Easter 2008

Wow, no posts since Christmas, I have been lazy!
Well its been cold and I have been thinking about the chalet, I promise!

So Easter break and the family made the trek out to Morzine for a long weekend. I specifically wanted to open an account with Viourons and make an order for wood and plaster board for Saturday then build the garage wall on Sunday. That would amount to a load of work and a big step forward.
Alas, things, as usual, did not go entirely to plan...

We arrived on Thursday evening, a little snow still clinging to the ground in the shaded parts of the valley, Nothing like last Easter with its brilliant sunshine, so much so we had picnics out side. The forecast said snow, snow, snow. No problems getting in this time as an outcome of the key issues of last year Rob and I have an "arrangement" with the keys. All a bit hush hush and I cant say too much in public but I got the keys and managed to open the doors. As we went to bed on Thursday night the first few flakes of snow began to fall and waking on Friday saw a real dump. 30 cm or so of new snow and it was still snowing. All day it snowed.

For the first time I had to put chains on the car wheels. Never used them before. Pain in the arse to get on and off but they make a huge difference. Would never have made it without them. Good job I thought about the weather and bought a set before we left. Apparently my car has enormous tyres and requires the biggest chain sets made. Any way I was well pleased with my forethought at buying them and even more pleased at there performance.
Friday I drove down to the DIY shop and opened my account, all in French and I understood most of it too! They could not of course do a delivery "a demain" (Saturday) because of the snow and the fact that they were closed of Easter. BUM.
So with my new account I piled up a few things on the counter and went back trying to figure out what I could do in the mean time.
Still snowing and the boys playing in the snow, I fiddled about with some electrics, fixing up the sockets in the bedroom and in the kitchen upstairs.
Saturday dawned with brilliant sunshine

So off out on the boards with my son, sod the chalet, lets go surf!
Minor problems including a car that would not lock did not dampen our spirits too much.
Saturday afternoon it began to snow again and kept snowing until we left on Monday!
I put in some more cable for the bedroom heaters and had a major clean up through out the chalet but feel a little embarrassed at the amount of work I didnt do.

I really need to get on with it. Rob is out in a few weeks time and I need to speak to him about some other project we have going but I want to arrange a delivery for that weekend, this will have to be done over the phone!

Something to look forward to!