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60. Feline update
I thought I’d follow up my previous pukesome ‘oooh look at my cute house’ post with something a little different. Namely, ‘oooh look at my cute kittens’. They’re 9 weeks old now and very cute indeed: Truth be told, they are utter bastards who do...
59. Renovation, Renovation, Renovation
I’ve not written about the house for ages. Partly because I don’t want to be all ‘blah, blah, curtains’ and other girly awfulness. (I get all of that out of my system on Pinterest.*) But also because it’s been a long, slow process getting the house to its current...
58. MOT. Easy as one-two-three
My car MOT was due this month, the first one since we moved to Bulgaria. I was a little apprehensive as, although Uma the Puma has only done 7,000 miles in the last year, they’ve been tough miles. The roads here aren’t too kind to cars. Especially silly,...
57. The one where everyone comes past our house for a nosey
Rush hour in the village! We’ve been planning to replace our ropey old concrete path with a stone one. Imagine our delight when Rob started pulling up the concrete this week and discovered an old stone path already there underneath. It was quite uneven and...
56. A tale of two vegetable patches
On a break from gardening... Our neighbour’s garden is entirely devoted either to raising animals or growing food. Every inch is maximised and, in a garden the same size as ours, he has sheep, a donkey, chickens, turkeys, and enough vegetables to feed two...
55. One Born Every Minute – Bulgarian Style
Last year we stole a cat. Not really a cat, a kitten. One of our neighbour’s kittens. Whaaaat? *innocent face* They had a litter of six. We didn’t think they’d notice mind us stealing adopting one of them. Oh, shut up. Anyway, Moona (as we named her) has lived with...
54. Spring-a-ling
We’ve emerged victorious from our first winter – with no fingers or toes lost to frostbite, no running out of food, and barely a word of complaint on my part (ahem). I am a Very Brave Soldier. Too long has passed to create a cohesive version of recent events so...
53. Folk-ing brilliant
A few mornings a week we go round to our neighbours' house for coffee. There’s a GMTV-style programme on from 9.30am called Predi Obed, which we all watch together with interest, Svilen and Penka explaining in great depth what each story is about (like that...
52. Snoooooooooooooooow
This is a story of survival. Of pushing the human mind and body to its limits. It’s a story of triumph. And Scrabble. This is a story I like to call ‘Epic Snow and a Really, Really Big Power Cut’. To be fair, the forecast did say ‘Heavy snow’. So it’s not like it...
51. White Christmas
What is it about snow that makes me behave like an idiot? It starts with me screaming “It’s snowing, IT’S SNOWING!” while jumping up and down (and clapping). That humiliating display is followed by me taking photos of everyday things covered in snow - “look,...
50. Neighbours. Everybody needs good neeeeeeeighbours
Being in a village (as opposed to the middle of a field) we have actual neighbours. Obviously this is marvellous, especially when they are as lovely and helpful as Svilen and Penka. They are in their sixties and, as their sons no longer live at home, they...
49. Progress update – November 2011
Rob has been lime plastering downstairs for what feels like forever - I’m amazed at his patience in what is a really dirty and time-consuming job. The bathroom is all plastered now and the beams have been painted. It’s beautiful and rustic, a bit like washing in a...