Ups and Downs

It was the wife's birthday a couple of weeks ago and I bought her (us) tickets to the football yesterday. It being the first saturday home game of the season with a whole new load of people in charge after last seasons relegation disaster I felt fairly optimistic that it would be a good result. After taking an early lead and scoring two goals they still lost 3-2. It just goes to show how much people expect that sort of result these days, the wife came away saying that she still thoroughly enjoyed the game even though we lost - usually it would dampen her mood for the rest of the day.

Today has been a lovely, lazy day - I think the only thing that got us out of bed was hunger and the thought of a full english! And on the subject of food, just because we can for the first time since we moved at the end of May, there's a joint of pork in the oven and I'm away now to prepare ALL the extras to go with it. (Of course because I said that the kitchen would be finished on Friday it isn't, but at least it's only the odds and ends of finishing off that needs doing. It is fully functional and I'm going to enjoy cooking this roast almost as much as I'll enjoy eating it)!

No more, please!

If one more person expects me to wipe their arse for them today I'll thump
them - and I'm not normally a violent person! The day started so well, there
was no traffic on the road (I was able to drive at the speed limit all the
way and not crawl along as I normally do - let's hope it's the same on the
way home) and I got to work feeling all relaxed and happy that I had a
manageable chunk of work to do today. Then people started being demanding.
So I have escaped to the library and I'm hiding in the furthest corner where
no one will ever find me. At least it's almost the weekend, our kitchen
should be finished today and I can look forward to a quiet time with the
wife.

Happenings

Things are starting to happen in the house now. The kitchen is taking some time and I can recommend NOT buying a kitchen from B&Q - first the handles were delayed and a worktop arrived covered in chips and scratches, then we discovered that one of the units is damaged and they are taking ages to replace it. The guys fitting the kitchen are however great and have no problem with the fact that the job is taking twice as long as expected. At least we have a cooker now, the camping stove was starting to frustrate me. And for the first time in over two months we have a washing machine! Hopefully by the weekend the temporary kitchen in the dining room can be moved into its new home. Also up and running is broadband, and I managed to install a phone extension AND set up a wireless network. Now all I need is time to catch up on this blog lark.

More men

We had a load of rubble and old wall tiles to dispose of at the tip. It's a manic place at the best of times and I always feel hassled to unload the car as fast as possible and sort the rubbish into the appropriate skips. So we pulled up as close to the rubble skip as possible but still behind two other cars. The guys in the car infront are unloading a big boot full of bricks, one at a time. ONE AT A TIME. Us women pick up our stuff by the bag load, carry it past their car to the skip. The wife did manage to lighten their load by taking a few off them (for a path for the greenhouse) and picked up as many as she could carry in one go. Just to prove how precious these guys were they then cleaned their car out before leaving, never mind the queue forming behind them.

Just to prove I'm not a man-hating lesbian: We're getting the new kitchen fitted this week and the guys doing that are fab and doing a really good job. So good that we'll have them back in a few weeks to do the bathroom!