Tuesday/Wednesday, 7/8 April 2009

Not much different going on here really, cleaning up ready to move in and carting more of our belongings over.

By Wednesday Petros had finished the two bedrooms apart from the window wall in the right hand room which was the last bit to be papered and is still drying out. He also put the first coat of colour on the walls of the sun room and the kitchen extension. Paul brought over the wardrobes and re-assembled them, realising now that I was right when I said they were too big for the room. They'll do as a temporary measure as we've nowhere else to put our clothes but we will get around to replacing them. We've kept a large piece of the old carpet for the time being to make the room a bit cosier.

I've been busy cleaning up the conservatory suite so we've somewhere to sit (when we have time!). The sofa has gone into the sun room and the two chairs are in the lounge. Our new lounge suite is still wrapped in polythene and will stay that way until the room is finished and the carpet laid. We've vacuumed the square of old carpet that remains in the lounge and stacked the worktops and vinyl against the wall for now, they should be fitted within the next few days. A couple of the cupboards from the office have been put in the lounge until we decide if there is anywhere for them to go.

Neil and Tracy came to help with moving over the sideboard, table and chairs. I've taken the cardboard off which was protecting the kitchen worktops, cleaned up and unpacked the new microwave, and as it is a grill/oven combi too at least I can cook something if the oven and hob don't get fitted for a while.

Tomorrow the first priority is to empty and clean up the second bedroom then get the beds over. There are a couple more wardrobes to empty, although we aren't taking those wardrobes with us so will be packing some clothes away. We've still some furniture to move over and a some more boxes, plus stuff we haven't yet packed, so I expect it will be another long day.

We'll probably be without the internet for a while now as Virgin Media haven't got us down for disconnection until 15 April and then it takes a few days to reconnect on the new phone line. If I've got something to say (and it will be very unusual if I haven't!) I'll pop over to Neil's and update the blog from there.