h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, the re-wire is complete, the house is a tip and NOTHING is in its right place, but at least everything should be on the way up now.

The electricians left last Thursday after we had taken a head count of s, s, and guinea pigs to make sure they were all above floorboard level.

I hired a van on Saturday to take a megaload of rubbish to the dump, mainly garden stuff, but other bits as well, including old furniture and a couple of blankets and duvets even the dogs home didn't want.

Then I took two beds and other bedspreads, duvets, pillows, blankets up to the local animal rescue centre (nearly came home with another ), and a ton (slight exaggeration) of recyclable material to the local cluster of bins in our swimming pool car park.

Felt good after that, but am now wading through a swathe of dust and plaster bits to try and find the surfaces.

So I did survive it and when I have unearthed the glasses you are all welcome to a glass of something to help me celebrate.

Oh, a glass of something to celebrate? I'll drink to that!

Well done Granny.



Now you need some new appliances to put that wiring to the test.

Now you have months of plaster dust to look forward to. No matter how often you clean more just keeps settling.

Better drink up quickly

Thanks - oh disorganised one, but my surgical appliance doesn't need elec..... oh you didn't mean that, did you?

You're right, Tefkat, no matter how many damp cloths I apply, there's still an acre of dust next morning. I'm thinking of tying a mop to the dog's tail - no maybe not!

Thanks for your wishes for you both (or should that be for me)

Take care, Universal Granny

But doesn't that run on batteries?

Only the heavy duty ones....

UG

You still up? Haven't spoken to you properly lately, how you doing?
Is the house straighter now, and have you mastered the Raeburn yet?

I am still wading through plaster dust, but hopefully, with the help of friends and those I have bribed, we should be all clear and decorated by the end of September

Work has eased off a bit (it always does in the school holidays) so I am trying to catch up on bits and pieces that otherwise remain unattended. Grandchildren still lovely (not that I am biased, you understand!).

Youngest daughter a bit fraught after her move because the house is so tatty and they left a beautifully decorated little place behind. Never mind, she and husband have three weeks off between them now so that they can concentrate on decorating and DIY. I am just helping on the "grannying" side, which suits me down to the ground and keeps little one out of the paint pots.

Take care, Tefkat, speak to you soon

Universal Granny

I can sypathise with your youngest. We're fraught for exactly the same reason. And we worked so hard for so long on the other place that we really have neither the energy, inclination or money to get going on this one.

Never mind - off in the camper on Sunday. We can forget the place for 6 days.

You've bribed people? What with? , or ?

I don't think there is a smiley for what I have bribed people with

Off in the camper where are you heading? Or do you just go where the fit takes you? I'd love to do that, and for a while down here there was a place that would hire out a campervan for a week at a time, but it closed down before we could take advantage of it.

I am sure I will speak to you before you go, but in case I don't, have a lovely time and forget all about the decorating and moving and home and lost school shoes etc. etc.

Take care, love UGxxx for the journey!

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We're going to Coniston so the boys can build dens in the woods and throw stones into the lake for The Blonde Bitch and I can just laze around in the sun.

I'd love to just wander with no plan but Hubby and Owl wouldn't be able to cope with that. They have enough trouble dealing with our normal everyday lack of structure without complicating matters - specially when we've just moved house, Owl's changed school and Hubby's spending more than half of every week having to work with strangers .

We found the schol shoes - exactly a month after losing them - the day after school ended for the summer.