Oldy Poldy

Sainsbury's is having a 25% sale on all nintendo consoles at the moment and the husband very 'casually' hinted about wanting to get a DS. :P

Heh... Apparently 'it's so cheap.. the best deal on the market'..

So we went along and got one last week. You could see the husband and brother's eyes grow bigger as the cashier bagged the brand new toy.

These boys are strange, fat, smelly creatures.

Anyway.. we were playing with the DS's camera and the husband took this:-

I didn't realise how much older we both look now..

Time goes by quite quickly these days with all the work piling up, and I cannot ask for anything better but to have him with me.

We have been growing up together since we were 18.. what could be better than to grow up with your best friend?

Like sand on my feet

Took some time off my assignment this evening to play the guitar..

Played this song and it made me think of Jake..

Like sand on my feet
The smell of sweet perfume
You stick to me forever baby
I wish you didn't go,
I wish you didn't go,
I wish you didn't go away
To touch you again,
With life in your hands.
It couldn't be any harder..

We miss you Jakey boy..

Smelly Boy

Smelly boy is back in London! Well.. he's been here for about a month now but we've been so busy we have no time to write or take a photo of him.

His UPSR results came out today and the smart boy got all 7A's.. as expected.. you don't get 6A's during the trials and not get full A's during the real exam..

He is a lot smarter than his sister.. luckily for him.

I used to get some A's B's C's D's?? Haha.. for trials that is.. the real exam though.. I do reasonably well.

He couldn't get the results himself being so far away from Ipoh so the parents went to school and got it for him. They are obviously very proud..

Anyway.. the lucky boy is in for a truck load of presents and prizes..

We are enjoying having him around.. bossing him.. rubbing his smelly head while he's still 12 and smelly and not a grumpy teenager YET..

And Bronx is especially delighted as he has a new butt scratcher.. Haha!

The matter of most importance..

Unfortunately we can't tell you why or where this photo was taken but suffice to say, it was a good day and it reminded me of the promises we made to each other..

It is a great blessing to find someone you love who loves you back the same, someone to wake up to every morning and someone to share your day stories with as you fall asleep at night.

To have and to hold..

Numbed finger and strained thumb

One belongs to the husband, the other to me..

What caused it? The bloody kitchen tiles we removed last week.

No.. I never imagined it would be that hard to remove kitchen tiles when floor boards can just be yanked off (okay.. they are laminates.. but still...)

Hummmmmmmmm...

The lucky man has gone off to work and as I do not have classes today................

I'll be painting the kitchen and cutting underfloor heating boards to fit the floor.

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The job itself it actually not that bad once you get started and going but after a whole week of full time building, it really isn't something you jump up for anymore..

Even poor Bronxie is miserable.. he's probably wondering what happened to his home and why mummy haven't had time to sit with him for hours just stroking his head.

On a brighter note.. we are half way there.. just some more painting, second coats, sanding, connecting the underfloor heating, flooring, tiling, assembling the kitchen..

I make it sound so easy.

The dad have been pretty impressed with what we've done and the amount of work we've taken on ourselves and stuck to.

We haven't really given in to much hiring. The electricals had to be done by an electrician, the rooflights we were scared of falling off the roof, the outside tap... hmm.. we met a very nice plumber who is very fatherly.

Everything else have been done by us.

We are now considering getting someone to do the flooring but that's mainly because we don't have the right equipment and it's too much hassle to rent it for a small floor surface.

So all in all, we are mighty proud :) Yeap, doing all these and learning them while we are young and able.

I know some people don't believe in it but we have learnt so much through this build it is all worth it.

Personally I don't understand how people who don't understand building work can hire someone else and just leave them to the job without trying to understand it beforehand or doing it themselves!

It is expensive and if they were to do a botched job you will never even know!

Anyway.. it is almost 9... so I'll have to start my day

Little things that make me laugh

In the interests of maintaining a small claim on authorship of this blog, here's a sign I saw in Boots today that made me laugh:

Carpenter boy

Our house has very strange designs mainly the open tread staircase (which apparently allows light through so that the hall is brighter).. and some really strange swirly ugly old fashioned ceiling plaster.

Apparently it was the trend during the 80's (which was when our house was built).

Actually, thinking about it, the stairs in my home in Ipoh were also open tread and I remember my mum telling me about my dad laying carpet over it so I wouldn't fall through the holes while I was young.

The man was very proud of what he did for his daughter.. what I didn't get though was his choice of carpet colour! It was dark red :P Bleah...

Thankfully the husband had a better idea and instead of just putting carpet over the open treads we filled it up with a plank of wood supported by some wooden sticks on the back of it.

Almost done!

 

Handsome carperter boy..

Obviously, a proper carpenter might have been able to stick those sticky things in a straight line.. hehe.. unfortunately I was doing them and as long as they stay where they are.. I'm not fussed.

Plus.. we are eventually going to put in an understairs storage area so all that ugly work is going to be covered up.

Another job we've done with the help of Mike and Juan is this

Mike and his favourite tool.. that man is destructive!

We also put in solar lights upstairs in the corridor and bathroom as it was very dark. Will put the pictures up someday.. we paid to have them put up instead of doing it ourselves though.. It involved climbing up to the roof and cutting holes so we figured 2 clumsy fat people up there wouldn't be the smartest thing to do!

Haha..