Hi All,
Well, where has the last three weeks gone!!
The older I get the faster the days seem to fly by.
We have got most of the maintenance of upstairs completed. YAY!!
All the window frames and door frames have been sanded back and re-stained and look great.
The louvre doors on the wardrobes and linen press have been given a coat of furniture oil and have come up a treat.
Most of you will remember from previous blog entries that we have had an issue with a very strong room freshener smell coming from the upstairs loo. WELL it is finally gone!! No longer do we have visitors asking where the room freshener is hidden in the toilet - as the smell was so powerful. Don't know what finally caused it to go away - but it has, so that is a relief to the nose :D.
Just when you think you are getting ahead things seem to make you stop and re-think :(
We had friends staying from Townsville and the washing machine decided that it didn't want to pump the water out. We tried many things but in the end the machine mechanic was called and a new pump was installed.
The rear tyres on the car went for a slide in the rain and the tyre man told us that they needed replacing. We had been keeping an eye on the tread as the tyres have travelled about 65,000 km and we thought the amount of tread left was still good, but with a slide in the rain - had them checked.
The fridge in the back of the car was not holding the cold when ever we had it on and we weren't sure whether it was the fridge or the battery. So got it checked by our good friend Shane and it turned out to be the battery. Even though the volt metre was showing a charge in the battery, when you blocked the DCDC charger the residual voltage in the battery disappeared rather quickly. So when the car was running it showed a good voltage but as soon as the car was turned off - all the power disappeared and there was nothing to power the fridge. :C So a new battery has been installed.
I have been doing a bit of sewing over the past couple of weeks. I have joined a ladies group and they are planning a raffle and street stall, so I have been helping them sew up the items they are putting onto the stand - scrunchies and little bags for little girls and I will also contribute some of the items that I have personally made. They are planning the stall for July, so we have some time to get merchandise together.
I have also been doing some more of the weaving that I was taught whilst in Wagga last year. It is a very relaxing thing to do whilst sitting in the evening. You can lose track of time though and sometimes I find it is 11.30 pm and have to put it down until the morrow :D I have completed two small baskets and started a third.
We had our number one grandson here for about a week during the school holidays. He was very pleasant company and helped his granddad by mowing the lawns. The other children came for a day visit and went to the beach for the afternoon and had a ball. On the drive home the two younger boys were asleep before Beck got 5 mins down the road. :D
The weather conditions down in NSW have had worried about our relatives BUT all have come through unscathed. Our dear friends Doreen and Ken travelled home from Inverell in the terrible weather, as their daughter Melissa, had had a tree fall onto her home and wrecked two rooms. A trying time for them all BUT thankfully no one was hurt.
We hope to do a couple of little weekends away in the van over the coming months whilst we plan our travel itinerary for the next year. No definite plans on when or where for any of the trips but making plans anyway :D :D :D
We celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary this week and my sister Jenny and her hubby Peter celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on the same day. We had a busy day but a good one.
Tomorrow we are going to be up nice and early and attend the Dawn service, either in Redland Bay or Cleveland, haven't really decided past that. so hope all that attend a Service or March have a pleasant day.
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