Comments | nmg: A close shave

nmg

A close shave

Oct 03, 2006 16:12

As mentioned in previous posts, we're putting up a shed this weekend. Believe it or not, this is actually on the critical path to getting the nursery sorted out before the garklet arrives (erect shed, move paint tins from library cupboard to shed, move computer into library cupboard, turn former computer room into nursery). The shed got delivered ( Read more... )

sheds, insomnia, gark villa, garklet

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ias October 3 2006, 15:51:58 UTC

That'll be 'forced' in the sense that you didn't refuse my repeated offers to help.

nmg October 3 2006, 16:00:34 UTC

Shhh! How am I to retain my reputation as a callous brute if you keep giving the game away?

drdoug October 3 2006, 16:40:23 UTC

Hooray for diagonals! The other option you could've tried would be wrapping it in an old sheet or two and hauling it straight over the roof with a great long rope. Endless amusement for your neighbours if nothing else. (And handy source of employment for your favourite roofer too.)

Good luck with the rest of the sorting-out.

We had a long list of 'stuff to sort before baby arrives', and we managed to clear most of the major things. Just as well we did, because we have not managed to find time to do one single thing off the residual list in the two months since the birth ...

nmg October 3 2006, 17:23:28 UTC

I fear that's likely to be the case here as well. Thank god I don't have any teaching this semester!

In other news, we've started going to NCT antenatal classes, and have found them to be pretty good so far (there's a rant about moxibustion, but that should really be a separate post). Your observation about the attitudes of your peers in the classes has so far held for me as well.