mrsbrown: (parenting)
My children have gone. They are off touring the world* for the next 5 weeks, and MrPeacock won't be back until just before christmas. I took them to the airport and managed to avoid becoming a blubbering mess, although I could have if I'd let myself. I just developed a small leak as I hugged MrPeacock. And I'm only leaking a little bit right now as I write about it.

It's going to be very quiet around here. I wonder if I need to bother having a mobile phone, 'cos they're the ones who mostly ring me?

OTOH, this is such an opportunity. Major furniture reorganisation is planned, and, if we can find the money, a certain amount of renovation of the Family Room while it's empty of furniture.

Of course, we're also heading to Christchurch during the 5 weeks MsNotaGoth and Sneetch are away. Also sewing for Coronation and bridesmaidery, AND attending a couple of SCA events. Never mind the supervision of reasonably active toddler.

We'll see how far we get. Maybe they'll come home to a housing disaster.

btw. Rose is still here, she's not "my children", she's my baby.

*Hong Kong, UK, Greece, Italy, France, Holland, Germany. MrPeacock has a work visa for Germany so I expect he'll be there for the rest of the year.
mrsbrown: (Default)
Is it surviving when you go to IKEA to return a christmas present and come out with $3000 worth of kitchen doors?

Is it better when you only pay $260 for the doors?

What about when you go to Bunnings to get hinges for the doors, only to find that the IKEA hinges are cheaper and better, but the new toilet seat will be really nice?

Of course, then you have to go back into IKEA to get the hinges that are cheaper and better...

But are they cheaper if you then buy a rail and hooks for hanging the frypans... and a bunch of shelves to make the bathroom shelving you've been talking about for a while?

And then you have to go to a hardware shop for timber for the carcass....I wonder what I'll find there?




The laundry, with it's new doors, looks lovely. And the new cabinet in the bathroom is rather large, but will be great in the new kitchen.

The free dishwasher works. It has a light and a detergent dispenser that works and it doesn't leak. It's previous owner described it as, "working like a Swiss watch". It does work well, but we don't think that Swiss watches are usually so loud.
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