Half done
February 12th 2008 08:51
Well, we have the first lot of carpet down in the downstairs part of the house, as of today, and have started to move some furniture back into place. Meanwhile, my dear wife encouraged her four-year-old grandson, who’s now living with us (with his mother) to start pulling the wallpaper off our middle bedroom. It wasn’t necessary, but she had to do it all the same. (Think she would have redecorated the entire house, given the chance.) He’s been happy to help and was even in there by himself tonight before tea, having a go at another strip. Fortunately it’s coming off very easily, which makes it rather enjoyable for him.
The other enjoyable thing is that the computer desk is no longer parked virtually in the doorway to our bedroom. Having to creep around it to get into bed has been a bit of a trial, let alone having to type at a peculiar angle, which is all that the space would allow. Now it’s back in the ‘office’ as it ought to be, and apart from refusing to connect to the Internet until it had had five attempts, it’s going fine. I don’t think it likes to be shifted around in its old age. I know the feeling of inconvenience.
So the work is nearly done. Only one more week and then we can start getting everything back into place. The two carpet-layers who were here today found that the job was going to take a lot longer than they had allowed for (or their boss had allowed for). They’re coming back tomorrow to carpet the stairs, which have only been underlaid at the moment. Once the stairs have their raiment on, we’ll be able to climb up and down them without catching our feet on the little nails that are set in place waiting for the carpet. They’re not painful, just annoying.
Meanwhile, upstairs, my wife and daughter are rearranging the furniture for the third or fourth time. My daughter hasn’t yet quite got everything the way she wants it, and nothing delights my wife more than moving furniture around!
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The other enjoyable thing is that the computer desk is no longer parked virtually in the doorway to our bedroom. Having to creep around it to get into bed has been a bit of a trial, let alone having to type at a peculiar angle, which is all that the space would allow. Now it’s back in the ‘office’ as it ought to be, and apart from refusing to connect to the Internet until it had had five attempts, it’s going fine. I don’t think it likes to be shifted around in its old age. I know the feeling of inconvenience.
So the work is nearly done. Only one more week and then we can start getting everything back into place. The two carpet-layers who were here today found that the job was going to take a lot longer than they had allowed for (or their boss had allowed for). They’re coming back tomorrow to carpet the stairs, which have only been underlaid at the moment. Once the stairs have their raiment on, we’ll be able to climb up and down them without catching our feet on the little nails that are set in place waiting for the carpet. They’re not painful, just annoying.
Meanwhile, upstairs, my wife and daughter are rearranging the furniture for the third or fourth time. My daughter hasn’t yet quite got everything the way she wants it, and nothing delights my wife more than moving furniture around!
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