Wednesday, March 25, 2009

We're In!!!!!

It seems like years.....probably because it is...........since we first decided to move house, and finally, here we are! We're now part of the Cofton Hackett Set darling!! They have their own newsletter discussing the painting of lamp posts and articles from the local wine club...it is soooooo posh!!! Ok, was posh....now they've let in an Essex Girl and a Black Country Boy..what were they thinking??!!!

The move went OK and was massively helped by my parents visiting for 3 days to help, especially with occupying the little man while we packed and unpacked boxes! Day after moving was a little hectic as the brakes on Criag's car had gone, so he found a local garage and left it with them to sort. The Sky man came to re-connect us (and gave us Sky +!!!) but found the scart connector on our TV was broken so no picture! Great! Anyway, Dad offered to buy us a new TV so off we trotted to buy one. Have since found extended warrenty on old TV so hopefully we'll get that one fixed....can we take back the other one after using for a couple of weeks??? We returned from buying TV to find Craigs sister, neice and great nephew on the doorstep, and then followed a procession of most of Craig's family for the evening, which was really lovely. Shame we don't have any sofas at the moment, so most had to sit on the patio and dining chairs!


The house is not looking too bad now, after a few days of sorting. Main tasks in next few weeks are to board the loft. Some bright spark has re insulated the loft....lovely new insulation....but put it across ways rather than lying it between the beams, so now Craig will have to remove the old insulation, relay the new stuff before he can put down the boarding! Oh well. Then we can get rid of some more boxes to the loft.

Another fairly urgent job is to have a shower fitted. Can't have it over the bath as the bath is under a sloping roof. Our plan is to remove the hot water tank in the bathroom, and put a walk in shower there. We'll replace the boiler for the heating with a combi boiler in the kitchen, but all a bit complicated. In the meantime we're making do with silly shower head thing in the bath and involves being a contortionist.....not easy in the mornings!!! :-)

Anyway, off now to have some tea. Boy in bed asleep, husband attempting to shower after being at the gym and wife hungry!!

Hoorah...Apprentice starts again!!