Still work to do............

Avan Mayıs 28, 2022

I mentioned yesterday that we had started painting the house, this was before we even knew things were going to change. We'll carry on and get as much as we can done, then come back and finish it off. So far we have painted the two prominent sides, apart from the section under the gable end, because the planks sit vertically and are different to the rest of the boards. With Michael's help those will be changed to match the rest, so there was no point wasting paint as it's so bloody expensive!

Also painted by the front door and laundry door side, still to do the back end, which will require a cherry picker as it's so high, then we'll do the garage.

The railings are also completely finished, boy are we glad that we don't have to do that again.

We headed out the other morning and as I was waiting to close the gate while Joe drove out, I looked back at the house and thought how pretty it was looking.

The Garden is very parched, although we did have some rain today.

The deck had a good clean, Michael came to help on Sunday, he screwed down raised boards and helped with the sanding, it was really dirty and boards had twisted, the New Zealand weather can be very harsh

On Monday Joe started coating it with a deck oil, by Resene called Driftwood.

He still needs to go around the outer and inner edges and it will need another coat.

It looks so much better and with the new paintwork it looks stunning

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For the last week or so I've been packing and all the boxes are being stacked in a spare room, in the past this room has been the office and my craft room, now it's storage.

I expect it will be full by the time I'm finished

It goes without saying that we are hugely excited and looking forward to the next chapter in our lives, we're very fortunate to be able to do this sooner than planned. I believe that you have to take chances in your life, things just don't happen, if you have goals or dreams then you work towards them and grab them with both hands, if we had waited around for our lives to change we wouldn't be living in New Zealand. Joe is doing very well in his job and this place was an excellent investment, because of that we are able to do what we are doing,and so happy that between us all we can help Michael and Natasha achieve theirs too. However if they don't start with the grandchildren soon I might renege on the whole thing!! Only kidding, but when the grandies do come, what a life they will have.

And so I don't lose track, I have a countdown on my calendar!
Three weeks tomorrow