying the lovely day in the garden
Angela enjoying the lovely day in the garden
Set up to sift soil
Set up to sift soil
One batch of soil is done
One batch of soil is done
Rosie enjoying the garden
Rosie enjoying the garden
My original daffs are doing great
My original daffs are doing great
More flowers I planted years ago now
More flowers I planted years ago now
Rosie on the trampoline
Rosie on the trampoline

It really was a lovely day today; Angela got to spend a lot of it out in the garden "pottering" as she put it while as soon as my work day was done I headed out with the shovel and started to sift and spread more soil on the side garden next to the path. When Rosie got home she spent some time outside and we walked around looking at the flowers and enjoying the weather before heading inside to go on the trampoline. It was a true spring day.

Lovely dinner on the balcony
Lovely dinner on the balcony

While on the balcony with Rosie on the trampoline I suggested we eat upstairs and so we did, a REALLY tasty chicken and mushroom pie and we had cycling on while we ate. Rosie was over the moon and so was I!

So there it is. A good day indeed. Thanks for reading and back tomorrow.

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Last outside day for a bit

I think today is going to be the last day we have the men working outside for a bit (though thinking about it there is one more garden based task that could do with being done, though I was maybe going to try and do it myself in my after-work-gardening-sessions) and it was a productive day all round.

Rosie pleased with her sparkles
Rosie pleased with her sparkles

First of all, however, a picture of Rosie with her new hair band that sparkles and glints in the sun, casting amazing reflections everywhere. She was fascinated by this. Great fun.

Bekir finishing the insulation task
Bekir finishing the insulation task
Easier than getting the big ladder
Easier than getting the big ladder
Bekir keeping safety in mind
Bekir keeping safety in mind
A lovely clean result
A lovely clean result

Outside the men finished up the securing and insulating of the new cleaning access port on the toilet pipe and then they spent a bit of time making sure that the toilet still worked, which it did. I had also asked them to remove the ventilation pipe that was from the old humanure collection point, and fill in the hole in the shuttering underneath the roof overhang to prevent hornets and birds from getting in, so they did this quickly. The cleaning access point is very nicely done and finished and now just needs an insulating lid over the top of it to keep it from freezing in winter.

Lots of work in the raised beds
Lots of work in the raised beds
Bekir adjusts the wiring for the lights
Bekir adjusts the wiring for the lights
A tidier situation than before
A tidier situation than before
Steadily getting there with digging this all over
Steadily getting there with digging this all over
Rosie making a sand castle
Rosie making a sand castle
Bouncing with balloons
Bouncing with balloons

It really was another lovely day today and Angela and Grandma were outside a lot, doing a lot of clearing and planting in the raised beds. After lunch they went with Halil to see our apartment in town which was lovely and while they were gone Bekir got stuck into redoing some wiring in the roof to make it a bit tidier. He also had a look at the toilet pumps again and stopped them from pumping continually once more. After work I took myself into the garden and dug over the next section of vegetable patch. Rosie did some sandcastle making before a bit of hobbying with me and then a lot of fun with Grandma on the trampoline.

So there it is; a fun day and a productive one. Thanks for reading and back tomorrow.

Monday, 28 November 2022

Winter arrived today

Welcome back and after a quite busy weekend it's been a miserable day today; let's talk through the weekend first though.

Rosie very excited about the tree
Rosie very excited about the tree
The sun rises again on Saturday
The sun rises again on Saturday
New sunglasses and huge smile
New sunglasses and huge smile
Grandma's gift
Grandma's gift
Hanging on the front of the shopping trolley
Hanging on the front of the shopping trolley
Rosie and the Grandson in the tree house
Rosie and the Grandson in the tree house
Tinsel up over the pictures
Tinsel up over the pictures

Friday night as I said in the last update Angela and Rosie put up the tree in the library. Rosie is getting very excited indeed for Christmas! Saturday morning dawned bright and it was a lovely day throughout. As Daddy Saturday I had fun with Rosie, first of all playing for a fair while with her and her dolls before we headed into town to pick up a gift for Grandma and do a bit of shopping. When we got back we went to the neighbours and she brought the grandson back to visit for a bit; they went into the tree house among other things, before a nap, then going back over to play with the grandchildren again. It was a fun day. Sunday I was up very early (think 3am) to drive our friends to the airport. I got back in plenty of time but I was exhausted so the only picture from the day is of some tinsel I put up in the library. Rosie and Angela had been putting the main tree in the lounge and it looked great but I didn't get the picture.

The mesh at the start of the day
The mesh at the start of the day
Damp nasty working conditions
Damp nasty working conditions
Not outside working weather
Not outside working weather
Rosie, her presents, and the tree
Rosie, her presents, and the tree
A huge bounce
A huge bounce
Painting black on the sand
Painting black on the sand

The forecast for today was for snow and when the men arrived I suggested they start one of the winter jobs inside and let the weather improve later in the week however they were insistent to finish this up. It was miserable and cold and damp but no snow arrived. They worked steadily to add the missing mesh over the remainder of the chicken run and then went round the entire area again adding more zip ties to hold everything really securely in place. As always they have done a very good job. Tomorrow they'll be starting on the roof including fitting the solar heaters I hope. I do hope the weather holds out for that work on the roof. Angela had another great day and among other things she got all Rosie's presents wrapped up ready for the tree (and there are a LOT!) When Rosie got home from school I showed her the Christmas Train that Angela and I had put under the main tree (though she was more interested in the presents) and then she did some bouncing on her trampoline before we came in here and did some hobbying. A lovely early evening indeed.

So there it is; thanks for reading as always and back tomorrow.