Out of the chaos

I'm back having survived the move and the 1001 other things that have taken
over since. The move itself went smoothly, the only day of the week it
didn't rain which was fortunate. We're still living among boxes and out of
suitcases as we have very little bedroom furniture - the removal guys
couldn't get the only wardrobe out of the house. We have no washing machine
and are using a 40 year old gas cooker (which is a bonus as the old lady
wasn't supposed to be leaving it behind). One week after moving we got the
boiler replaced so at least we can have a decent bath now and wash in hot
water. It seems like nothing has been done in the house since in 70 years -
the original sink in the original kitchen has started to leak and the toilet
is falling apart - I have decided that the house has seen more use in the
last two weeks than in the last ten years. But for all that there is a lot
of work to do, it is mostly cosmetic and at least it's clean. And big! Where
as in the old house we lived in one room with all others off it, we now have
more rooms spread further apart making every other conversation start with
"where are you?". Then there's the garden. It's fantastic! A large lawn with
flower beds full of flowers surrounding it. One large border has already
been cleared ready for the greenhouse and the veggie plot is the next
project on the list. The whole place makes getting up and out to work in the
morning that bit harder.

We're not set up properly for the internet yet, NTL turned up to install
cable only to discover that they couldn't give us the whole package so we
have taken our custom elsewhere, only elsewhere has a two month wait. So,
it's back to dial-up temporarily (we couldn't go without) and the garden is
better for my blood pressure than waiting for pages to load.