Now that the heat is working in the houseboat, we can relax a bit. There is less of a rush, less of a hunt. We have a thousand projects going on, but they take their time. One of the projects is the lighting project. We want LED lights. Preferably many, preferably a few here and there.
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As you know, people from different countries have different levels of ease in travelling the world. I remember when a friend and I travelled by train through Eastern Europe in the early 90s. We shared a compartment with two American women, and when the Belarusian inspectors checked our passports, the difference between Swedes and Americans became clear.
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When you buy a new car, do you buy new or second-hand? Or maybe you lease a car from the company where you work? We know many people who always spend a lot of money on new cars. Perhaps it can be financially correct if you constantly change, but it can also be financially very wrong.
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Actually, we all live quite luxuriously. All of you reading this probably have running water (hot, too), a shower, fridge, freezer, cooker and TV. Perhaps you live a little more simply in the summer cottage or on the campsite for a few weeks during the summer, but otherwise.
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Now it's starting to look like something! Yesterday a plumber, two electricians, a carpenter (Peter) and a hobby painter (moi) worked in this little boiler room. Well, not all at the same time of course... What do you think of the result?
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Reporters at Reader's Digest "dropped" 192 wallets in 16 cities around the world to see what happened. The wallets included a name with a mobile phone number, a family photo and $50 worth of cash. The result?
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The kitchen was the room in the entire houseboat that was most prepared and most modern when we moved here. Many parts of the boat are original from the 1930s, but the kitchen was recently renovated. The previous owner had also chosen nice colours and nice appliances, we think.
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Everything we build in the houseboat takes time. First all the decisions to be made, then all the materials to be purchased... and then the labour. But slowly, slowly, we move forward. Here you can see some of the new interior details of the weekend.
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When you live with water in all directions, there is the risk of dropping things, which disappear forever. We haven't lost anything yet, but we've heard of neighbours losing everything from bicycles to wedding rings.
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The washing machine salesman wondered how we would fit the machine in the car. In the car! That was the least of the problems, so to speak ... We had calculated that the washing machine would fit in the boiler room, but hadn't really thought about how to get it there.
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