{"id":755,"date":"2021-04-06T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mirer.es\/?p=755"},"modified":"2021-04-07T00:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T22:49:36","slug":"we-sold-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirer.es\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"We sold the house!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just kidding. This week was April fools\u2019 day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a rundown of the things that did happen these past few weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got rid of the litter box<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the cats can go outside, I decided that enough is enough and they don\u2019t need the luxury of a toilet anymore, with me as their personal cleaner. This marks the end of cleaning the damn thing every day for the past 2 years. Freedom!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made Roman Blinds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the porch we have one \u2018window\u2019 that doesn\u2019t have curtains because there are cabinets in front of it. In Holland we decided that a Roman Blind would be the right solution. With the leftover clipping of the curtains we had hung up earlier, Mirjam made a working Roman Blind, complete with wooden ribs, rings and cords. I was Mirjam\u2019s big helper. We had never made Roman Blinds before, but figured we could. And we did, but it took us 5 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next day, Mirjam made a small one for the kitchen door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We went to the Mediterranean coast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, we decided to go to a second hand store about 30km from our house, to see if we could find a cabinet for the guest bathroom. They had a humongous amount of stuff, but nothing much we liked. As we left the store, we found out that we were just 10 minutes from the coast. So rather than going home, we decided to go the beach. It was a lovely break from our \u2018busy schedule\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lovely beach at Vera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had lunch in the marina of Garrucha, just 10 minutes from Vera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We made bedside tables for the guest room<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a TV-series about people moving to a life in the sun, we saw a lady who had a Bed & Breakfast, where she had made small shelves next do the beds, instead of bedside tables. This was the perfect solution for our guest bedroom, where we needed narrow but deep bedside tables. So, I set out to create bedside shelves with wood that I found in one of the sheds. And just to make things more comfortable for our guests, we added wall sockets on either side of the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We found the perfect place for \u201cThe Greeting\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Greeting\u201d is a statue by an artist that my parents knew and which they gave Antoinette and me around 15 years ago. It was to symbolized the first time we met. I am very happy that we found a good spot for it, across from the door of the porch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catjing is a happy camper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To thank us for all the things we do for him, Catjing brought home a life mouse one evening. Catjang was happier with it than we were and the two of them spent some time playing with it. Then, when the mouse hid under the wine cabinet in the living room and they couldn\u2019t reach it anymore, they both went to sleep. Mirjam and I spent some time catching it and we put it outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, Catjing brought us a new mouse. Catjing was happy. And so was Catjang. The mouse, not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We gave the solar floor lamps a second life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of years ago, Ikea was kind enough to sell Mirjam two solar floor lamps. We put them on the patio, where they do a really good job. They are really nice, but the shades were weathered and needed some attention. We found a nice band to finish the shades with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And at night…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our neighbor is a modern shepherd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, our neighbor Angel takes his sheep up on the steep hills behind our little corner of the world. The only way to do that is on foot. Sometimes, he takes them through the riverbed to one of the many grazing patches he owns or has access to. Normally, he walks in front of the sheep and they follow him, encouraged by the dogs that walk behind the herd. Occasionally, I have seen him ride a tractor and the sheep still follow him. The other day, I say him drive his car and the sheep followed him. Such a modern shepherd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n