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Posted by Doug&Michelle on November 25, 2005, 11:16 am
> It's verrrrrry ugh today! The heating is off, the front door is open, and
> we have had flurries of light snow. Outside temps have not been above
> freezing all day, and at quarter to four here now, it's starting to get
> dark...
>
> A nice new BIG radiator is going into the new conservatory: we have three
> plumbers plumbing away madly, cheerfully, and well watered with coffee and
> orange juice to keep them going! We had to empty the cupboard under the
> sink in the kitchen so they could put a replacement for a gate valve in
> and plumb in the washing machine, the sink, and the water softener out in
> the new room.
>
> The cupboards are mostly fitted: all sorts of odd doors, but new ones will
> go on in the new year. Floor went down last weekend, and then some pipes,
> and then the cupboards and a couple of acres of work surface! Well, best
> part of 3 metres of top and a breakfast bar!
>
> The living room floor also got flattened! Yay! No more holes in the
> carpet!
>
> But today we have has intermittent snow and water! Pick yer moment to use
> the po, as you may not be able to flush it or wash hands after.
>
> So this morning I retreated to the sewing room and finished the customer's
> first kimono, but I can't do the other one as the temperature has dropped
> up there and my fingers are freezing! BUT!! This week I *did* manage two
> afternoons of sewing with the kids at school, and made a dozen more
> Christmas stockings! I *should* be all clear for the bazaar tomorrow, but
> will probably be getting all the stuff down out of the loft at midnight!
> Goodness knows what I'll be cooking for dinner... Haven't had time to make
> a shopping list or send DH to shop this week! I'm thinking of cutting out
> a few more stockings and taking a hand-crank up to the village and sewing
> a few more during the day! :)
>
> By tonight we *should* have the washing machine back on line! It'll be
> plumbed, and we can run it with a cable from the house. Having the door
> open between the new room and the house shouldn't be a problem with the
> BIIIIIG radiator we have had fitted!
> --
> Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
> Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
> http://www.katedicey.co.uk
> Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
Its going to look so nice! Try to stay warm Kate, you don't need to get
sick.
You must show us pictures when its done!
Michelle Giordano
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