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Feb. 7th, 2016 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beelikejIt's been an adventurous weekend so far. After the waterballet in the kitchen on Friday, yesterday my new washingmachine was going to be delivered between 13:00 and 18:00 (1 and 6 pm) or so I was promised. I would also get a phonecall thirty minutes ahead of delivery. When I still hadn't heard or seen anyone at the end of the afternoon, I called the shop. They said the delivery truck was running a little late because it had been so busy after their big sale last week.
I would think that you can't book more than a maximum amount of deliveries in a day, but okay... Anyway, I waited for two hours, but after I didn't get a response to a tweet for help, I decided to call again at 7. I was told the truck would keep going until everything was delivered.
Finally, at NINE pm, the guys showed up with my new washingmachine. Good thing they were cute and apologetic and rather adorably inexperienced (I had to lend them my tools and they kept asking each other wich way to turn the screws, boooooooooooys!). With a little bit of my help they managed to get the machine working. All on their own they had lifted the beast up all my stairs (I live on the third floor with no elevator) and brought the old machine down to the truck as well (that one was heavy: approximately 90 kgs) so at least I was in awe of that *g* Oh and one of them wore a beanie indoors, aaaahw.
Here are some pictures of before and after in my kitchen (especially for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bflyw who wanted a better look;) sorry, no photos of the delivery guys.
NEW WASHINGMACHINE!
Friday night: old washingmachine moved to my hallway, ready for transport.
Don't mind the dirty dishes: for some reason I had to move the machine right in the middle of doing those.
Saturday: ahw, a hole in my kitchen (and my heart; I had that machine for twenty years!) Dishes are done by the way; on the countertop now are the gadgets that are usually on top of the freezer. I wanted to make a safe workspace for the delivery guys; I had also taken down the big shelf on the opposite side as a precaution:)
Woohoo, the new machine fits perfectly!
There it is: everything back in its place and a brand spanking new washingmachine! I never had a new one; I had gotten my old one second hand from my friend at university!) It's so shiny:)
BAKING CROISSANTS!
Today I created my own fun: on my bakingcalender I got from Sinterklaas I found a recipe that didn't scare me!
I baked croissants with knakworst and cheese:
The recipe said grated cheese, but I just cut a slice into tiny pieces:)
I added a bit of salt & pepper to the egg, spread that over the dough and sprinkled the cheese on top.
Put the knakworst on the wide side of the triangle, start rolling and voilá! With a little more of the egg on top they're ready for the oven; mine is tiny so I could only fit three at the time.
Bake for 15 minutes on 180 Celsius and tadaaah! I turned the left over egg into a thin omlet and had myself a rather fancy lunch:)
WORK-OUT!
Last but not least: this morning I did a try-out for my next 30 days challenge. I liked the tone and tempo of the instructor, so I decided to go for Level 1 of the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. It's a 25 minute full body work out available on the Be Fit YouTube channel here. There is a DVD version that has 3 levels and I think you're supposed to move up a level after 10 days. Level 2 is also up on YT: here.
I downloaded both of these videos with VideoGrabby:) so I don't have to be online to do them.
For now I'm focusing on the first level, if that's doable I may move on after day 15. I'm also allowing myself restdays if needed (because that turned out to work as a great motivator for that 30 days ABS challenge I did;). I'll probably go with Wednesdays because that's when I cycle to my moms (that's about twenty minutes including a steep bridge;). On those days I'll do the Lowerbody floorwork on my Gilad DVD instead.
The biggest challenge for the Shred will be the Jumping Jacks, because I really REALLY hate those. I'm going to preemptively reward myself for trying by buying a sportsbra :-p
J.
I would think that you can't book more than a maximum amount of deliveries in a day, but okay... Anyway, I waited for two hours, but after I didn't get a response to a tweet for help, I decided to call again at 7. I was told the truck would keep going until everything was delivered.
Finally, at NINE pm, the guys showed up with my new washingmachine. Good thing they were cute and apologetic and rather adorably inexperienced (I had to lend them my tools and they kept asking each other wich way to turn the screws, boooooooooooys!). With a little bit of my help they managed to get the machine working. All on their own they had lifted the beast up all my stairs (I live on the third floor with no elevator) and brought the old machine down to the truck as well (that one was heavy: approximately 90 kgs) so at least I was in awe of that *g* Oh and one of them wore a beanie indoors, aaaahw.
Here are some pictures of before and after in my kitchen (especially for
bflyw who wanted a better look;) sorry, no photos of the delivery guys.NEW WASHINGMACHINE!
Friday night: old washingmachine moved to my hallway, ready for transport.
Don't mind the dirty dishes: for some reason I had to move the machine right in the middle of doing those.
Saturday: ahw, a hole in my kitchen (and my heart; I had that machine for twenty years!) Dishes are done by the way; on the countertop now are the gadgets that are usually on top of the freezer. I wanted to make a safe workspace for the delivery guys; I had also taken down the big shelf on the opposite side as a precaution:)
Woohoo, the new machine fits perfectly!
There it is: everything back in its place and a brand spanking new washingmachine! I never had a new one; I had gotten my old one second hand from my friend at university!) It's so shiny:)
BAKING CROISSANTS!
Today I created my own fun: on my bakingcalender I got from Sinterklaas I found a recipe that didn't scare me!
I baked croissants with knakworst and cheese:
The recipe said grated cheese, but I just cut a slice into tiny pieces:)
I added a bit of salt & pepper to the egg, spread that over the dough and sprinkled the cheese on top.
Put the knakworst on the wide side of the triangle, start rolling and voilá! With a little more of the egg on top they're ready for the oven; mine is tiny so I could only fit three at the time.
Bake for 15 minutes on 180 Celsius and tadaaah! I turned the left over egg into a thin omlet and had myself a rather fancy lunch:)
WORK-OUT!
Last but not least: this morning I did a try-out for my next 30 days challenge. I liked the tone and tempo of the instructor, so I decided to go for Level 1 of the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. It's a 25 minute full body work out available on the Be Fit YouTube channel here. There is a DVD version that has 3 levels and I think you're supposed to move up a level after 10 days. Level 2 is also up on YT: here.
I downloaded both of these videos with VideoGrabby:) so I don't have to be online to do them.
For now I'm focusing on the first level, if that's doable I may move on after day 15. I'm also allowing myself restdays if needed (because that turned out to work as a great motivator for that 30 days ABS challenge I did;). I'll probably go with Wednesdays because that's when I cycle to my moms (that's about twenty minutes including a steep bridge;). On those days I'll do the Lowerbody floorwork on my Gilad DVD instead.
The biggest challenge for the Shred will be the Jumping Jacks, because I really REALLY hate those. I'm going to preemptively reward myself for trying by buying a sportsbra :-p
J.