Merry Christmas
What a luxury! Finally, the plumber provided us with running water. This didn’t happen on Wednesday last week (of course) but Monday this week as we weren’t ready. We almost weren’t ready for the plumber on Monday either! This stuff takes way too long!
It seems like we’re almost there but there’s so much little stuff to do that it ends up being dragged on and on in time. At least that’s how it feels. One day we came to find a puddle of water on the floor in one of the bedrooms - leak. Had to take the fresh gib off the wall (that was painful, as it was ready for painting already!) and investigate the source of the leak. We still don’t know exactly but it’s coming from outside - either a leaky gutter or a hole in the joint of two buildings. It’s meant to be raining today so maybe we’ll finally manage to find it.
Otherwise - the kitchen is ready to be tiled. We’re still missing two sets of doors for the wall cabinets but Mitre 10 Mega are all out. Maybe after Christmas. In the bathroom we’ve got a basin and a shower with walls, which will be gibbed today and lined tomorrow or on Friday.
Spending so much time in the flat we’ve neglected our own house and yesterday I spent more than two hours mowing the lawns. It’s been a jungle out there, which of course totally suited our tigers. Now I’m really looking forward to having a break over Christmas and going away to Tokerau Beach for New Year. Bring on better weather!
