Things are progressing nicely in the new kitchen. The stairs are fully formed, about half of the pile of estrich is now on the floor which essentially means that about half of the floor is finished. I don’t envy these guys with this job. It is very hard work which they have to do by […]

As you can see, the trees and flowers here have no clue what season it really is. Our roses are blooming although it’s December, a lot of the trees are budding and I’m guessing that should we finally get some winter weather and snow here, they will be even more confused than ever. But if […]

Today has been quite a day and from the start it just felt a bit off. I guess I probably should have just gone back to bed but somehow it didn’t seem like it would be all that bad until the day progressed….actually, I guess it kind of started last night when I was eating […]

So I just talked to our contractor and unfortunately his brother, who has been supervising and performing most of the work on our house lately while Macky himself works on another job site, is sick. So no one will be coming to work today. But the estrich (insulation in cement form) for the kitchen floor […]

In the last few days and weeks, things have really been coming together on the house. Our contractor gave us the first of many bills and was so shocked that we paid him the following day, he promised us that instead of finishing the job in January, he will be doing everything in his power […]