We have no idea.

KNMI
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

I don't think I've ever heard the weather forecasters admit they've no idea what the weather is going to do ... until now.

Em in the Scouty

Em in the Scouty
Originally uploaded by Sadlr
Smart Pimmetje [thanks Pim] spotted Em in Scouty Magazine.
Em, 'I also do Judo. I can throw my Father on the ground, but not my mother. She has a higher belt than I have'.

Claudia's doors

Claudia's doors
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

Claudia has knocked up a pair of doors to fit the holes in my wall. The wide door with the central posts will get glass panels so that Polo can look through and convince someone to let him in. [remember Puss in Shrek2 ?]

And the winner is ...

Well I never, I've won an iPod Nano!

Those super creative lads and lasses at L5 in Rotterdam are celebrating their 25th Birthday by giving iPods away.

I made a small film of my feet in the snow and it won a prize. I'm really chuffed.

Thanks again to all at L5 and a very Happy Birthday.

Update:

It's real: http://www.l5.nl/log5/3664-take-5.html

Kitchen doors

Kitchen doors
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

The spray painted doors and drawer fronts have been hung and we're done in the kitchen too.

Peter sanding

Peter sanding
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

Bedroom cupboards

Bedroom cupboards
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

We've been finishing things off aboard 'Ora et Labora' these first weeks of the year, while waiting for this year's clients to get here through the ice. Here are the bedroom cupboards finished and ready for painting ... and doors.

Ajith and Em

Ajith
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

Here is Em with her guitar tutor Ajith Hultink. Have a look and listen on www.ajith-hultink.nl.

Minus 12 degrees

Minus 12 degrees
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

Brrr. Cold this morning, minus 12 at Groningen airport. The ice is getting thicker. We'll be here for a while then.

Sofa, so good [sorry]

Sofa, so good [sorry]
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

With this year's clients stuck in ice instead of being here we're using the time to make some extra cupboards on the Ora et Labora. It also means we have the time to finish things off, gluing the plinths under the sofa, hanging painted doors and drawer fronts and making a hole for the stove pipe through the ceiling planking. A nice way to start the year.

Shortbread for Mum

Shortbread for Mum
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

Em made a big sheet of shortbread for Claudia's birthday and a few people made it through the snow to eat it.

Here we go again

Here we go again
Originally uploaded by Sadlr

I'd filled the cooling system, replaced the water pump impellor and had a date with the bridge keeper for 1000 this morning. Then the temperature dropped to minus eight.
I drained the cooling system and the pump and this morning cancelled our appointment with the bridges. It's now snowing hard again, almost up to the top of Polo's legs again.