Friday, 4 November 2011

Still Digging and Sitting in the Dark

When I saw Heinz today he was still digging and pounding around the drive way taking advantage of the good weather we've been having. I got Gertrud a small potted rose for in the house. I know she will enjoy it. I was surprised that they sold them at this time of year actually. It will give her something living to look after too.
Heinz and Gertrud have also never dealt with the bamboo type rollup blinds in their life before. When they bought this new home of theirs last year it came with these rollup blinds in the living room which they have been fighting constantly ever since. First they were all askew every time I got there. I showed them several times how to adjust them but Gertrud just stood there with a blank stare on her face, and Heinz looked sort of puzzled and had all kinds of explanations of how they SHOULD work. The next time I went over, the strings had been cut and rearranged so that Heinz could work them his own way, but now they only go up two thirds of the way and the living room never gets all the light it should and Gertrud sits in a semi-lit room most days since the blinds have been altered.
So to remedy the situation, I took measurements of the living room door and windows a week or so ago and today I found some blinds which I think will do the trick. They are the simple white mini blind type, which I know Heinz and Gertrud know how to work. They've had that type of blind before and so it will be easy for them.
I will try to go over tomorrow and install them myself, so that nothing can go wrong in the installation process. This itself might be a real feat....I know how to install the blinds. It is quite easy, but I'm not sure about all the help I might get which I might make things a whole lot harder than required. I might have to fight off requests to eat cakes or candies and discuss the installation process at length with Heinz. Also there is the thing about finding the tools. This sometimes takes a lot longer than necessary since Heinz' memory generally fails him in that department and insists someone must have come over and stolen them. On second thought, I may just bring my own tools.

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