if you just smile

This morning, up bright and early to deliver the cardboard debris resulting from the kitchen installation. It amounts to nearly 60 kg in total and certainly fills our A3 right to its limit. I don't know what cardboard makes to the tonne, but serial kitchen fitters should check. I'm sure it's a better option than dispatching it to landfill, which is exactly where our stuff was bound had we not intervened.

As it is, we have filled a skip with the wreckage of our old kitchen and assorted other detritus, much of which has been added to and subtracted from by various local residents and passers-by in the days since. One close neighbour and equally close friend spotted a large piece of maple worktop and claimed it to use in his photographic studio, while our ancient (26 years old, though still functioning after a fashion) cooker disappeared the day after it was placed on it. But I can report that the construction process is proceeding at a pace, with the floor being replaced next Wednesday, marking (if all goes smoothly) the completion of the project. This will be a considerable relief to us both, as the stress has taken its anticipated toll, although I am pleased to be able to report that this is already fading. Main builder Mike (yes, he comes on a Saturday)told us, just before he left around one o'clock today, that we could begin the task of stocking the new cupboards right away.

COMMENT

You could do worse than consult an interesting website I have come across:

smileofthedecade.co.uk

which basically promotes and explains the idea of laughter therapy. If you're anything like me, however, you'll cut straight to the blog, which is where you'll find the beef. Publishing posts 2 or 3 times a week, our man, Pat Graham to give him a name, dissects the current scene, lavishing praise when he sees fit, though more often excoriating the proud and the stupid in a way that is sometimes vicious, sometimes moving, and at its best, highly amusing and original. His passion can sometimes be uncomfortable to deal with, but the effect is always invigorating. Give him a try!