Nearly there...

The kitchen progresses like a slug navigating a pavement spread with salt... to do: tiling the splash backs, [re]painting the walls [to remedy Jemimas "modifications" to the original], painting the woodwork...

It's been a while

It's been ages.... what has happened? Well... Elspeth has started school, although not without a few tears...

What has happened???

Elspeth has started school, the extension is finished [well almost - some painting and tiling to finish off] James came for a flying visit this weekend, which was actually a very lazy weekend with some PS3 and watching Star Wars Episode III on Saturday night. Saturday saw me pull on a pair of football boots and play 11 a side for the first time in a while... ouch... and a 5-0 trouncing from a team of 18-20 year olds from Liverpool, youth won out... the mind was willing, the legs don't go as fast as they used to...

Catch Up

Various pictures... South Africa and others... these are from the bookshop "A is for Apple" which does table cloths to draw on in the coffee shop....

Men and Aerobics and Men and Walking Poles

Seriously, have you ever tried walking with poles [N.B. not Poles], well if you've ever seen men at aerobics, the result is pretty much the same... who'd have thought co-ordination of right arm left leg and vice versa was so problematic....

Men and Aerobics and Men and Walking Poles

Seriously, have you ever tried walking with poles [N.B. not Poles], well if you've ever seen men at aerobics, the result is pretty much the same... who'd have thought co-ordination of right arm left leg and vice versa was so problematic....

Three Peaks

Foolishly [?] I volunteered to do the three peaks, a six month training schedule duly arrived, 5 weeks ago, in the full knowledge that the event takes place on 7-9 September 2007!!! Sore and wet I have arrived back after a mini expedition of 16km in the Hope Valley... the result is that I need:
a) insoles for my boots
b) to take at least 3l of water with me on each climb
c) two pairs of socks worn on each climb
d) Compeed plasters to be bought....

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there might be photos posted..

Holiday

We've been to Alnwick and Dundee, fab time had by all pics will be downloaded when I get a chance...

Extension Hell

welcome to my idea of hell... waiting at home for Ikea to deliver the parts of the kitchen in stock... other pieces are out of stock and will need to be collected on another occasion!!! The delivery service is oh so helpful, as long as you can think of nothing better to do between the hours of 10 am and 10pm... what's worse is that we are mid extension, AND when they affixed the flashing to the new roof I think they took an angle grinder to cut the groove for the flashin in the existing wall and bisected the TV aerial... might have to watch Heros online tonight.. assuming the the kitchen doesn't arrive half way through!!!! Anyway I attach photos... dust not included! you'll have to image the permanent feeling of a veneer of fine dust particles on everything and that skin that forms on your cuppa... oh yes until the plumber arrives there's no water downstairs either......

and that's not mentioning the fact I had to empty the contents of the old kitchen cabinets on Monday evening and just shove them in the dining room, leaving space for the new kitchen cabinets...

would I rather be at work???? guess....