We've been here four weeks now. It still seems slightly surreal that we are not rushing off to work each day - while we are working hard there is a lot of downtime too which I think we both needed. I am starting to look for a part time job - saw one this week that sounds interesting, so I'd better find the box with my work clothes for the interview!
Mum arrived this week so I've had a couple of days of running her around. She is rapt with waipukarau and the general area, and has bought a wee unit - a title issue however so we are just waiting for the lawyers to sort that. We had to go to the council in Waipawa - the next town over - I am definitely going back there, some cool wee shops and the Settlers Museum looks interesting.
Grace is doing great - three days at kindy this week and she tells me she loves her teachers. Apparently a boy called her a duck head (haha I assume he said something else) but the teacher made him say sorry! She is enjoying doing lots of word games at home with us, and very much looking forward to primary school next year, which is five minutes down the road rather than back in town like kindy.
Meanwhile Rupert has been scraping up the cork tiles in the kitchen from the floorboards - the intention was to polish the boards. Unfortunately there is a big concrete slab where the old coal range would have been so it looks like we will have to put down some kind of flooring to cover it. Next job for him is stripping the gib off the walls and getting new stuff up, so we are not too far from installing the kitchen. That will make a huge difference to life down here.
We've had a few days of beautiful weather - today is rainy but I shall take that as a hint to get back to working on the spare room rather than chainsawing and grubbing thistles! Grace is home today but she quite likes sitting on the spare bed telling me stories while I work :-)
I've just put my first batch of eggs in the incubator so hopefully we will have chicks in a few weeks. Grace is very interested - I can't wait to see her reaction when they start to hatch.
Paula and Rupes
Waipawa is a lovely spot, I am sure you will enjoy mooching around the shops and getting to know the lie of the land. Great news that your Mum has found somewhere so easily, and that the teachers at kindy have charmed young Grace :) Life sounds very relaxed even though it is busy. So what's the colour scheme for the kitchen - you have a blank canvas!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Liza - we will stick with the same colour scheme as at Packham - seeing as we have the red accessories! But white walls instead of mushroom. Spent the morning moving Mum's stuff to her wee unit, so that's one big job ticked off and now she can sort herself out :-) See you soon xxx
ReplyDeleteHey Guys - I found your blog - Geez it looks like some hard work! great commentary btw. Trust all is well and you guys don't have to do it too hard over winter.
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