No more flipping splinters

Finally we have carpet. Miserable crone next door had a face like thunder while it was being done. She should be happy though; maybe it was the squeaky stair treads that made her dog howl incessantly. Still need to do bed3/office and basement but this means we now have 3/4 complete house with most of it actually useable.

Cheapskate stair carpet

I am feeling pleased with myself. We bought a bunch of carpet samples for 20p each for Inaya to use as toy beds (it's the cardboard box phenomenon: we do buy toys too). They are almost exactly stair tread width so I thought I'd tidy the basement stairs. These photos are before, during and after. Cost about 4 quid.

What you learn at nursery

All the toys have beds. Except spongebob. She's sitting on him.

A day at nanny's

God knows we needed some sun. Blinking and dazed we left our hibernation burrows to find that sun doesn't necessarily mean warm. Even so, we made the effort and the strain of being cooped up indoors was somewhat ameliorated by being cooped up first in the car, then at Nanny's house, then in the car again.

On another note I glimpsed a headline on the way back that suggested Sunderland fans are protesting against Fascist DiCanio. Well done people. Some things are more important than blind loyalty to your team. Not much I know but this is one of those times.

Granny's visit

Back to blogger

Oh man... I posted from Posterous but you were always there waiting until the upstart, flashy new boy got his comeuppance. That day has come. It's good to be back.

The picture is Inaya's first time feeding ducks this Sunday just gone

First day of school

Only 16,000 or so more hours of torment. Hope it's ok for Inaya though