Ya know, if it wasn’t for the date on this computer
I wouldn’t know what day it is.
Yes we have been that busy, that exhausted and now,
sickly – ah the price you pay for burning the candle at both ends…
So, we are still sleeping in the house J
- I knew there would be no getting Michael back into the caravan – and no
complaints from me or the kids either.
But still there is not much more furniture in here –
just a couple of (empty) sets of drawers and the dining table. Just too tired to move more in – and most of
it needs painting to bring it into this ‘new home’ colour scheme – so that is
another factor – we will get there…
But we are on a mission to be prepared to move much
more ‘stuff’ in this coming weekend – the outlaws are on their way over to help
us again J
– so rain or shine – we will at least have cooking supplies, foodstuffs and
clothes in I reckon – and crafty goodness J - and a head
start on some furniture too probably.
Can’t wait!
There is still the bug factor too as to why we haven’t
rushed to move in – I have been vacuuming every second/third day – the whole
house! – and it is so much easier to vacuum empty floors than know the lil’
critters are hiding behind our lovely furniture! This is Plan C – intimidation! I figure if we move in, us (being about a
gazillion times bigger than them) will scare them out!! Ha, take that booklice/barklice – be ye
gone!!!
We were so close to nuking them – bought the flea
bombs and everything – but with the worldwide evidence always coming back to
chemicals are never guaranteed, usually only work ‘so-so’ and getting the
humidity down is a 100% - well, we decided to wait it out a bit longer – and do
the scare tactic too. Hey, maybe if we
dress up for Halloween, that will really scare them out…worth a shot anyway – and
will at least be fun to try J.
Anyway, here is why we are so tired:
Paving has started!!
And take note of this lovely selection of colours (yes, all from the
salvage yard) – it will help explain the ‘character’ of paving patterns ;-).
My honey emailed me a photo at work last Tuesday
lunchtime:
And by Friday afternoon he had got to here:
Wow, so good!!
My contribution has been carrying plenty of pavers
across before and after work. And the
kids have carried quite a few too. Man,
they are HEAVY!!! I can carry a max. of
5 – so I figured they must weigh at least a couple of kilos each (concrete
pavers they are) – but I decided to weigh one on my kitchen scales – a quarter
piece weighed approx. 1.3kg!!!! That
makes a full paver about 5kg – five point zero kilograms EACH. Darn, darn, darn heavy in any
language!!!
Hey, just for fun, let’s do the math. There are 25 pavers per square meter – that’s
125kg lifted, carried and placed per square meter, right? We have 210m2 to do the verandah –
so (work with me here) 125 x 210 = too bloody much = we are loco, crazy, MAD!!!
