Welcome to my home-cooked journal.Here you will find my rants about every day life and things that keep me busy.
In the past I have frequently written, but there's no saying if I'll continue on that path. It all depends on how busy I am.
Have fun reading my scribbles.
Busy, busy with work (yes, I do have work again), a persistent cough, Amersical, dancing and of course the attic. So, not much time or energy to blog. However, this is something I found worth mentioning: I bought a new bike today.
Well, it's not exactly new but second hand but to me it's new and it will nicely replace the wreck my old bike was becoming. Lights were flakey when it rains (yes, already got a hood for my dynamo), both supports for the back mudguard were rusted through, chain kept slipping and for a few years my treadle hit my chain-guard every time it went round. Noisy business, cycling. Oh, and the rear tire looked like a quilt and got a hole in the outer tire (patched up with a piece of plastic).
The new one was a nice bargain. It should've cost me € 150,- but because all other candidates (below the 100 mark) seemed to have a flat tire or non working light I got the bike for € 100. Yay! If it doesn't rain tomorrow I'll test the new bike thoroughly and then transfer bags and dress guard from the old wrek.
My first (and probably only, but that's ok) Christmas present!
Wow, long time silence from me. Sorry, still busy with the attic. In fact the first and second day of Christmas were largely spent on the attic and all other free days around these holidays too. So much got done! And so much still needs doing...
One piece of bad news is that our newly plastered wall is sporting wet spots. We think that the chimney of our neighbours is collecting rainwater through the joints and slowely this leaks down and tries to exit the walls into our house. If this does not get fixed our fresh plaster will come loose... Our own chimney (on the other side of the house) has the same problem but we have no fresh plaster there, it just leaks down and forms a puddle on the floor. Not so good either. So we're in for a pricey renovation of our own chimney and I sincerely hope that our neighbours will take care of theirs, before we can do the whole plastering circus again (a.k.a. Hell).
Still, that's something for the New Year. Have a good New Years Eve!