Weds 12 to Thursday 13 June 2013
Our first night under our new roof. We flopped the mattress on the floor, stapled up some textiles, and after all the excitement with the Winnebago, slipped into the mosquito net as the sun went down.
I had Jade, age 11 with me for the day on Thursday, as Pete and Lin, her parents, had to be elsewhere. So Jade and I scrubbed the futon base bits I was given by Amanda (NZ emigrator) and screwed them together, then wrestled the mattress on top. Then we stapled some more textiles around the wood frame walls to cosy up the space a bit more.
Not only was Thursday my Mum's birthday, but also band practice night. The lads turned up and got started, then Neohori Lin and Pete returned with the borrowed car, and stayed for a drink while waiting for Jade to get back from dance class and their son Rowan came to see the band practice and discuss woodwork; then brother Pete and Ed, with Dave's cousin Keith and Linda also arrived, as K & L are here for a fortnight and wanted to see the house, and Keith loves live music. It all became very convivial, Neohori Pete and I having a boogie where the bathroom is going to be, and brother Pete taking a turn on the mic.
Somewhere during the middle of all this, I saw Michael and Andy over by the Winnebago, jump starting the starter motor and driving her away. So apart from a bit of debris yet to be collected by Michael and Alison, our field is our own again.
Our first night under our new roof. We flopped the mattress on the floor, stapled up some textiles, and after all the excitement with the Winnebago, slipped into the mosquito net as the sun went down.
We woke exceptionally bright and early - impossible not to, when the sunrise floods the space soon after 6 am.
I had Jade, age 11 with me for the day on Thursday, as Pete and Lin, her parents, had to be elsewhere. So Jade and I scrubbed the futon base bits I was given by Amanda (NZ emigrator) and screwed them together, then wrestled the mattress on top. Then we stapled some more textiles around the wood frame walls to cosy up the space a bit more.
Not only was Thursday my Mum's birthday, but also band practice night. The lads turned up and got started, then Neohori Lin and Pete returned with the borrowed car, and stayed for a drink while waiting for Jade to get back from dance class and their son Rowan came to see the band practice and discuss woodwork; then brother Pete and Ed, with Dave's cousin Keith and Linda also arrived, as K & L are here for a fortnight and wanted to see the house, and Keith loves live music. It all became very convivial, Neohori Pete and I having a boogie where the bathroom is going to be, and brother Pete taking a turn on the mic.
Linda, Keith, Jade, Linda, Pete, Pete and Ed (Not too difficult to remember each others' names!)
Somewhere during the middle of all this, I saw Michael and Andy over by the Winnebago, jump starting the starter motor and driving her away. So apart from a bit of debris yet to be collected by Michael and Alison, our field is our own again.
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