Ali and Dave's DIY Adventure

Diggerman Dave

Everyone knows that boys love their toys, especially Dave, and even more especially when said toy can be driven - so imagine his excitement when we decided to hire our very own mini digger for the day! Last week's 11 man hour slog with Dave, my Dad and Craig was a supreme effort, but cumulated with approx 1/9 of the required digging to be done - so to have any chance of completing the drive before Mini-H arrives, we decided to go automatic.

Our mean digging machine was delivered first thing in the morning, and after a brief lesson on how to control the various knobs and levers, Dave was in action and soon operating like a pro. He had until 4pm to shift our enitre front lawn while manoeuvring the rapdily growing pile of soil about, to gain access to the un-dug bits as he went along. Unfortunetly, this task took until about 3.59pm and so there was no time for Dave to try and get the digger sideways round the nearest roundabout.

Meanwhile, I have started maternity leave - hurrah - so can do useful tasks during the day, like pickup things from Screwfix Direct, wait in for deliveries and council tax inspection people (who are convinced we should continue to pay tax on 2 flats, even though we clearly now live in 1 house - just because our kitchen happens to upstairs..?!).

Our loft sanctury is very near to completion. We have operational radiators and electric sockets, and are fitting the lights this week. Also ordered curtains at the weekend and got a carpet and blinds for the nursery/ensuite sorted. We started assembling the baby's furniture so the nursery is beginning to take shape (even if it does have waste pipes sticking out of the walls - however these have been tastefully disguised as handy places for cuddly toys to sit..).

Next steps are creation of a bespoke wardrobe creation to fit the slanty but otherwise perfect space for a wardrobe to be and more front drive work with team Hartley this weekend.

posted by Ali & Dave @ 11:26 am