Another very cold start to the day. Call with the PS this morning. Having explained the ice on the windows I noticed, once again, that look which verges both on intrigue and yet simultaneously despair. He clearly has no idea what to make of me and whether I am interesting or completely mad. Having reflected on this possible madness I decided to take another romp around grounds. I have to
Read moreSuper busy with work today. Had a wander round the grounds though and was amused to see all the footprints under the snow. Not just ours either, there’s clearly been some animals out and about around the garden. Since it’s the 6th I needed to take down the decorations from the monkey puzzle tree. Bloody freezing! My hands were like ice and need to thaw them out in the potting
Read moreWell, it has definitely been snowing. The place looks like a winter wonderland of snow. As luck would booked a van for the day from St Gaudens to go and pick up the plasterboard that we need to mount the wall in basement and frame up the kitchen. So lots of driving about in the snow. Having tried 3 places already we were running out of options before we had
Read moreHappy birthday to my brother! Not a lot happening over here so Tonia and I went to fill in the rest of the large pot holes in the garden. At 35kg each the bags are a bit heavy to be trundling around yourself, I’m glad I suggested that we just dump them in the driveway though. Matt has had a go at filling the rather large gap in the window
Read moreGood to see the snow line gradually coming down towards the valley and lovely to watch. I’ve never been around long enough to see it. I should probably have made a timelapse of pics from each day from our bedroom window – maybe next year! Plan today was to go to Luchon or St Gaudens to hire a van so that we could collect a load of plasterboard and start
Read moreMatt and Tonia are up reasonably early. They have been taking off the skirting boards in the kitchen to see what is behind and allow us to run the new electrics. I go to check on progress and find that the self levelling screed in the basement was a bit of a bust. Looks like we are going to need some concrete as this has, quite literally, barely touched the
Read moreIt’s been a while so Matt and I are off to Bricomarche! Half way down the road I realised that I had forgotten to change my slippers into shoes. Thankfully the new ones that Muma Camp got me are suitable enough as they have good soles and nobody will notice. Managed to get some pots which was good – I think we got some other stuff but I wasn’t too
Read moreHappy birthday to us! Clearly today is Tonia and my birthday. I make the most of it by treating myself to an upgrade from Doctors – TWO episodes of Holby!! 🙂 Matt has been pottering about in the basement so I head down to see what has been going on. He’s pulled down the remaining ceiling in the utility room and made more of a mess. However, I’m quite excited
Read moreMoving the electric blanket to be under the mattress topper seems to have worked, it’s much more comfortable. I still woke up half way through the night. Once Matt gets out and I have all the duvets it becomes quite the nest though so becomes even harder to get up, or should I say for him to get me up?! Today is a big day though, as we have to
Read moreI think it’s going to be another quiet one today. Tonia and Matt are off to St Beat again, thankfully this time with a bit more luck as it’s Monday and the Tabac is open. Matt had a go at putting up an electric towel heater in the ground floor bathroom, unfortunately he seems to have blown the fuse so not sure if it is dodgy wiring or the towel
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