Halfway house

Well, we've reached the 1/2 way mark, 3 months in, 3 months to go. It's hard to imagine we will be back home by September.

Although a lot has changed externally, inside it still looks like a cow shed.

While Maja thoroughly enjoys being mere doors away from classmates, she is still looking forward to moving back to the cottage. So we decided that this landmark weekend would be

celebrated with a breakfast for kings, which was Majas favourite of waffles, bacon and syrup, which is to be recreated on the first morning in the cottage - mind you - the wafffle maker will be brought out for many a breakfast before the key handover but this doesn't detract from her great sense of occasion.

Internally, Ians thoughts have been leaning towards cables and wires, sourcing, buying delivering and instructing the electricians on routing the said cables and we now have a total of around 90 extra cables, all terminating in a specially built cupboard in the utility room.

The cables are for internal netwworking, telephone, TV, multiroom sound and optional remote controls.

I have been looking and buying bathroom furniture and sanitary ware, looking at paint charts getting a vision of how the rooms will finally look The colour scheme is coming together well, however the main linving room will be challenge - due to the size (huge!), working out style of furniture (traditional or modern), room layouts etc.

The main disadvantage we have is when we come to move into the house there will be very litte, if any , money left to furnish it. With this room, that will be an advantage as I need time to live inside it and get the feel of it. All we will have is a TV, which Ian is looking into, size wise quite big, read MASSIVE, is apparently what we need. I can visualise lots of grown men sitting on cushions watching footie and drinking beer, argh, or Maja and chums could use it for rollerbading, and I could have some of my yoga mates roll out our mats there. Hastening to add not all at the same time.

If anyone has any better ideas let me know.

The staircase will arive in a week's time, plus the walls will be constructed (sheeting added to the wooden frames). Roof slates are well underway and should be finished this week. The windows are all in place.

Everything, as I write, is going tickety-boo.