Holiday break..

So last week the RO and I made the tortured decision to put the boys (Zulu and Gamba) back into the kennels. They've been home for about 2 months now and if everything had gone according to plan we would have been in the final stages of decoration now and there would have been no problem. Unfortunately in the real world, renovations seldom follow the planned timetable and our circumstance is no different.

So, after much deliberation we decided that it wasn't fair to the boys that they have to be cooped up in the run during the day and confined to one room with us in the evenings and got in touch with the lovely kennels down the road from us. They owner very kindly juggled things around so that she could take the dogs in (its a very popular kennel), which we are extremely appreciative about.

So this morning we packed up their goodies (treats, blankets etc), loaded the boys into the car and delivered them to their holiday spot. I hate doing it and I get quite chocked up about it but I truly thing its the best thing for the moment.

This means of course that the RO and I now have no excuses not to get stuck in on the things that we can do. We'll have more time in the evenings and plenty of time over the week-ends so hopefully we can get ahead of the schedule in some areas.

today's task is to finish the bathroom up by painting the walls and installing the shaving mirror and other accessories. At least once this is done we can say that 1 room has been completed.

The aim is to have the upstairs areas ready for carpets and painting by the end of next week so that we can move into the one bedroom and bring the cats home to the spare room.

Hopefully we'll both feel much better about the whole process once we've got some control of elements of it.

Big things are coming over the next 2-3 weeks, the kitchen is being installed, the new windows are going in and the render will be replaced... YAY!!! Here's hoping that for once things will go according to schedule.

Fingers crossed!!

VP