Week 10 Villa
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 30 May 2020 23:57
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Week Ten at Sleeping
Indian    Sunday the 24th of May.
The day began with our normal boiled eggs then I set
about the front bedroom unit. The real pleasure came
when I pulled my pencil stirrer from my empty paint pot and the dry skin came out in one piece. Extremely satisfying
and a lovely clean pot to boot. It’s the small things..... Bear busied himself
about the place and tidied ready for the boys to begin with a clear working
space on the morrow.
 Monday the 25th. The boys arrived promptly (own blog) at
eight thirty and Lord Ron (Chief), Lloyd (Bossman), Baldwin (aka Barry White for
his deep, silky booming voice), Benji (cutie, because of his shy smile) and very
soon our view and patio had somewhat
changed.......
 ......Lashley (Captain) seen arriving on the
floating work pontoon.
Tuesday the 26th. Day
began at five as it often does with checking the credit card. Aye Up
two purchases at 91.18 and 92.68, shake Bear awake. Did you buy anything on
Sunday ??? Glasses pulled on and coming to I went for cups of tea. Soon Bear was
looking up what the two Merchant Addresses were. I looked at the actual payments
– both in Canadian Dollars. Mmmm. On the phone to Tesco, put through to the
Fraud Department and the lady began a list - 333.33 for jewelry, 71.49 for make
up, 84.93 tried three times and declined....... A bad start to my day. The only
not so inconvenient thing was that this particular credit card was due to end in
June. Now the poor thing had to be put down by scissors after long and busy
service. Time for another cup of tea.
  The day continued to get worse with the
ongoing saga re furniture payment and monies owed from previous property
manager. Bear went to the office at ten only to be pushed out the door that hit
his foot as it was slammed by ‘her’ father....... Nothing for it but to do
something destructive, out came the chisel, hammer and sander. Down came the downstairs toilet tiles in double quick time.
Then I set about the ‘Victoria Station Men’s Toilet’ looking kitchen tiles. Very satisfying as I watched my bucket fill.
  One or two came down and left a bigger divot than necessary but Bear was there, spatula
in hand and up went filler. All done, larder back in
place, now to nab glue and grout as the tiler gets to work next
week.
 Wednesday the 27th.
Better start to my day as I actually managed to set up direct debits for water
and council tax in Plymouth. The boys arrived to trim down the far pilings and
lay the wooden base for the ‘big’ concrete pour. Soooo looking forward to that –
hopefully a Mack truck and the fun of a pipe coming through the kitchen and
lounge. Watering my bougainvillea cuttings a tiny
frog jumped out, not sure who was more surprised.....and I have weevils
in one of my new packets of rice..... Frog deposited for perhaps his first swim
in the birds water dish and on to my next job.
  Thursday the 28th. Barry
White (aka Baldwin) bimbled in at 08:10 shortly followed by Cutie (Benji) and as
the clock struck 08:30 on went the circular saw. Bear is in the process of
turning all the plug holes up the right way as it drives him nuts to see things
like the kettle with the wire sticking upwards from the wall. I set about
sanding the toilet wall to prep for tiling.
At half eleven the five internal doors
came back just as I was finishing the lady painting (before and after) and missed the
chap who apparently just dropped them off saying “the bookcase looks nice”,
Crikey, spraying five doors and a bookcase in three days ???? Down I went to
have a look. Oh dear, (you can take a guess at the words I actually
spaketh.....) Each door was terrible. Lack or no prep-work, dents, tears, even
dust sprayed on in a corner. Twenty quid a piece I would say OK but not one
hundred and fifty each.....more fool me, what a terrible decision. Within five
minutes Baldwin (aka Barry White had taken pictures on his mobile and reported
to Bossman who had Lord Ron come straightaway. Within forty minutes the doors
were going back on their ‘olidays – hope they have a better time of it.......on
the collection journey the bookcase appeared. Not too bad but again not being
wrapped in old cloths before transport we saw snags......it went away as well -
in the house barely seven minutes.
  Friday the 29th. A very
slow start but it did begin at five, bit of pottering, planning, searching the
internet for bits and bobs. A pretty sunrise.
Headboard, mattress toppers, valances and new sheet sets ordered from Amazon
(sheets we bought for single beds too small as in fact they are USA twin size so
they will come back to the UK for grandbaby sleepovers). The mobile rang – the
glass cutters. “We already have a cut circle that measures forty-two inches”,
not really big enough to protect a forty-six inch table....... In a flash it
seemed, the men arrived and began once more on the dot of 08:30.
  We beheaded and ‘befooted’ the bed. I just
could not have any more of the brown wood, the wiggling, Bear tapping the ugly
headboard and we gained six inches of space between the foot end and the en
suite wall. Result. Next my beautiful assistant sanded the bits we need and chamfered
the edges of the newly formed corners. At midday came the call we have been
waiting for. The cheque for the furniture finally cleared, this has been a
constant worry since week two back in March. (Monday saw you-know-who’s dad go
to the store with three thousand EC dollars and the promise of the rest on
Tuesday. Tuesday saw the ‘woman’ herself go in with four thousand and the rest
as a cheque). I put primer on the bed base bits on
the lounge floor. Late afternoon we got a call from Lady Ronnie saying our money
had been paid by cheque but the bank would honour it. Hope we get a better
nights sleep tonight.
  Saturday the 30th. We
both woke feeling completely shattered and physically drained. The strain of the
money worries finally burst the energy bubble. Bear helped me construct the bed
base on the bedroom floor and put it up on bean tins for me to do the worst
first coat I have ever done. Bear pottered a bit at the shower base and then we
needed ‘happy food’ for lunch – cheese on toast, Branston pickle and a cup of
tea. I snuck a win at backgammon then we went food shopping. Other than that, three of the Mickey Mouse Ear cacti (opuntia, nopal,
paddle, or prickly pear to everyone else) are having babies – the other four are
growing roots very busily. The trumpetbush
has put on three sets of leaves and now looks like something new is going on at
the tip. Went for a swim, supper and a hard-fought Mex Train that I squeaked a
win. Huh. One episode
of Osark and we crashed at just after ten.
ALL IN ALL A WEEK OF UPS AND
DOWNS
MOVING ON TO EXCITING
THINGS......
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