It's been a long day...eventful...busy...
For some CRAZY reason I suggested that Lloyd wake me up and have coffee with me before work - at 6:15am. This is like the middle of the night to me. I don't DO mornings!! I struggled to keep my eyes open but it was lovely to sit with him for a while before he left for the day.
I was soon up and at it - got all my chores done, the children got busy with board games at the table...we fed the birds, brought the easel down tot he kitchen...pottered about, did laundry....
The water guy arrived just after 8am and seemed shocked to find me awake - he's quite used to arriving early morning and coming on in - going down tot he basement to add the chlorine and deliver the new chlorine and supplies and leaving the invoice on the island.....he's such a nice guy - he just wasn't expecting to see me up and about so early!!
Anyway, I chatted with him and then soon after I think Denis and Mike were the next to arrive....and with them the porch railings guy.....and Jorke the site Manager guy....(who is a Woodworking Engineer??? Of course Denis and Mike think this is funny and we were all saying isn't that the same as a carpenter?? lol....kind of like a hair architect is the same is a hair dresser lol)
Anyway....then next to arrive was Val!!! So yes - we had quite the house full all day today! Except the porch railing guy disappeared!!! He isn't coming back until the weekend - or maybe next Monday and then Jorke left, but Denis and Mike stayed, and it was like old times, with the guys here working all day.
So we have a new fireplace in the kitchen/ sunroom and new panels in the kitchen. They did a great job and I repaid them with freshly bakes scones with fresh cream and jam. Val and I decided we deserved some too - so Val supplied the coffee creamer - white chocolate and macadamia flavour!!! Oh my!!! And we had scones. Yum!
Sam 'helped' Denis and Mike all day and I'm sure they were very grateful for all his 'help'.....lol! Lloyd finished work at 1:30pm and headed home so he could chat with Denis. I spent my afternoon crafting in my room - I ended up using up some cardboard toilet tissue tubes that I had pointed out to Val this morning - I made a toilet tissue tube mini album. It's basically made from flattened toilet tissue tubes covered with papers and you can slide tags etc inside each one - and they are bound together. I still need to embellish them but the project is going well.
The guys were here working until 6pm when we had to head into town to pick Chris up from school. We ended up with a very late supper. Denis and Mike are such great guys and I couldn't have wished for nicer workmen to have here for almost a year - BUT I am soooo used to NOT having workmen here again, that I don't like having workmen here all day.....it's quite stressful. I dread next year when it all starts again. This afternoon we were walking around with Denis talking about support beams and which walls can come down and all the 'what if's'....and I'm already thinking "WAAAAAAAAHHHH"!!!
Ok, it's 9pm and I'm soooo tired - going to bed early and switching off - another busy day tomorrow.
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