Things that make you go hmm.....

And what a corking, chart-topping hit that was.

Still no windows. Apparently promised faithfully for Wednesday, after which 'penalties' will be invoked by Paul the Builder. I wonder if they will all stand and kick footballs at the windowless apertures of my house? Also still no plasterers, who turned up at the weekend and then went away again without doing anything. A new set arrived today and finally got on with something, which is good - but are at least three days behind, which is bad.

Also, we've had a bit of a wobble with the study door. It turns out it can't go at the bottom of the stairs because although there's 2'6" of space on the hall side of the space, there's only 1"10 on the study side. Those of you paying attention will have spotted that this won't work in terms of a door frame. So, the study is staying off the kitchen (no sneaking out when we're not looking, after all, for Nik) and I'll get Young Masters #1 and #2 and Little Miss to paint a 'Beware of the Daddy' sign for the door, I think. Actually, the only inconvenience this causes is that it means the light switch has to be moved back to where it was last week. We'll cope, I feel.

We are also starting to get over excited about decorating this new house. Little Miss chose her new blind for her bedroom at the weekend (guess what, it's pink) and the Young Masters have expressed opinions on bedroom carpet. Young Master #1 wants gold coloured, which is reasonable and won't swear too badly at the paint. Young Master #2 wants crimson - which is rather unfortunate, when he has also decided on orange walls. We might have to work on that. I wonder if anyone can guess what colour Little Miss would like?

On a totally unrelated note, reports today from both the in-laws and the BBC (I will leave you to decide who is the more reliable...) suggest that the bits of Cheltenham we used to live in are now largely underwater, and that all clean drinking water is off, for approximately the next fortnight. I'm quite pleased we moved, but also quite concerned about the people we know there. If any of you are reading this, are you alright?