Jill and Gerard's Seachange

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO!!

It is amazing how we get used to any changes very quickly. For the last 6 mornings after I wake up, see the condition of the sky and assess what the morning will look like, I gradually lift my aching body, maneuvering my legs around the lump on top of the bed (Rusty), up out of the bed, I have been having a regular spate of late nights again, shuffle myself to the second bedroom, knock on the door and slowly open it to take a peep at Tamyka in the bed. She is so cute! first thing in the morning, although she may not think so, struggling to open her eyes to see what is happening and obviously does not believe it is time to get up again. We put the TV and DVD from the Purple Palace in her room, so each night after we say goodnight she has been catching up on DVD's so goodness knows what time she falls asleep, for me it has usually been about one or two a.m.

We have been for early morning walks, hoping to see the swans and their families and yes we have seen some, Tamyka has been very good, she does seem to be genuinely interested in looking out for them also. Not just coming along to keep me happy! The time has gone by so quickly here, I cannot believe she had been here for the six days. We have both enjoyed having her here.

Yesterday morning was a bit of a rush, Tamyka wanted to make her mum a little pocket book before she left, we had the plasterers here first thing, Tamyka had to pack her bags, and had a surprise visitor as I did not have time to tell the plasterer she was in her room. I am not sure who was surprised more! I had to finish off some cards for Tamyka to take with her and before we knew it it was coming on to noon! We wanted to leave here at 12.30 to get to Bairnsdale in plenty of time for the train, we had not had any lunch, so I made a packed lunch for Tamyka to eat on the train, a quick roll for Gerard and I and left here about 12.40p.m. We got to the train in plenty of time and found Tamyka's "first class" seat!! Spoke to the guard just to let him know she was traveling by herself and before we knew it it was time for the train to leave. I messaged Machele to let her know Tamyka had left and then we all messaged each other during her three hour train trip to Dandenong station, and finally the last message from Machele to say Tamyka had arrived safely.

We took mum home before coming back to our house and it did seem rather odd as there was just the "two" of us again. It had been so nice to have an extra person here for a while, helping out, having some laughs and company on my walks etc. Not to mention also playing games on the computer with another game addict, msn three ways to Machele was also a bit of a giggle. We were only home a short while when the Electrician called in to install the hot plates and the exhaust in the kitchen!!!!! YAY I have a complete kitchen now, Machele mentioned when she was here at Easter we were planning the kitchen and submitting it to the maker!!! Taken quite a while to get it eventually. All that needs done now is the tiling and the painting and some filler boards above the cupboards and some ducting for the exhaust fumes to go into the roof!!! Nup the kitchen man does "NOT" DO that part of things!!!!!! David and Paul where are you?????? I have been so patient waiting for things to be done, but sometimes I do get quite down!! So tomorrow the plasterer will be back to do the sanding off and then Pat the painter will be here Tuesday to get started on the painting inside!! So I should not be sitting here in the second bedroom (I am here cause the view is too tempting and I would sit there all day)!!! as there is so much to do before tomorrow and Tuesday, putting stuff out of the way..

How bad is it when the plasterer comments on """"wow what a difference in the second bedroom"""" cause it is tidy and hardly anything in there!!! Thanks Tamyka for coming here to "make" me clear out the room..

I made the effort last night and into the early hours of the morning to finish putting Marveer on the front of my drawers on the printers type cabinet. I have given up using a paint brush and soapy water to clean out each partition as it is taking me so long, cause after they dried I was then using the paint brush again to Marveer them all. There is 96 little compartments in each drawer and there are 20 of them, I will post a photo of the finished cabinet soon. I have decided to use up some scrap card (so glad I keep the scraps), and cut it into small squares to line the bottom of each compartment cause they are still black from the metal type blocks, it will be quicker than my first plan, even quicker than making "little" box bottoms to go into each space!! It is looking good so far. I can't wait to put all of those "little" bits and pieces in them as I have many and may be able to dispose of some other containers to make room for more of my stuff. More details will be in "the Purple Palace" blog soon..

From when we first moved in in January the rooms in the house have been changing all of the time. The hall leading to the bedrooms is now "empty" not a box to be seen compared to months ago we had to squeeze down the hall sideways to get to bed. It does look very bare though. Am slowly emptying boxes to fill up the kitchen. One problem!!!! well not for me really :) is we now have the kitchen all up and running now to be able to cook decent meals and guess where the saucepans etc are????????............................. In storage in Dandenong!!!!!!! I did not bother to bring them with us as there was no cook top to use them on and it meant one less box to have here!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Have just heard on the telly about Bali and more bombings, OMG when will it all stop. Machele has been back about a month now from Bali, thank goodness she got home safely.. I bet her heart is thumping rather loudly now. Or maybe not as she and Tamyka are probably both in bed asleep still!!!!! he!! heeee!!!! heeee!!! :) sorry guys could not resist..

O.k. time for me to get off this chair and do some work it is 8.40a.m. now so should get a bit done before Gerard gets home from his early morning shift at the servo! He is getting better at it, still gets nervous, but is not having to call in Doug every day for some help. So that is a good sign...

bye for now
luv Jill xxx

posted by Jill @ 7:53 am