Charlie

Removals Day

Time for a cuppa while the movers move. Everything. Over four floors.

Thank you, thank you, thank you

After another long day we’re winding down in the new house and looking forward to the big day tomorrow. Time to thank Sabine and Petra for helping today and everyone who’s helped us over the last few months. Sometimes it’s big things but some times little things

How about that!

Sabine answered our call for help today and was immediately roped in packing up bits in the kitchen and the broom cupboard. She then loaded up her car with computer bits and bobs and it was off to the new house to give the kitchen cupboards a once over. Something

My little hero

Even if the company’s boss is a bit of an arse, there’s no doubt that the Dyson vacuum cleaner has revolutionised the business, and mine has done sterling service over the last couple of weeks keeping the extremely fine plaster dust at bay. Today it got a bit

Ready for Christmas!

Tired but happy!

Improvise, improvise

Yesterday, because not even Mr Peters could fit my old tap, I decided we had to get a new one. Which Sergey fitted this afternoon and Astrid has already made good use of in the extra wide sink.

The view from the sofa

It’s been a long day, but it was my plan to be able to move enough stuff to house today to be able to cook, sleep and chill. And, thanks to Binë, we got more stuff packed than we hoped. She had been planning to come with her wife,

Magic!

Yesterday afternoon Mr Peters was already busy in the bathroom. We now have a working toilet, shower washbasin and heating! Okay, we can’t really use the shower until the glass has been installed, which won’t be until Tuesday. Until then we’ll still shower in the Waldlehne. But

Mission accomplished!

Well, if you know the background. This is the old toilet that we reconnected on a temporary basis once the downstairs bathroom was demolished. Then disconnected in order to do it up, then threw it in the skip, twice, and rescued, twice, because we weren’t sure whether we would