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A pear shaped day

Postby tonicha » 09 Apr 2016, 16:55

We had everything planned for a lazy day, then friends rang, from Fuzeta, we're coming up to visit :shock Now :shock:

Cue frantic prep for dinner, the house was tidy, no worries there.

Ring, I said, as soon as you're on the IC1 - knowing how long it would take them from Fuzeta and being a canny lass, we went down to the bar early, as we know roughly how long the journey should be.,

They found us :Hi: :Hi: No phone call :shock:

And I missed the cheese lady and the veg man again :shock: because we were showing off our house - so we now have to improvise for the next few days dinners. And I was really looking forward to doing a new recipe with cauli, natural yoghurt and curry powder. Hey ho, it's going to be wet and cold next week, we'll have another curry then.

But, we went to take them back down the bar, to collect their car and Helda arrived - I've just been to your house, you weren't in. No Helda, you said, 5 weeks ago, you would ring us and come and give us a price that week.

So he came up, with 8 year old (nightmare) son and we spent the next hour, talking wiring, lecky, pool and money.

He'll come back to us next week - he said, with the price.

We have no worries about the kitchen stuff, under 1,000€, moving wiring, etc. But the pool will be the biggie ;)

Helda is the main man, for building locally, so can really, charge a lot more than he does, as most of the English and other ex-pats use him. But we've known him for a few years now and he and Grumpy get on well, both being in the same trade.
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Re: A pear shaped day

Postby Weka » 09 Apr 2016, 21:04

I love unexpected guests, but it's s shame you missed the vege man. Next week you shall just have to go to the pub at 8am and stay till he arrives.
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Re: A pear shaped day

Postby Kaz » 09 Apr 2016, 21:48

Sounds as though it sort of worked out though, in the end :D xx
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Re: A pear shaped day

Postby tonicha » 10 Apr 2016, 08:20

It did, sort of ;)

The electric stuff can be done anytime, but I don't want the kitchen removed until a day or so before the new one arrives.

And I've just had an e-mail from another friend, inviting himself for a couple of days :roll: :lol: :lol: just when all the building work will be going on. But it will be warmer - and hopefully drier, by then, so we can cook and eat outside :D
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Re: A pear shaped day

Postby Kaz » 10 Apr 2016, 08:48

:D :lol: :lol: That's what you get for buying a lovely new place in bootiful countryside ;) :P :lol: :lol:
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