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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Nothing to do
I am listening to The Waterboys – ‘A New Life’. ‘The new life starts here.’ How blindingly obvious! Where else, and when else, would it – could it – start? ‘I can see my way so clear.’ This CD, notably the angst-ridden ‘Suffer’, saw me through a real life crisis when I was but 27, a mere sapling in the forest of life.
We find the inspiration we need where and when we most need it. Neale Donald Walsch wrote, ‘There is nothing you have to do’, and I only now appreciate the enormity of what that means. Enlightenment is not something which you have to seek, but something you have to recognise, to accept in yourself. I feel complete.
We find the inspiration we need where and when we most need it. Neale Donald Walsch wrote, ‘There is nothing you have to do’, and I only now appreciate the enormity of what that means. Enlightenment is not something which you have to seek, but something you have to recognise, to accept in yourself. I feel complete.
Progress
It’s 7.00am. I’m drinking an espresso, listening to the rain through the open windows as the rest of the family sleeps. Birdsong and the occasional car are the only sounds I can hear. Peace. To be short-lived, as it happens. Today my dad and his partner leave – they’ve been with us for just over a week. Tomorrow the Invisible Woman is of to Ireland for 5 days, leaving me with care of the brood. Mmmm… I’m not counting on much work getting done on the house until she returns.
The electrician should be here today or tomorrow to replace and move the water heater – we’ll be able to have showers here, which should be nice. Our ‘man what does’ should be starting on our new front door and have it ready for us before the end of the month – not bad considering it was ordered in July 2006. We also had confirmation of the quote for replacing the garage roof – it comes in at a very sweet 13,000€. It’s work that needs doing, so we basically have no choice. We’ll get a second devis to be certain that we’re not being ripped off. The same guy charged us 3000€ to bang a hole in the wall and build five steps down to the garden, so I am frankly suspicious. And then there are walls to be removed and walls to be built and staircases to install and roofs to be insulated and floors to lay. Why did we do this again?
The electrician should be here today or tomorrow to replace and move the water heater – we’ll be able to have showers here, which should be nice. Our ‘man what does’ should be starting on our new front door and have it ready for us before the end of the month – not bad considering it was ordered in July 2006. We also had confirmation of the quote for replacing the garage roof – it comes in at a very sweet 13,000€. It’s work that needs doing, so we basically have no choice. We’ll get a second devis to be certain that we’re not being ripped off. The same guy charged us 3000€ to bang a hole in the wall and build five steps down to the garden, so I am frankly suspicious. And then there are walls to be removed and walls to be built and staircases to install and roofs to be insulated and floors to lay. Why did we do this again?
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