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Ramblings / October 16, 2003 / John
LOL. Ikea make some lovely furniture. We are going to have to go shopping for basics when things move on a bit. John and I had thought about the possibility of camping beds and bean bags if need be. Im just shattered – I just want to get home. I think we all do. –
Ramblings / October 16, 2003 / John
Aaaargh! We’re now at the point where the loss adjuster is starting to think about sending out cheques for parts of our house contents. While this may sound like a good thing, Debbie is beginning to gaze hungrily at the Ikea catalogue :-/ On a cheerier note, I have an idea for a book that
Ramblings / October 15, 2003 / John
Dear God in Heaven! We chose what we thought were two delicate shades of lilac for our bedroom. As the painters were in we thought we’d pop along and see how it looked. It’s P U R P L E. I don’t mean strong purple, or surprising purple. I don’t mean the kind of purple
Ramblings / October 15, 2003 / John
I forgot! We found out t’other day that we were likely to be back in the house in four weeks time! w00t! There’s always a downside, of course. It turned out that our loss adjuster had left and so nothing had been done on our claim for two weeks. We only got a new one
Game Diary / October 15, 2003 / John
I forgot! We found out t’other day that we were likely to be back in the house in four weeks time! w00t! There’s always a downside, of course. It turned out that our loss adjuster had left and so nothing had been done on our claim for two weeks. We only got a new one
Ramblings / October 2, 2003 / John
It’s difficult to believe that we’ve been out of our home for almost six weeks. At the same time, that first, nightmarish, week in the Roslin Hotel seems like a distant blur, already fading into the kind of half-memory that’s usually reserved for particularly bad holidays – bad enough to not be cherished, but not
Ramblings / October 1, 2003 / John
Debbie’s birthday today. Matthew was having a great time desperately trying to open all her presents for her. I eventually had to command him to back away from the presents with his hands in the air. No shortage of enthusiasm, that boy. Anyway, Happy Birthday Deeds! No tiles down, but a plasterer has been in
Ramblings / September 26, 2003 / John
It all seems to be going swimmingly on the house front. The internal walls are all in, the kitchen now has a roof, all the windows and patio doors have been replaced. Apparently, there is a tiler busily putting down a floor in the bathroom as we speak, with the bathroom suite arriving on Tuesday.
Ramblings / September 23, 2003 / John
Actually, that’s not strictly true – it really has two sets of windows. It’s just that none of them are actually in the walls, if you see what I mean. We currently have the old set lying in the garden, the new set lying in the living room, and gaping holes where windows should be
Ramblings / September 19, 2003 / John
The hardest thing about a housefire is regaining stability. Our children are still (understandably) very upset by the whole thing, and Debbie and I are too. The trouble is, we have to do our utmost to present a front of normality, to reassure them that everything is alright and that we’re all fine. The trouble