Month October 2008

This is the new hole for the doorway into the bathroom and the cupboard under the stairs. The washing machine will go here. He has taken the tiles off the shelf as he has said they are very old and…

I could wave to him from the toilet (if I wanted to – which of course I don’t). The sheet in Ian’s hand is to hang over the new hole in the wall to stop animals from getting in there…

As of Thursday the front three rooms have been finished (with the exception of the windows) – just need the doors fitting.

I’ve just launched a new site – MakeForChristmas – it’s the same concept as MakeForBaby and FreeNeedle ie a directory of free craft projects. There are currently links to over 200 crafty projects – most of which are excellent. MakeForWedding…

I was going to take some pics this morning before the builder arrived, however, I woke up to find him already at work….. (and no, i wasn’t having a lie-in!)

I forgot to say that last week a huge box of spoken word books for me to review. I don’t know how many – may be 15? The great thing about this is that it is something that Ian and…

Poor Bob. With the building work going on, the dogs spend quite a lot of time going in and out though the windows. Sadly, how ever hard we try we can’t get Bob through the window (through the bars). We’ve…

I found this picture when I was looking for fabric to reupholster our furniture – this chair is covered with recycled wool blankets. Which I think is a tremendous idea (although if I went to the trouble of doing this…

Ian is still enjoying zapping the flies.