New Design?

Having read Mama Syders blog today, I feel inspired to do more with my background template...... But what?...... mmmmm

My brain is soooo not working today so I think I need to sleep on it for a little while. If you check out her blog, you will see why I feel the need for a revamp - It looks fantastic!

Dylan!

I fell in love with this picture so I nicked it off of Kel so you could see how the latest man in my life is doing - "in't 'e 'ansome li'l thing"...... as they say in Cornwall!

Sorry Kel - Don't tell me off - I can't help being a bit biased now can I!

Not so Kitchen Warzone....

Jon arrived at 7:45 this morning to start on the firring of the work surfaces and breakfast bar..

I arrived home at 2:15 this afternoon, expecting only one to be fitted, and all three were done.... All cut by hand and not a spot of colour fill used! amazing - he is a seriously talented bloke....

Tomorrow morning, after the jointing glue has hardened, he will arrive to cut in the sink space and the hob space..... and during all of this, Paul is working nights and trying to get some sleep - He managed 3 hours today!

Kitchen Warzone 7

Time for the holes to be moved for the extraction unit to go over what will be my gas hob....

It took quite a while to cut through the outside wall to the other side and quite a lot of energy - hence the naked male torso!

but finally he broke through to daylight, and suddenly it all started to come together....

and... Hey Presto! we had a fully working extractor unit, with under light - marvellous - I can now see the pizza and spicy potato wedges when thet come out of the oven - YUM!

More Poetry Sorry!

My Aunt sent me this poem on a photo that meant a lot to her, I have now adapted it to a view that means a lot to us....

My thanks to whoever wrote this, I'm afraid I don't know who it was

Kitchen and Hols

The kitchen is coming along nicely now, and we have Jon coming in on Tuesday and Wednesday to fit the 3 work surfaces and cut the holes for the sink and gas hob.

Jon is a master carpenter and Paul was really impressed with is work building office space and making doors from scratch, when he did some stuff at the place where he works.

Unfortunately Mark, who we were going to have fit the work tops, is rammed with work and we are at the bottom of his list. His loss is Jon's gain - he's a great chap and we know that his work is good. It's all done by hand (non of there electric gadgets for him) hence the day and a half to do the work - it will be worth it I think though.

In the meantime, we have had an invite from Karen (Paul's sister) from Birmingham to go up and join her for her 40th Birthday. We are actually on holiday for that weekend and shall be up at BAH (Blue Anchor Hideaway) so will do the trip up there just for the day - it's about a 2 and a half /three hour drive, but we have Fred with us and cannot leave him home alone, so we shall return the BAH the same evening.

We will only manage about 2 hours with Karen and Dave, but at least we also get to see Mommy Marg and Keith too.

Fred is a good lad and will sleep the journey, and only demand a short walk on arrival, a little food and water and then he'll be happy to go back to sleep in the car whilst we mingle.

I have sent a quick text to Kel to see if we can see her on our whirlwind visit, and hopefully we will get to meet my Godson to be. Dylan for the first time.

I'm off now to watch Paul contemplate the fitting of the extractor fan over the non existent hob that he began to fit last night. Then, watch out Fred, your are next on my hit list - it's bath and haircut time methinks.....

Poetry

I don't normally do poems, but I heard this on a film I watched the other week, and it bought me to tears:


I carry your heart with me

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in
my heart) I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
I fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud
of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)

E E Cummings

Kitchen Warzone 6

Sorry - it's been a bit of a mad week here and I've been a little lapse in my updating, however here is what has occurred, kitchen wise, in picture form:

Firstly, Paul fixed the pipes that were all in the wrong place for the dishwasher....

Sharon and Chris lent us their camping stove so that I could do more that microwave food...

The cupboards got placed in the approximate position...

and levelled up....

Doors started to get put on the new units

the extractor hole got cut through the outside wall for the tumble drier extractor

The new work surface got placed onto the newly placed wall in order to set the levels

and Paul hand made a carcass for the freezer and added some back venting to allow the freezer some cooling space

all in all a very busy week for Paul, but he's doing a grand job!

The kick boards and handles have been fitted where possible

rear view of freezer with lovely little vent!

Well that's all folks - more to come as it occurs - meanwhile I've placed a call in to Mark to see when the work surfaces can be fitted for us.