The ends meet at last! // Orden ud af kaos

We have come home tired, slightly tanned and veru happy from a weekend off at the House. For three solid days we're been working our socks of. And finally we can see light at the end of the tunnel ( or rather: we can see the floor beneath the dirt) In either case both of us feel we've achieved something. Let me list it: SKirting bioards have been painted (till my back ached, luckily the weather was so good I could stand outside) , doors have been painted, walls have been painted, the ceiling has been painted a third time, we've put wall paper up, we've established that the lamps don't work (???!) the roof's been repaired, ready for painting in the summer (Duncan only fell down once - without getting the hammer/drill in his head and wihtout breaking anything). We've had the help of my mum, my brother, my uncle and his wife, and Jane & Jesper came on a surprise visit Sunday. We've slept very soundly from all the fresh air, and we've come home with a smile of, well, gratitude that we own such a pearl. We actually think we'll soon be able to have people in the House to stay! Obviously there's still little things to be done ( and I know its those that takes for ever) but still, it is little things. And above all its things that doesn't create that much dust! //Vi er kommet trætte og en lille smule solbrændte og meget glade hjem fra en friweekend i Huset. Der er blevet knoklet solidt i tre dage. Og endelig begynder vi at kunne se lyset for enden af tunnelen - eller er det gulvet under alt støv og skidt? I hvert fald føler vi begge vi har fået undrettet noget. Jeg nævner i flæng: Malet fodlister (til min ryg gjorde ondt- men heldigvis udenfor), malet døre, malet halvvæg og skorsten, malet loft tredje gang, tapetseret spisekrog, fået slået fast at lampestederne ikke virker (???!!), repareret tag (Duncan faldt kun ned én gang, dog uden at få hammer/boremaskine i hovedet eller brække noget), haft hjælp af min mor og lille bror (min far har været syg), min onkel og hans kone, haft besøg af Jane og Jesper (overraskelse med jordbærtærte), været til Tantens fødselsdag. Vi har sovet rigtig godt af al den friske luft, og har fået smil på læben af solen og vejret og ---- ja, glæde over at Gud la'r os eje sådan en lille perle. Nu tror vi snart vi kan inviterer gæster og sætte dem ned i en ordentlig stue! Der er selvfølgelig stadig "småting" der mangler at blive gjort, men det er til at overskue nu, og fremfor alt er det der mangler i stuen ikke noget, der støver så voldsomt!