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Showing posts with label change. Show all posts

Monday, 14 February 2011

Taas on maanantai - Monday again

Pikapaivitysta keittiohelveremontista. Kissat on kaikki tallella, joka huoneessa on uudet patterit ja uusi boileri on asennettu. Keittion kaapit ovat paikallaan vaikkakaan lattia tai seinat eivat ole laitettu kuntoon viela. Mutta hei, kukas mina olen ammattimiesten touhua arvostelemaan, itse vain olisin ensin tasoittanut seinat (taynna reikia ja silleen) ja lattian (pinta puuttuu kokonaan). Mutta, mutisenpa vaan taalla blogissani, ei auta keskeneraista tyota arvostella. Ja oli tosi kiva keittiokalusteiden asentaja kun piti huolen etta  kytki pesukoneen viikonlopuksi ettei tarvinnut automaattipesulaan menna vaatteita pesemaan. Talla viikolla on ohjelmassa lisaa putkihommia, lattiat ja seinat, kaakelointi, maalaus, maalaus ja myos keittiokalusteiden ja "karytuulettimen" asennus. Ihana tulee olemaan valmiina, nyt pitaa vaan kestaa ainakin tama viikko etta laastipolyt ja sensellaiset eivat enaa leijaile ilmassa. Uutta on kiva odotella!
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Quick update from kitchen hell refit. All cats are counted for, every room has new radiator and new boiler has been installed. All kitchen cupboards are in place although walls and floor is still unfinished. But who am I to judge the work of professionals, personally I would have found it easier to treat the walls and floor when the room was empty. But, best just talk about it here, it is not good to judge unfinished work. And I must admit that the carpenter who fitted the kitchen was very kind and made sure that my washing machine was plumbed in for the weekend so I did not have to make a trip to the laundrette. This week I am expecting more plumbing, walls and floor to be done, tiling, painting and painting and also finishing of the kitchen cupboard fitting as well as new extractor fan. It will be lovely when it is all done, one must just bear the mess, hopefully by the end of this week all the plasterdust etc has gone. It is nice to wait for something new!

Monday, 7 February 2011

Vanha ulos, tilaa uudelle! / Out with the old, in with the new!

Olen taydellisen kaaoksen keskella. Huomenaamuna kello 8 tulee tupa tayteen remonttimiehia ja keittio tulee olla ihan tyhja kaikesta - KAIKESTA! Tajuaakohan nama ihmiset miten paljon voi perheellisen keittioon kertya kamaa??? Tyon on arveltu kestavan 14 tyopaivaa, minun kirjoissani se tarkoittaa ihan nippaa vaille 3 viikkoa. Eli, minulla ei ole hellaa/uunia, pyykinpesukonetta (takalaisittain se asustelee keittiossa) eika astianpesukonetta. Miniatyyriolkkarissani taas sitten asustelee seuraavat: mikro, riisinkeitin, leivanpaahdin, vedenkeitin, kahvinkeitin, jaakaappi/pakastin, astian- ja pyykinpesukoneet, kaikki kuivamuonat, purkit, astiat ja silleen. Nelja kissaa hermoraunioina ja kaksi teinipoikaa kuolemassa nalkaan "just nyt" ja mun pitaa viela tuottaa aterioita tasta kevyesta kenttakeittiosta. Tata mina tarvitsin tahan hataan kuin kuulaa kalloon.
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I am in a state of chaos. Tomorrow at 8 am sharp I will have an invasion of builders ready to rip out my kitchen and change my radiatiors and my heater. The kitchen has to be emptied of everything - EVERYTHING??? Do these people appreciate or understand the amount of tut a family can load in the kitchen. The work is estimated to take 14 working days, in my books that is just nigh on 3 weeks when I will NOT have working cooker, dishwasher or washing maschine. Instead, I will have in my miniature lounge come diner the following: microwave, rice cooker, toaster, kettle, coffee maker, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, all my cupboard dry food, tins, cans, crockery and cutlery. I also will need to produce meals from this camp kithen for 2 teenage boys who are "dying of hunger" and try to accommodate 4 "scaredy" cats who will be having a nervous breakdown. I needed this now like a hole in my head.

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Tienhaarassa - Crossroads

Paassa pyorii, ei tieda, haluaisi tietaa. Mihin suuntaan tulisi kulkea, paikalleen jaaminen kun ei ole varteenotettava vaihtoehto. Valintoja ja paatoksia tulisi tehda mutta kaikenlaiset rajoitukset (rahalliset ja ei-rahalliset) sekoittavat. Voihan vitsi.

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Head spinning, don't know, would like to know. Where to turn, which road to take. Staying put is not an option. Choices and decisions to be made but all sorts of obstacles and restrictions in the way (financial and non-financial). Oh dear.

Sunday, 16 January 2011

Jannittynytta odotusta ilmassa - feeling of suspense

Tammikuu on puolivalissa ja taman vuoden tapahtumat alkavat toivottavasti hahmottua pikaisesti. Minulla on ollut jo muutaman viikon erittain vahva tunne jostain isosta muutoksesta elamassani, en ole lainkaan varma mita se tuo tullessaan mutta ainakin ammatinvaihdoksesta haaveilen. Haaveilen siksi, etta tarvitsisin tutkinnon haluamaani ammattiin, sita varten tulisi opiskella taysipaivaisesti kolme vuotta ja samalla silti pitaisi kouluttaa, vaatettaa ja ruokkia nuorisoa. Yksinhuoltaja-aidin iloja!! Mutta - mikaan ei ole taysin mahdotonta ja olenkin alkanut jo pari vuotta sitten tehda vapaaehtoistyota lahempana haluamaani alaa etta jos onnistun sen tutkinnon hankkimaan niin kokemusta ei sitten tarvitse alkaa alusta pitaen hakemaan.  No, kattoos nyt mita tasta tulee!!!

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It is mid January already and I am hoping that the happenings of the coming year (this year in fact) will start to show themselves soon. For a few weeks now I have had a strong feeling of a big change that is about to unearth, no idea what it is all about but I do dream of a career change myself. "Dream of" mainly because to enter my chosen career I need a degree and that would take 3 years full time studying to achive. That is not a problem - but to try to do that and simultaneously bring up and support children with their education and pop food in their little beaks as well as making sure they do not run barefeet out there - that needs a little bit of creative planning from a single mum. Hence I have started volunteering in the areas closer to my chosen career so that if and when I get my degree, I will have some experience as well. Well, we'll see what comes out of this all!