#2029 Friday 19th June 2020

Winter is biting now...... after the downpour yesterday, this morning was 8 deg......  that might be warm by other standards but for us it's getting pretty cold!

It's 5pm and Kaylia's waiting for Naomi to come home so we can get tea. 

This is the current progress on the remodelling of the bungalow. The end result will have the entrance at the side of the building instead of the end of the building..... so that access will be undercover rather than out in the elements.

I'm chuffed about the stairs... 

#2028 Tuesday 16th June

The past few days have been a bit of a trial for us..... Kaylia has bad times with her periods and so we all suffer. Po ting.

The little guy at the front door has been spruced up by Rebecca..... doesn't he look good! 

The roof extensions are now complete and so work can begin on the alterations under the new roof. 

#2027 Saturday 13th June 2020

Woo-hoo!  Our chooks have begun laying eggs.

This is a big day in our house.

Kaylia has performed better this week..... she had a 6 DVD allowance today...... but it didn't stop her from losing one as soon as she got home. 

The last stage of the roof is nearly there..... if the weather is kind. The main beams and timbers are in place and I'll fix the rafters tomorrow.  Weather permitting the roofing sheets can be fixed on Monday. 



Kaylia with Rebecca and Alberto on an outing this morning. 

#2026 Wednesday 10th June

The next stage.......   the third section of the roof is now done..... one more part to go. 

This is the upper balcony. 

#2025 Saturday 6th June 2020

Kaylia has done her dash this week...... she used up all her DVD allowance in testing us to see what she could get away with. She was quite deliberate and obvious about it.... she would watch us as she uttered her looping.  She was clearly testing her limits! ..... and so she has NO DVDs this week.  She's ropeable.

The building is progressing well....... 

In this photo you can see the balcony between the two buildings and the foof frame being constructed above.  The roofing steel is coming Monday so I should be able to complete this part of the roof this week.  Then it will be just the final bit of roof over the bungalow left. 

#2024 Wednesday 3rd June

6am and I've forgotten to put the bins out last night!  Up and put some warm clothes on..... outside and breathe thanks for the bridge and side gate.... and the driveway!  In the old days the bins had to be hauled up many stairs...... now it's a smooth driveway. It's still about a 25 degree slope though.  The heart rate is really pounding by the time I reach the road level with 2 heavy bins in tow. 

Now I can go back to bed and not dread the sound of the rubbish truck coming down the street. 

The strategy for "looping" control is interesting...... Kaylia is really trying it out.  She knows what she is doing and she tries the limits to see if we will give in.  This week after two days, she has lost eight of the ten DVD allowed!  We've warned her that if she looses more than ten, then she will have to take the DVDs back to the op shop! 

#2023 Wednesday 27th May 2020

Brrr .... it's still cold!  The weather has gone from summer wear to maximum winter wear in one week!

Kaylia had to come home from school early today .... she has a bad ear ache and just wanted to go to the doctor!  This is very unusual for her.... she has to have very strong pain before it has that sort of impact.

She has a course of antibiotics, some ear drops ..... and some extra strong pain tablets.

The building project is going well.  The main steel beams are now in place ... these will support the upper floor.  I'll put a temporary floor on the bearers and this will give me an easy working platform to work on the upper roof.

Eventually there will be a door from the entry room onto this new balcony.  That will be in the window space at the upper right-hand side.