The view unwrapped

Here it is, the new view!

From our bedroom, looking through to the stacker doors.

 

Another picture, from further down the hallway

 

And another, even further towards the new bit.

 

Max offering the plasterer his muesli bar.

 

The builders opened up the house again on Monday so that the plasterer could work his magic on one of the new bedroom walls.  It was fantastic to see the view down the hallway and I had to take some pictures so Steve could see.  It made me appreciate the effort (cost!) we went to in order to have over-height stacker doors and the tall cavity sliders which will close off the hallway when required.

 

At the moment, it's all about gibbing and plastering.  The kitchen guy called yesterday and it's looking like the end of the month for installation (give or take a week I imagine).  Imagine having a real kitchen again!  I am becoming a BBQ chef extraordinaire - this is only because I am doing it every day - and can create any kind of dish using it.  The only thing I haven't tried is baking, but watch this space!!!!  It will be a science experiment and I am planning on making Chocolate chip biscuits in it.

 

We have a big job this coming weekend playing tetris with our furniture in order to clear the floors for the floor sander next week.  I absolutely cannot wait to see the end result. 

 

It feels like winter has hit Auckland, because on Monday it poured with rain, and today it is pouring with rain.  My nose is cold.  That might also be because we have no heating in our house at the moment (central heating is not yet operational)!  We haven't even got a heater, because I sold it on Trade Me.  What on earth was I thinking?  However, our power bill will look super low - but not that low according to the Mercury Energy door-to-door salesperson yesterday, because we are not with Mercury Energy and if we were to switch, we'd get a $150 credit. 

 

The girls are at kindy right now and it's amazing how much more 'free' time I have due to this.  Max potters about happily and still naps in the afternoon so it lends itself well to doing little jobs like picking up tiles and general organisation and planning.

 

Max has brightened up a rainy, cold, grey Wednesday with his dimply grin, and now we go and pick up his lovely sisters in the rain.  I am so glad kindy is just across the road! 

 

 

 

Anna x