24 September 2007

D.I.Y?!

Trading in brain for brawn for a few days, we set about fixing the apartment that we're moving into at the weekend.

Thursday 20 September
18.30
Meet at Nijmegen station.
Find food.
Drive to our current 2nd home.
Eat.
19.00
Tape skirting boards, windows, light switches, edges of ceiling.
20.45
Run out of tape.
Go back to Eindhoven.

Friday 21 September
18.00
Meet the fabulous but slightly ill Jurgy at Nijmegen station.
Find restaurant.
Eat.
19.30
Drive to Nijmegen flat.

Nico finishes tape job.
Jurgy and I wash walls.
21.00
Bid farewell to Jurgs.
Drive back to Eindhoven.

Saturday 22 September
9.00
Drive to Nijmegen flat.
Slight diversion for coffee.
10.30
Paint walls.
Paint walls.

Paint walls.
13.00
Find food.
Eat.
14.00
Paint walls.
Paint walls.
Paint walls.

21.00
Drive home to Eindhoven.
22.00
Cook.
Eat.

Sunday 22 September
10.30
Drive to Nijmegen.
11.20
Smile at our yellow walls.
11.40
Unpeel tape from skirting boards, windows, light switches, edges of ceiling.
Lay foam.
Lay floor.
Repeat x 57458709740987487540074311704756538282932.
21.00
Drive back to Eindhoven.
22.00
Cook.
Eat.
Beer.
Drink.
Mmm.

We still have to lay the floors in the kitchen/dining area/hall/2xbedrooms/clean Nijmegen flat/pack Eindhoven flat/clean Eindhoven flat/move/unpack/have a life.But so far so good.









2 comments:

Anonymous said...

looking good so far! (the flat that is not the husband, although he is too ofcourse!!) :-p

Anonymous said...

I WISH MY MAN WAS HANDY!
YELLOW IS NICE
BUT YOU DON'T LIKE YELLOW!
marmy xxx