I think I've known all of you long enough now that you may all remember this incident in September 2008, where my flat got flooded out after heavy rainfall.

( Yeah. Guess what.... )

LJ appears to be having some major downtime this evening, so it's very likely I'll be posting this the day after I write it ;-P But still...

Stuff and things happen, of course. Hard to say how interesting they are to the observer, since they're rarely very interesting to me...

( In which I babble about Myfi, sucky stuff at home and work, and the choir! )

It's my day off work today, but that didn't mean I got to laze around doing sod-all. I wish ( Read more... )

I just spent two frickin' hours trying to install a new Yale lock on my front door, only to have to put the original, broken one back on again ( Read more... )

So last night Rowan and I moved back into our flat. Out of necessity, more than anything else, as my sister and neice needed the use of Mam's spare room ready for Rowan's birthday party this morning. I'm still surrounded by boxes, but capable of moving though the flat mostly unhindered ( Read more... )

Guess what, folks - things are actually progressing! *tiny Paul Gross Arms \o ( Read more... )

Water, water, everywhere...

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Well fuck that for a game of soldiers ( Read more... )

Had to take today off work so that I could let in the people from ChemDry - a company that specialises in sorting out the aftermath of flooding. They couldn't do everything today, 'cause the Loss Adjustor hadn't been to inspect the damage, so what they did do was get my sodden carpets up and disposed of - cutting around the bookcases so the LA ( Read more... )

....including my carpets ( Read more... )