I hate to leave it so long without writing but it’s been crazy here. We have been working hard all day and every day and there is little time or energy to do anything else at night but eat and drop into bed. My new friends are Mr Bosch and Mrs Makita. I now know what an SDS drill is and why you would want one when you are drilling into concrete blocks.
Getting ready to leave my house here means clearing rooms, letting go of stuff, making decisions about what to take to Catalunya and what to leave in Cornwall. And leaving things in Cornwall means finding a place to store them.
So this is the current project, making a place dry and secure and suitable for putting my stuff while I am out of the country.
I have three drills on the go at the same time which feels tremendously energising – the baby one does the wood, the bigger Mr Bosch does the marking out and the indomitable Mrs Makita makes short work of the blocks, cutting through them as if they were Cornish clotted cream. What with that and the concrete mixing I have constant aches in my shoulders but at least I sleep well at night.
Wow! You do look like Ms. Fix-it! Can you come to my house and drill up a storm? Or clean out some gunk? I have no idea what the place looked like “before” or if you own, rent etc. So I am trying to imagine why you are storing versus moving lock, stock and barrel. But this kind of work is good for the soul and the body (I, too, am aching and falling into bed at night because of karate and a cold virus though). I must say that you look maaaaahvelous with a drill!
Oooh, I love Makitas! The rolex of drills…
Looks good I have to say.
Glad to hear your voice again!
I almost changed Makitas to makites…how Catalan!
Hi Oreneta – yes it is a wondrous machine although heavy. Glad to be back too.
Hi Bodhi – yes I wonder the same thing sometimes. But sensible thinking advises keeping a home in the UK and as I have this one it is easier to keep it. It is indeed my own and is a lovely Cornish cottage in the countryside. It is not very big but there is land and quite a bit of it with places to store things. Of course I will also take some things with me and I am doing the big clear out so hopefully I will have a lighter load in general. It sort of makes sense but I also like the ‘get it all over and done with now’ option. Hope you feel better soon. Hope you see this!
K x
How I love drills! Perhaps we should all come and help you with this project!
Pearl x