Thursday 31 March 2011

The Red Face of Ulster

I live in Belfast now! Not that I've really been out of the the house, barring the welcome party awaiting us as we got off the plane (which left me incapacitated for the next day. The sort of hang-over which turns your teeth to rubber and thwarts all ambition). Since then I've left the house to visit IKEA (wok, loobrush, various bins and about fifty feet of shelving!)and M & S (no booze in the M & S - is this a protestant thing?).

We had a shelf building party after the trip to IKEA - myself, Kelly, Paul and Mo got to work with screw-drivers and inscrutable instructions, rendered in pan-European pictographs - and, as usual when confronted with a practical task, I failed utterly and bafflingly. I followed the instructions to the letter and when I righted the thing on the kitchen floor it split at the sides likes Des O'Connor on his sofa. What made it worse was that it wasn't written off - Deidre's boyfriend Chris appeared and, manfully, after alighting his steed, picked the thing apart with a claw hammer and fixed the bastard! I have sinced packed my testes into a drawer - I shan't be needing them here.

It's slowly but surely coming together - still bags and boxes everywhere but it's starting to look vaguely as if WE live here. Can't find my phone charger though...still...

9 comments:

  1. Was wondering how you two were getting on with the move. Fingers crossed for Kelly's ongoing treatment.

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  2. Ah! There you are! wondering why no updates. Glad that you are both being looked after. let me know when Mr Pleasant and I can come and visit...

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  3. Updates somewhat erratic as my internet waxes and wanes like a moon with commitment issues. And I'm still in the process of unpacking so it limits my online time. Bottom floor of the house is done for the most part but the upstairs...you can't see the shagpile for knackered boxes and bits of old packing tape.

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  4. Yee haa! Bravo Higgins! Go team Belfast

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  5. House? HOUSE?!!! Well you DO get more bang for your buck in Belfast don't you! Gosh that's brilliant

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  6. Allez les bleaus! Yes the house is nice but the chips around here are £2.10 a packet! Swings and roundabouts!

    How's England? Any calls?

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  7. I spelled bleus wrong though, didn't I? This is how it starts...you know there was not ONE book shelf in this house. That's new-builds for you - not even a kindle-cubby!

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  8. My wonderful brother alerted me to ur blog....and we are a 20 minute drive from Stranraer with plenty of room for friends.....So if u and Kelly fancy a wee trip to Ayrshire...let us know....u will be made very welcome.

    Fiona..xx

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