I find it really satisfying to use up the last of anything, so when my big jars are depleted of all their food supplies I take an unusual amount of pleasure in washing them and refilling them the next day after they have had time to thoroughly dry out.
I know ... I'm sad, but it floats my boat. 😄
It's even more satisfying when the contents of the new bag of something all fits neatly into the lovely clean jar without any leftovers. But sometimes you have to make the best of it and have a big jar and a little one for things like my lentils.
Other things that Alan ... with a lot of help from the builders ... has been filling up this week include the foundations of the garage.
The builders filled with concrete and Mother Nature added two inches of rain.
The hole where the front door used to be.
The final thing filled up this week was the hole where the bathroom window used to be. Our fridge freezer will be stood in this space, sometime in the future.
I can almost see it now, well when this floodlight is switched on that is, without the light the old bathroom looks more like this.
We are making good use of the old front door and bathroom window as they are going to be used on the garage once the walls start going up next week. We have also managed to save the original garage door, which will be going back on.
We are trying to make use of as much as we can both in a bid to save money and the environment. The brick and block mountain currently in the garden from the demolished garage, is going to be used to bring the floor level back up before the top slab is laid, and the interior walls of the bungalow that are being demolished will be used to infill some of the floor cavities inside.
The good stuff such as the old kitchen, the electric cooker, the interior doors and even things like the lightshades have now been sold and the bungalow is pretty much an empty shell. Today Alan is up in the loft rolling up the insulation so he can get access to all the electric wiring up there to strip it out, and of course that is going to be reused too, with an additional layer on top to make sure we will be well insulated.
Sue xx
When I saw the pile of bricks, I knew you would be reusing them. We often laugh about the fireplace that is buried in our front garden as we were desperately trying to infill with rubble from around the site. The garage floor also brought a smile as my the four year old niece ran around on the wet slab despite being told not to. Norrie had to quickly wet the slab and smooth it out. At least the rain stopped you having to water it to save it drying out too fast-ours was laid in a heatwave and I was on watering duty! And yes, I love to recycle my jars for storage/ crafting. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI love that you have a fireplace buried in the front garden, imagine any excavations that happen years in the future, it will cause some confusion. 😄
DeleteThe inside of our gate posts in Wales had round hollows, as they were made from the granite that curling stones had been cut from. I love little secret things like that.
Well done, Alan (and company). Accomplishing quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteThings have really moved on this past week. 🙂
DeleteExcellent progress.
ReplyDeleteIt's really coming on.
DeleteI have lots of Useful Jars (trying to control the saving of Useful Boxes though!). I must have missed the new plan for the bungalow. If you are shutting up the front door, where will you go in?
ReplyDeleteI get ruthless with boxes, if I can't think of an immediate use I squash them before I get too attached. 😄
DeleteThe side door will become the main entrance. Three doors into a small bungalow seemed a bit excessive.
I am just the same about jars - and get frustrated when there are a few tablespoonsful which have to live in a jam jar and definitely Must Be Used Up First. You are making excellent progress. The garage will be so useful when completed.
ReplyDeleteI jiggle and shake trying to fit things in, but there was far too many lentils over this time. It will be our main storage for out of season things and also logs. It was very necessary to rebuild it.
DeleteLots of things have been accomplished again. Alan is a very useful chap to have around isn't he! We would love to have a second loo installed somewhere in the bungalow but haven't a clue where it could go. We simply have no vision....
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Two inches of rain on the concrete! I hope that's not a sign of how well the garage will drain?! :)
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