Mark and I have both taken tomorrow off of work. Here in the UK, the Friday before and the Monday after Easter Sunday are Bank Holidays, so no work. We've extended our extended weekend, to complete the move.
Most of our stuff is over there - all that remains are the most important things that we aren't able to live without for more than 30 minutes - i.e. the computers, tv, game consoles and some kitchen stuff. We'll move that over tomorrow and then start cleaning the old place up.
Tomorrow BT (the phone company) switch our line from the old place to the new place - so we will be without internet for a few days until our new ISP can set things up. So we'll be incommunicado, at least via the interweb for a bit.
I think we have survived this in the past, but it's always an unknown to see how long we can make it before we start showing up at random people's houses with our laptops and a glazed, greyish countenance.
Wish us luck - and we'll see you on the other side!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Activities for Hornucopia 2010.
I've now posted the starting list of Hornucopia ideas, as Julie requested. Let me know what you'd like me to add.
I've kept the Hornucopia 2009 list up, but marked which activities were completed - in case there are any elements from the old list you'd like to transfer to the new list.
I need to catch up with the Wiilympics - I'll try to look back at the poll and pull a list together to transfer here.
Hooray - we're only about a month and a half away!
I've kept the Hornucopia 2009 list up, but marked which activities were completed - in case there are any elements from the old list you'd like to transfer to the new list.
I need to catch up with the Wiilympics - I'll try to look back at the poll and pull a list together to transfer here.
Hooray - we're only about a month and a half away!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Hornucopia 2010's first challenge.
I don't know if you've all seen this already, but I just discovered Young Me/Now Me* via someone I follow on Twitter.
Do we have any "iconic" Horn family pictures that we can attempt to reproduce at Hornucopia 2010? The one I first thought of, we can't do (that one with everyone in front of that big wooden sign in Colorado - I think we were all there) because one of the big features is a location-specific thing. But any other ideas?
Not to post to the web site, just because I think it's a great idea and would be fun to do. Though maybe I'm alone in that.
I think for the biggest impact, though, it would have to be from when we were kids - sorry Jeff, Tony and Mark...
*you're kind of at the whim of the randomizer when you look at it - and a lot aren't as good as some - but enter in 160 or 110 or 186 for some good examples.
Do we have any "iconic" Horn family pictures that we can attempt to reproduce at Hornucopia 2010? The one I first thought of, we can't do (that one with everyone in front of that big wooden sign in Colorado - I think we were all there) because one of the big features is a location-specific thing. But any other ideas?
Not to post to the web site, just because I think it's a great idea and would be fun to do. Though maybe I'm alone in that.
I think for the biggest impact, though, it would have to be from when we were kids - sorry Jeff, Tony and Mark...
*you're kind of at the whim of the randomizer when you look at it - and a lot aren't as good as some - but enter in 160 or 110 or 186 for some good examples.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Five days to go.
The flat really looks like we're moving - i.e. very messy.
I took the doors and the back off of our wardrobe today while Mark was working (yes, on the weekend). I didn't go any further with dismantling it, in case it fell on me.
The boxes are multiplying, which is always a sure sign that we're getting closer.
We took some stuff over yesterday, and I've packed up the car again to take another load on my way to work tomorrow morning. We've booked the moving van for all day Saturday. We think we can do all the big stuff, plus a lot of the little stuff in one day, and then the rest we can do in cars.
It was great to visit the house again yesterday. We both really like it and it was much brighter than I remember, so I obviously must have been in a mood when I did that last blog post. I'm already planning my first plant projects...it's going to be great!
I took the doors and the back off of our wardrobe today while Mark was working (yes, on the weekend). I didn't go any further with dismantling it, in case it fell on me.
The boxes are multiplying, which is always a sure sign that we're getting closer.
We took some stuff over yesterday, and I've packed up the car again to take another load on my way to work tomorrow morning. We've booked the moving van for all day Saturday. We think we can do all the big stuff, plus a lot of the little stuff in one day, and then the rest we can do in cars.
It was great to visit the house again yesterday. We both really like it and it was much brighter than I remember, so I obviously must have been in a mood when I did that last blog post. I'm already planning my first plant projects...it's going to be great!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
We got the keys!
Mark picked up the keys from the agent today. So we're in - though we probably won't start moving stuff over until the weekend at least. I still haven't had a chance to pack any more boxes!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
More house.
Sorry, Dad - still no garage pictures, unfortunately (but some garage-related info below). We forgot to take some when we were over there taking the pictures you saw in the previous post and the video below.
Mark took this video mostly for our own purposes - i.e. to help us remember the size of the rooms, placement of sockets, that kind of thing - rather than to show people what the house looks like, but hopefully it will give you a bit of an idea of the layout.
The video was small enough to upload direct into the blog - but it's the first time I've done that, so hopefully it will work.
The garage is just a single (double garages seem to be really rare over here - I think I've only seen one that I can remember), so we probably won't put a car in it - just the bike and other stuff we want to store. Possibly we'll put the stationary bicycle out there, it depends on how we use the rooms in the house. It has light and power, so Mark can sit and look lovingly at the motorcycle day and night.
The house has a name - though it still has a number as well, which is kind of different. I don't know if that means that it's still transitioning from a number to a name - I don't know how the crazy house naming system works over here. Anyway, it's called "The Wicket" (which is a cricket reference for those who don't know that already).
And we've officially started packing. Look - boxes!
Mark took this video mostly for our own purposes - i.e. to help us remember the size of the rooms, placement of sockets, that kind of thing - rather than to show people what the house looks like, but hopefully it will give you a bit of an idea of the layout.
The video was small enough to upload direct into the blog - but it's the first time I've done that, so hopefully it will work.
The garage is just a single (double garages seem to be really rare over here - I think I've only seen one that I can remember), so we probably won't put a car in it - just the bike and other stuff we want to store. Possibly we'll put the stationary bicycle out there, it depends on how we use the rooms in the house. It has light and power, so Mark can sit and look lovingly at the motorcycle day and night.
The house has a name - though it still has a number as well, which is kind of different. I don't know if that means that it's still transitioning from a number to a name - I don't know how the crazy house naming system works over here. Anyway, it's called "The Wicket" (which is a cricket reference for those who don't know that already).
And we've officially started packing. Look - boxes!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
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