Some wise guy predicted that Facebook would wipe out personal blogs. I think that's happening to mine.
It's just that nothing of much importance happens to someone as ordinary as me. And my facebook friends know I hardly even have status updates. So this could be the beginning of the end for this old blog. Totally deleting it seems a little harsh, it's like a diary of sorts. Maybe when Ruatfeli grows up and can read all the stuff I posted about her, she'll delete it herself :P
We're starting this project on building a house of own. Maybe I'll do a blow by blow post on that.
So far, we walled up the entire area because some people are, as some people can be, pretty unscrupulous. Then we put up a retaining wall, which we filled up with soil. Which we later decided was to be a water tank, given the scarcity of water, so we got people to remove the soil again. Huge waste of time and money, but we probably made the right decision because water harvesting is a must.
Then we found us an architect to design the house. We didn't give him an estimate of our budget, just told him what our dream house would have, garage, this many bedrooms, a curved staircase(!) etcetera. So he went all out and designed us what I think is going to be a beautiful house. But now I'm terrified about where we're going to get the money. We might have to rob a bank!
Anyhow, H went and got back from a month's training at Tata hospital, and he decided no more dilly-dallying. So he got some people to dig the 'holes' for putting up the 'columns' or whatever they call it, and they're almost done. The land is rocky as rambo, we might end up paying through our nose even for that little bit of work.
I spare myself the trouble of worrying about the harsh work, and instead dream of red kitchens and blue bathrooms. Hopefully in a four or five years we'll actually have a house of our own.
It's just that nothing of much importance happens to someone as ordinary as me. And my facebook friends know I hardly even have status updates. So this could be the beginning of the end for this old blog. Totally deleting it seems a little harsh, it's like a diary of sorts. Maybe when Ruatfeli grows up and can read all the stuff I posted about her, she'll delete it herself :P
We're starting this project on building a house of own. Maybe I'll do a blow by blow post on that.
So far, we walled up the entire area because some people are, as some people can be, pretty unscrupulous. Then we put up a retaining wall, which we filled up with soil. Which we later decided was to be a water tank, given the scarcity of water, so we got people to remove the soil again. Huge waste of time and money, but we probably made the right decision because water harvesting is a must.
Then we found us an architect to design the house. We didn't give him an estimate of our budget, just told him what our dream house would have, garage, this many bedrooms, a curved staircase(!) etcetera. So he went all out and designed us what I think is going to be a beautiful house. But now I'm terrified about where we're going to get the money. We might have to rob a bank!
Anyhow, H went and got back from a month's training at Tata hospital, and he decided no more dilly-dallying. So he got some people to dig the 'holes' for putting up the 'columns' or whatever they call it, and they're almost done. The land is rocky as rambo, we might end up paying through our nose even for that little bit of work.
I spare myself the trouble of worrying about the harsh work, and instead dream of red kitchens and blue bathrooms. Hopefully in a four or five years we'll actually have a house of our own.
