balcony – An Englishman in Colombia

More Delays

Marcela contacted our Carpenter at the week-end, because we were told that the Balcony doors would be ready, however it turns out that he hasn’t even bought the materials, because Jaime didn’t pay him the deposit, which came as no surprise, considering the fairytales we have been told so far. Everything is now on hold,Continue reading “More Delays”

I’m not Sorry!

I came on to the site, and saw the last date of Posting, and immediately went to apologise…Again!!! and thought, no I’m fed up of apologising, it’s just been a hectic three weeks, with computer problems as well, I’m afraid the Blog took second place. Firstly the Balcony, Oscar and his crew took a breakContinue reading “I’m not Sorry!”

Semana Santa / Easter

I think stressful is the current appropriate term to describe life here! We discovered a couple of weeks ago that to all intents and purposes Jaime has gone AWOL, apparently he has personal problems due to an addiction, it came as a big surprise to us. He had worked his socks off for us whenContinue reading “Semana Santa / Easter”

Getting back to Normal!

To quote an old phrase, ‘Normal is, as normal does’, so I guess it will never be like the old normal! However I am certainly now getting more things done, more on my hip later. Last week the first materials for the new Balcony arrived That’s as far as we have got so far, notContinue reading “Getting back to Normal!”

Using a New Tool!

Finishing the doorway will have to wait until the end of the week, the Mother in Law came to stay for her holiday yesterday, better than being in the house on her own, but she is on a health kick, and consequently we are to…if only I had known! 🙂 So to day, I decidedContinue reading “Using a New Tool!”

Labouring all day.

It\’s been a glorious day, is it too much to hope that summer has come early? There is not much to report, I have spent all day cutting, preserving and erecting the posts to hold up the balcony: Will they do the job? I haven\’t a clue, if I find the balcony in the gardenContinue reading “Labouring all day.”

It can only get better

It\’s been a day I rather put behind me, thank goodness it is nearly over! The lad arrived from the Carpenters at 7am, and thought he was going to work upstairs…wrong, Marcela was still asleep, so I told him, he would have to complete the downstairs jobs, whilst I woke her up. We have hadContinue reading “It can only get better”

A mixed bag!

It has been really warm today, even the breeze didn\’t cool things off. I spent the morning carting my tools and all the other junk from the house to the workshop, I think it will be some time before I can say I am organised, I need to build racking and shelving, to store allContinue reading “A mixed bag!”