Still loving the oven...

God these brownies are good.

Mmm having an oven is delicious

Roast duck with tomato, mushroom and onion gravy. Garlic mashed potatoes. YUUUUMMMM.

I'd forgotten how nice it was...

Oh, to cook with gas! T0 have an oven! To have things that are crispy and roasted! We have been living with just the steamer since we moved in, and although it was lovely (and healthy) nothing beats a nice roast potato. So, for our first meal in the new oven, we had roast potatoes, salmon and asparagus. YUM. The joy of food porn is back! I think I might bake some bread this week. I can make soup! I can make pizza! Lasagna! Roast chicken! Ohhhh, these delights have been missing from my life for too long. Tonight's meal will be remembered for all my life.

We have an oven

Oh my God. At last. Isn't it pretty? We just need to get it fitted now...

Repainting

Now that the bedroom is (mostly) painted, we have, of course, decided we don't like the colour. It is too dark. So we got some samples last weekend and painted some squares on the wall. I like the bottom left one best. So, I think that's the next thing to do...

Deconstruction

So, taking things down is a lot more fun (and way easier) than putting things up. Today was a LOT of fun. We took down the weird cupboard in the hallway and the uneven shelf in the corridor. The walls are completely fucked now, and we can no longer postpone the inevitable - we need a man to come and do some plastering. I guess that is the next step. Now how does one find a plasterer??

Radio silence

So, February has been kind of a quiet month. Since we put together the furniture, I don't think we have done anything... BUT hopefully this Saturday we will finally be getting an oven/stove so that will be a massive achievement. Watch this space.

Furniture

So, I may have gotten over-excited. The furniture arrived yesterday morning and I put together a bedside table and one of the chest of drawers. The bedside table is brilliant BUT the chest of drawers is a little... well... little! I think we might need to order a bigger one - I didn't realise just how dinky it is! It will still probably come in handy, but the unpacking probably isn't going to happen quite yet... Tomorrow I will be putting together the cupboards, so hopefully those won't be quite so small... That's what you get when you go super-budget at Argos!

OMG!

Cupboards and drawers and bedside tables are ARRIVING ON FRIDAY.

Destroying the beast

Our living room/bedroom is now about 25% bigger.