The Big Clear Out (by sarah)
We have electricity agian! And thanks to three helpful volunteers we now have no stinky carpet (well its outside at least) and no sticky sofa bed (also outside).
This was lots and lots of hard work - the bad news was that we found some mould on the kitchen cupboards so they have to go too - not sure how we're going to handle that one to be completely honest!
I'm thinking people coming to visit who like DIY? I'll see exactly what the insurance peeps say first though I think.
The down side is that the village bowsers appear to be missing still - this is currently being blamed on the fact that the 'lads' who are delivering all this stuff are liverpuddlians and therefore are lost - I'm assuming this is becuase they have no maps extra of the area and have never been here before rather than it being a slight on the navagational skills of those in Liverpool!
Our voluteers did well in that they also helped remove Barbaras carpet too which after all the effort of drying and sucking out of water - is in the end being binned - sigh.
Today the saddest thing was seeing all the appliences moved out of the house - these are all things we associate with living together - the fridge freezer we got when we moved into the Essex flat and the rest has been got since we moved here and therefore isn't exactly old 🙁
I'm not sure if Al's written about the flood defenses yet but tonight we put them up 'just in case'.
I've stopped throwing up aswell - though I still feel a bit nuaes especially when peopl started talking about having a botulism shake for lunch whilst pointing at the disgusting froth issuing forth from the carpet.
We're getting there - there is still lots of laughter and hope - well sort of - sigh.
Wed 25th Jul 2007 11:53 pm 
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