woo! :-D

it is very awesome.

we’re very mostly unpacked (although we again have a single room full of “let’s sort that bit out later” junk), but lots of things aren’t in quite the right place. we’ve plonked everything down in an “okay for now” spot so that we can live here and be happy. bookcases slightly too wide for the slot, couch not in quite the right spot for maximum fireplace sit-and-watch-age, that kind of thing. but we are happy :-) .

so, some quick pics:

L to R: cool morning light in the kitchen; dining room; more kitchen light.

L to R: lounge from the kitchen, with parfait and meep and sproing; Shower of Doom; entrance hall.

Bonus material: sign used to ward off builders before the cats were allowed to roam the house.

We released the cats out into the house a week or so ago, and let them outside yesterday.
Followed them around for a bit, then left them to their own devices.
About ten minutes later we hear plaintive mewing from sproing.
We locate the sound over the back wall.
I get a ladder, climb to the top, and make cat noises.
Sproing then jumps up onto wall and says hello.
He forgot to take his GPS with him, obviously, and got losted (not trapped, as we feared).
Feline overlords, eh? *shrug*

Fast, friendly, intelligent.

Picked them up via a recommendation from H of H&R.

So now the house has all our stuff in it.

L to R: study, lounge, dining room.

We may rearrange some of this… :-D

Things we can’t do in the house right now include: shower (inside, anyway) / bath; wash clothes; cook food.

We can: refridgerate stuff (in the entrance hall at the moment); sleep (bed is in); wear clothes (we unpacked into the cupboards).

Since the can’ts are fairly substantinal, we are kindly being allowed to crash at Casa Evil (thanks EL! thanks Doc!) for the week while the builder bods make it a house of can.

On Monday morning, I’m seeing the letting agents at the old house to the do the final-inspection-give-us-our-fucking-deposit-back thing. We shall see how that goes…

Parfait is at the old house right now, fixing bits of the walls. Tomorrow we go there and paint.

Sploosh!

ceiling above the dining area – cool but complicated;
the big door – wide;
the pipes that jeremy built – re-use-y.

outsides: drive; braai; thing;
face of the north; ditch for the plants; danger of the mines.

↓ Invisible Men At Work! LOL!

↑ (alternative title: grazing ladders)

↓ Invisible dining room table! OMG!

↑ (alternative title: how they made my hole bigger for me)

↓ Invisible washing machine, dishwasher, and sink! Oh Noes!

↑ (alternative title: i’m so dirty. clean me.)

also:

↓ doors! we can has. almost.

↓ Parfait demonstrating the space-time warping effect of our newly created niche.
To become comfy chair area. Soon with phone! And cool pictures on the walls.