Adoration and peace, at last.

5^th February,  Happy birthday to Blue

It is quite amazing how a bit of, out of routine, a pinch of stress and a little of “lost the plot’ can launch us into a mess of dysfunctional body and mind. I have found it very hard to wake up and get moving these past few days and now that the caravans are settled in their temporary positions you might think we would be up and atom, but we are both still tired and achy body.

Today we set off to look for a caravan shop to cost up replacing a few hinges and door knobs. We sat in the vans yesterday and made two lists, one for 412 and the other for 416 that’s what they are called now but we have brass numbers 1 to 9 from our last business venture and will rename them using stock items. We got all the equipment out of the cupboards, pots, pans, crocks, cutlery, coffee makers, buckets and brooms and are actually quite happy with the quality and quantity so all we need to do now is invent those special little extras that cost nothing but inflate the added value so that we will be proud and pleased to put our little vans up for hire.  The objective is to make someone’s holiday, easy, functional, clean and friendly. Our shopping trip today started badly in the caravan shop on the way to Cherbourg where we discovered as with anything nautical the price is inflated and the packaging far too glossy, so we walked out and went to our favourite store, Brico Depot where you can find anything you want in heaps of choices and as we sauntered down the electrical isle I felt I was in a good place.  Mike was like a kid in a sweet shop and for a moment there we were in heaven, I can’t say that electrical departments do anything for me but we understand what we are looking for now and the pressure of trying to negotiate my way through a set of French instructions or warning sections on boxes to help Mike make good decisions is a long past memory as we now glance at instructions and information as though we were reading English and our expectation of what is available is understood and appreciated. We got a huge chunk of the to do list ticked off today including loo seats in a pre-packed box with matching loo role holder and loo brush, how full filling to be enamoured and satisfied with such purchases, life is good when you buy a loo seat and you get a sense of well being.

We have had the Plans for the septic tank confirmed OK with a proviso that we respect the watercourses and levels, what ever that might mean, so we are going to get the experienced septic tank installation bloke to sort that out. Mike and I are constantly discussing the next level in the project but we have agreed that septic tank in first, then van plinths with water and electric, then prepare the garden for spring, then motor home holiday in Spain. Can’t wait for that last process  to arrive as we have committed to each other to have this project done and dusted by the end of May.

Just to finish off,  Debbie in Oz is in the process of homing a young Great Dane cross and we hope that works out for them but it is a long haul even with big intelligent dogs, It has taken Mike four years to get HOSS to sit and stay for his morning greeting. At one point Mike disliked coming down in the morning because HOSS would just wimper and jump and rub himself all over Mikes clean, just put on jeans but after all this time HOSS has now understood what is required of him and the morning greeting is  one of adoration and peace, at last.