Wonderful weekend............

apart from the heat.

We had a Samuel weekend and spent most of it entertaining and feeding him. He certainly had a lot of fun this time, lots of football and 'Lazy Town' and a trip to Tesco where he was bought a Sporticus outfit. He was also able to play in janis on both days whilst I was working. We are beginning to get some real affection from him now, something that was missing for a long time when we didn't see him regularly. He has also reached the age of constant chatter. He is talking away to us and demanding answers all the time now. I know I would say it anyway but he really is a very bright young boy.

Come together..................

in August.

We saw Paul yesterday and were bowled over by the standard of his work. We were so impressed, in fact, that we bought the furniture. In the chill light of morning I am a bit thoughtful about how long it will take us to pay off the extra money we have committed to but it's still not a kings ransom - quite. I figure on us still being able to pay the whole thing off by Christmas even though we have just spent £1400.00. That brings the total cost of the exercise, so far, to nearly £8,000.00 which is almost £800.00 more than we originally planned for. We have spent the money on a better bed and better habitation though so at least it went on the areas we will benefit most from.

Who's got paint on her bum then?

Hazel went mad yesterday and painted anything that didn't move, and a few things that did as well. Tich is looking a bit spotty and Fluff won't go near the attic at present. I have just about finished the last bits of filling and helped out with painting the high areas by our bedroom.

We are off to Dawlish this evening to see Paul the chippie about the custom furniture for janis and I, for one, am looking forward to it. This will be the final piece of the jigsaw we need to get her re registered as a motor home.

Pull my finger..........

Not yet, but soon I think. Hazels swollen and poorly digit seems to be improving at long last. Most of the green bits have gone and the fiery pink has died down too. The finger is now nearly the same size as its opposite number and much less painful.

Had an email from Todd, he may be able to bring Cole over for the wedding, this is cool.

And the beat goes on.......

We spent yesterday evening filling and painting and generally tarting the house up. It is beginning, at long last, to look like a finished article. The new attic room is very nearly ready for the carpet and the stair well is now more white than mucky plaster colour. Another couple of days and we may be ready to do the final clean up and buy the carpet.

We will have to take time on Thursday to drive to Dawlish to see a man about a camper. We go to interview and get a quote from Paul who is a specialist in this field and, equally important, has a gap in his schedule for making and fitting our furniture.

Another couple of hours work on the filling and painting completed this evening, we really are very close to finishing now. Hazel is making noises about buying the carpet on Friday / Saturday.

Busy, busy, busy!

Well, the weekend has come and gone and only a small amount of work on janis to show for it. The electrics are much better but no angle cut for the curtains yet. I did manage a bit more filling in the attic and bedroom, however. We took Ian and Lulu up to Goodrington on Saturday, left them with Paul and the girls overnight and then took Sal up on the Sunday. RM is looking very teenager voluptuous at the moment, like a young BB. Not unpleasant but a bit scary in a 13 year old. She is still being very offhand and rude to her dad, not a pleasant sight.

I managed a chat with Russ on Saturday via the Skype phone but it's hard work compared to a video link on the PC. We are both still having problems after that disastrous Microsoft upgrade, but he is at least working on his problem whilst I am having to do so many other things as well.

Oh, the humanity.......!

Major shock, horror. The welding is done but has cost me £184.00.

They looked at the heater and decided not to touch it. This was actually a good move as I had a brainwave and rang the local agent, spoke to their service dept and was given all the instruction needed to safely remove the little beauty.

Hazel is in to see the doctor about her bad finger this afternoon so Viglen Dave has offered to drop me off at the Merc dealer to pick up janis. The curtain rail and bits haven't arrived as yet but I will do the final measurements and then cut the angle bracket anyway now.