More progress

 It’s been a relatively mellow few weeks. And I mean that in a good way.  Stuff continues to progress, but at a more casual pace. 

The side door only just got installed this week. That “lovely” shade of green is the primer (how it comes) and should be getting painted next week- weather depending... Interior white, exterior dark purple. 

Eric tackled our bedroom closet and it is great! We are now able to put twice the amount of clothing in it. Which helped clear more space in our other closets. 

The electrician came back to install the dragon lights we brought from the US. They needed a transformer and 24v bulbs. We are starting to be able to hang and place some of the things that make this house our home. These lights have been with us a long time and it feels good to see them guarding this house. 

We have also had some amazing volunteers working to clear some very invasive/non-native plants from our property. We will be planting more native plants as soon as we can.

We have also had a few storms blow through. Cold, windy and rainy, in between some nicer days. Spring is certainly trying to make its presence known. It seems strange to realize that as of next month we will have been back in NZ a full year! Wow. 

Continuing to move along…

 

We wasted no time as we hit the ground back in Wellington. 

We had tried to get our side door replaced before we left, but it got pushed out to the Monday after we returned.

The project was partnered with what started as a simple post replacement on our front retaining wall. That snowballed into replacing all the posts and then into rebuilding the entire wall 🤣

There will be some replanting in the spring for sure.

Definitely how NOT build a retaining wall!!!

There was not even any drainage 😆

And the door is still not completed…

The wrong size door was delivered and we’re waiting for the correct one. 

But the plasterer patched the kitchen and the gib we added by the side door.

And the electrician installed the extraction fan in our bathroom and ran wires for our dragon lights. The extraction fan works a bit too well! It not only sucks all the water vapor out, but it also pulls out all the warmth from the heater. Doh!

And I have finally been able to start unpacking a bunch of our fragile stuff and filling our new (used) glass cabinet!

Meanwhile, winter has arrived with a vengeance. We have had some very cold, wet and windy weeks. I shouldn’t complain as we did get to skip winter last year. With the timing of our move we went from US spring and summer to NZ spring and summer, before getting to this winter. 

We saw the new Deadpool film. Lots of fun. Warning- super violent!

Watched Star Wars -The Acolyte - and did not care very much for the story. 

San Diego Comic Con was last week and it felt very odd not being there. 

Maybe next year…

Not much planned for August and September. We will continue to work on organizing the house - another closet build out and likely more painting. Hoping to begin some picture hanging. The walls feel very bare, and we are itching to get our art collection up. 

Cheers for now... 😁