Hi all,
We are
still partly moved in. We have maybe half our stuff still in the garage, as we
are waiting on the wardrobes to be finished (so can't unpack our clothes), some
wiring in the office to be finished which is holding up putting the rest of the
furniture in place (so there are still 20 cartons of office gear in the garage
not yet unpacked), the builders to move their gear out of the shed, so Jan's
workshop gear is still in the garage (so we can't get cars in), and some
shelves in the linen cupboard (so the linen remains packed in cartons), and
Michael to get the bookshelf done so I can unpack the books.
I have
added to the six cartons of kitchen stuff to be sold on TradeMe - which I will
organise slowly over winter.
We have
Hartmut staying here at the moment. He has been working on all sorts of
projects, but especially a clever compost bin that slots together using our
waste timber. We were going to 'ceremonially' add the first compost to it
today, but it rained, so we will do that tomorrow morning - have a compost bin
warming! Jan has a huge list of jobs that he has discussed with Hartmut, but I
don't think either of them realised that the list would take a month, not a
week, to complete.
We have
put the range hood in place, but haven't yet sorted out the added cowling that
it needs, or the stainless steel to go behind the kitchen hob. Things have been
so busy that there just hasn't been time yet. Michael Bender has ordered
materials for the big bookcase for the lounge, and that should be complete
sometime next month. We have a front deck, but ran out of decking for the rear
one, so the builders have moved on to another job for the present. We have
taken the last of our eucalypt to the timber yard & hope that this will be
enough... we will have to wait & see when it has run & when the
builders come back to finish off.
Paul
Bowe, Alan H (ex-Nelson Pine sparkies) and Alan's wife Vicky came up last
weekend and helped Jan with wiring up island bench, and the garage. The wiring
is pretty much done now - there are some data sockets that are incomplete, and
Jan hasn't yet ordered all the string lights for the lounge, but we have done
enough to get by on, probably until we are back from Europe.
We have
been to a BBQ down the road at Jimu Grimmet's (on the corner of Roses Road and
Rosedale Road), and we are buying our organic veges & goat feta from the
Lees down the valley. Becoming part of the community :-) We have also had lots
of visitors - Kathleen & Frits came out for dinner, as did John & Jo,
and Alan & Vicky. We are also expecting Steph Jackson to arrive here today,
and stay overnight.
Jan
remains busy at work, but is off at a course today. NMIT & AUT teaching is
going well for me, and I have even managed to complete my second assignment for
my second-to-last CAT unit. I also have a couple of new fledgling business
clients, which is very interesting work.
Jan is
currently practicing for the next NSO concert. He has been enjoying the pieces,
even though he hasn't had much time for practice yet. He is fully intending to
make plenty of time, so some of the huge list of jobs around the house just
might need to wait (making music is such an excellent use of time, and good for
the soul!).
We have
developed the first draft of our plans for Europe, ending at the Edersee for
all the Schütte family celebrations, and including 5 days in Freiburg, three
with Rainer & Regina, then heading off to see Andreas & Katrin for a
few days, then a couple of days with Holger, then Edersee, then and Simone
& Michael & flying out. The first draft will be with the German
contingent shortly to check that you are all going to be home & available
:-)
Jan & Sam
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