Bumper Thursday

OK. So, we've gone from trundling banana boxes full of books down to the lock-up in a discarded shopping trolley....
to this

Mr B & 2 removal men

A very large wagon

with 3 filled-to-the-brim wooden storage containers

A great big THANK YOU to Mark (red shirt) and Dean from Wardle & Keach for making what was going to be the 'day from hell' so much more bearable.

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

As Gwen Stefani would say! (Check 2 mins 32 seconds in).

Rene doing her best to help with the packing.

The kitchen was designed this morning, swiftly followed by the ordering of a built under double electric oven, gas hob and chimney extractor hood.
Made me feel ill ordering all that!
Bit the bullet and ordered the shower whilst I was burning the plastic!

I might not have the vintage Vuitton trunk, but I do still have my old school trunk. This has made its' way up to the storage space along with a thousand or so books and about a squillion knick-knacks! We are single-handedly going through all the empty boxes that Morrison's can throw at us. I haven't found any 'exotics' hidden away in the banana boxes and I pray that that is the way it stays!!

We have someone coming to check what furniture has to go and then that will be transported on Thursday along with anything else that needs to go.


This my sh**. This my sh**.
B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Mayhem!

We knew it was coming...

Towards the end of last year we were informed that the council was going 'to do up' our flat as part of 'Decent Homes' initiative-thingy.

That time has suddenly been thrust upon us. The kitchen designer is coming on Tuesday and the work begins the following Wednesday!

Meanwhile, we have a wedding reception to go to a week on Monday!

I know it is going to fabulous when it is all finished; plus we will decorate afterwards and probably put down more laminate floors, but, and it really is a big but, (does my butt look big in this??), basically we have to move everything out of our home leaving just the walls standing.

This collage picture below is just one shelf's worth of a bookcase!

The top picture is nearly all the books from one bookcase.

The other collage is some of what was left in the bar that I had started clearing here and here.

Remind me...never buy anything ever again!