Friday 25th June

What a pig of a morning....perhaps not fair on the pig...not his fault.  All I want is some oak coloured wood stain and can I get it?  Can I hell as like.  Now they have bezir....wood preservative that gives everything a yellowy tinge and I don't really like it but no it has to go on and the one that you really want can go on later except that I can't find the one that I really want anywhere.  I now have scouts looking in Haskovo because in Djebel and Fortinovo, you can only buy it by the 900ml and we want an awful lot.  So keep your fingers crossed that my scout picks up the trail and comes back with a scalp.

So the roof is being done first and then the ceiling goes down/goes up depends if you are up or down and then I have a decision to make if I go for terracotta on the floors upstairs of wood.  The terracotta tiles are so easy to keep clean but apparently cold in the winter...but the wood looks good... so it might all come down to the toss of a coin.  Where's that coin.....

Hello E,

  Samodiva calling.  Annie has informed me that she has the supplies that you requested.  Will pop round next week some time when the novelty has worn off, got anything planned?

  Good luck trying to source the wood stain.  Can it be made?

Regards

Dom

PS your avatar has disappeared again

Friday continued

Thanks D and see what you can do with my Avatar...it doesn't want to respond to me....how's the snow in Samodiva...good for the weekend I hear.

Now I have had an attack of Colorado beetles and that is what the helicopter was all about.  So they've moved from the tobacco growing in the fields and have come to my flowering nicotina to have a nibble...well a bit more than nibble they've decimated the whole crop and then moving on to my tomatoes....stop...I shouted and then nothing so I sprayed them with a special brew from the hardware shop in Djebel and now they lie amoulding in the beds....no not their beds....my flower beds.... >  Have to spray for the next three days so I'm told and I will dutifully obey and so much for my flowering tobacco.

The men have just had a bottle of beer so it must be home time soon...they deserved it today...we've had bezir coming out of poor Sally's ears and Bekir has been trying to contain Spaghetti junction boxes but I think we are there and we should have electricity in some of the upstairs now....not that I go up there much...negotiating that ladder is scarry after dark...onwards and upwards...

AVATAR!!!

Friday evening continued........

Thank you, thank you, thank you...a million fold.  Just cooked a wonderful bacon, onion risotto and it's another one to add to the stable...had to have a touch of red wine to make it just that bit special with soya sauce...

My car is running hot so into the garage tomorrow and no men....rather get the car sorted before the start of the new week...I think they were secretly pleased it means they can have a day on tobacco or a day of rest without feeling guilty...lecka nosht...the wine is now open....thanks D of S...I owe you.....

Saturday 26th June

So into the garage I went and an oil change later and now water in my radiator where there was none.  I obviously thought that there must have been a leaky hose somewhere but it appears that when it was last filled, the cap wasn't put on properly so it just evapourated taking the antifreeze with it so hence....that was why it was running hot.........fixed.  Thinking about it....the last one to put water in it was the one who sorted it this morning...I better check that filler cap again.....Running like new....well not quite 'new' but running as a car should for its age.

It's a sultry day again so we could be in for a thunderstorm.  I'm unsure what to do today...such a lot of choice ...there's a book that looks inviting.... and a sofa that look equally inviting so I might just have to investigate them both....

Well it rained and no longer sultry but cold.  England enjoys a heatwave....I freeze and I'm goodness knows how much further south ....and the silly thing is I have two woodburners and not one of them connected otherwise I would be stoking up tonight.  Going to have to put another fleece on and settle back into my book...yes that's the one and I can vouch for the comfort of the sofa.... spent the afternoon on it...just testing....

Time to go back to reading....LN

Saturday continued

So my peace and quiet was shattered by two of my neighbours carrying blossom from my big tree and telling me how good it was steeped in hot water as....wait for it...chai or tea to me and you.  They proceeded to put every light on in the kitchen, find my saucepan, put the blossom into it, we boiled it up, added sugar and had a tea party.  It's supposed to be good for your chest and to 'remove any cough' that you might have but I think the cough would be a better alternative.

What did it taste of?  A bit like steeped cow manure to the untrained palette and not to my liking at all but the blossom does smell very sweet.  I think it's also because they almost emptied the sugar bowl into it and not sure if that was to hide the taste or not....anyway it deserved a photo shoot so here is the proof....and now back to that book after I've washed up...

Sunday 27th June

And while England bakes.....I freeze.  I'm cold, thinking about a fleece, changing out of my shorts and putting on some long trousers, getting out my socks that have been put away for the winter and bottoming it off with fleecy slippers.  Maybe a slight exaggeration on my part but it is a tad on the cool side and it is just a dull day.

I don't think there is going to be much activity from me today either...it's one of those where you think that there's always tomorrow.  I've got my washing done and it's flapping about out there but that book keeps pulling me so that's where I'm heading now...back to the sofa with a hot drink...

Sunday continued

Oh dear....4-1 and so I shall get ribbed at the mobile shop tomorrow morning.  I shall deny all knowledge and make out that 'oh were Enlgand playing yesterday'.  I suppose we had a bit of a charmed existence even getting this far.....so according to my travel agent friend a lot of families can now get to planning their summer holidays now that they know how much they've saved by England not going further.  

The book had a good ending....they all lived happily ever after and it was a yarn more than one where you 'sit on the edge of your seat' trying to work out who did it.   Again it didn't have too many characters so that you get lost and have to look back or reread....or go to the glossary of who's who at the front of the book.

Supper time....LN...and early to bed....have my workers to get in the morning.  Floors and ceilings tomorrow...

Monday 28th June

Last night I thought ....pedicure...and so I did.  So this morning I was on with the new sandles and doesn't it make you feel better.  Toe nails painted and ready to step into today.

Men are here....going into Dzebel to get that bezir now so with my toe nails on show...off I go...la.di.da.di.da

Well so much for my pretty toe nails....I'm sure the guys in the garage appreciated them...I think not. While in Kardjali I noticed the temperature gauge climbing high again so I thought, oh buggar, went onto the supermarket carpark and lifted the bonnet and tried to look intelligent about motors.  Fortunately one of the guys from TecknoMarket recognised me and said that magic word...problem?  and called over his mate who looked at it and so I followed the Teckno man and we went to his friend's garage.  He took out the thermostat and said that I should be OK to get back to Djebel and I did...just.  I got out my purse to pay and they shook their heads and said that's OK.  It is now sitting with its bonnet up in the garage.

I taxied it back to Dushinkovo and all is arranged for my men to go home in style tonight...And tomorrow...if they want to come to work it will be under their own steam, of course I will pay all dues or they might just have another couple of days off....Sod's law...whoever Sod is!!!!!  Just when you need them most....