Weekend update

Two posts today - because I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to update the blog!!

What a weekend! It is amazing what you can do living on a block of chocolate and a pack of jaffa cakes!! The house is nneeeaarrrllly completely packed. Just those final small things that just don't seem to belong in any particular box.
I went to finally pull down the doors on the garage late on Saturday, after moving out lots of things, only to find that the doors did NOT stay down. Good to know they lift easily, but staying down is slight important too. I knew they hadn't installed the remote systems (because there is no electricity there yet) but I had assumed that they had made the closeable. Nope!

I rang the builder and he suggested weighting down the doors .... which was a good idea in theory ... quite difficult when you've got on one to help you. That dog of mine ... I excuse the puppy because she is young, but the older one ... you'd think he should have just been able to hold the door whilst I pushed blocks into place!! After a couple of attempts I finally got it standing on a step ladder to pull the door down, then holding onto the ridges (no handles) whilst moving bricks on to the bottom with my foot.

Much as packing up is exhausting, it is full of surprises and memories. I found lots of things that made me laugh, some that made me dance around the house being silly and then there are the sad memories of people past. It all has to go in the box or the bin. I'm hoping the recycle bin truck is REALLY strong this week ... I threw out tonnes of magazines and they are so heavy!

The builder stopped by on Saturday and we went through a couple of things ... I'd been sticky beaking at the frames out on the lawn ... I've got the wall to the kitchen and so much more. Very interesting to see how it will pan out in actual size ... laying flat on the ground they all look so short, but I took my measuring tape out, and they are fine. I was trying to work out the length of my kitchen bench (it's gonna be huge!) but part of that wall was missing - after having a bit of a heart attack at thinking it was over a metre less than I thought! I also measured up the height of the kitchen window - to find that if I have my kitchen bench at 900, plus a 100 splashback for the bench, then ... the window was going to be in the wrong place. Builder was happy to change it - it is a great thing about being here as it builds, better to pick up a window a little bit off now before it is installed.

We're still having issues with placing the new septic system ... I'm still refusing to have my garden dug up! I know there is an alternative - they're just going to have to do that. As part of it going where I want, they are going to have to take off the laundry from the back of the house to run the pipes. Doesn't make that much difference to me other than that is where the cat trays are, and I really didn't want to move them until the new ensuite is up and they get access to their enclosure again.

We're STILL waiting on the architect to come up with the ensuite window - it looks like I'll be living with a boarded up window for a while , not very pleasant.
Nearly finalised the order of fittings for the ensuite - just need a MUCH cheaper heated towel rail. I chose a smaller one than they had on their website - and it turned out to be more expensive! It is in a tricky spot so I'm trying for as small as possible. Most of them also look so modern, which just doesn't work with the rest of the house. The curved ones, a little better look, are, of course, more expensive. It will be so exciting when the order is done.