25 December 2011
It is Christmas day!! What a wonderful time of the year. To remind us of what He has done for us!!!
My brother Ben came for a visit. He arrived on Sunday 18th, and will be here for a full month. What a joy. He has been drawn in to help. (Working holiday, see) Before he came we had a list of things to do. We succeeded in completing some of it, but then we moved the goalposts, we want to do it before Christmas. Well, we managed most of it. Small tasks like getting rid of rubbish in the section, mowing grass, clearing the last workshop stuff out of the house, install a missing part of the weatherboard, etc, etc.
This last week Ben did the rebuild of the front deck. I sat down on the timber to hold it in place, and he nailed or bolted it down. I can't understand why he was so tired at night, I felt OK. We managed to rebuild the existing part of the deck and install the main outer joist for the part that has disappeared. The idea is to install a new top beam on the old verandah posts, and then to reinstall the old curved roofing sheets, just to get the verandah up again. The deck itself will come at a later stage.
I must take care not to load too much work on Ben, he might run away. Fingers crossed.
Sunday
11 December 2011
We missed a week. The week was busy, but not "Jackson House" related.
Last week I went to Hamilton on two occasions. Coming back on the Thursday, I back ended a car in front of me. My fault. Our trusty old Mitsi was still driveable, but it turned out, beyond economic repair. Hopefully
the insurance will pay out in this coming week. So I spent time fixing the Toyota Corsa I bought more than a year ago. In the meantime we are using our daughter, Mieke's car. I also developed a flu and had to visit the Doctor. Much better now, but work time lost.
Developments on the house? We finally removed the last of my junk that has been stored in the third bedroom, and set it up as a bedroom. My brother Ben will be visiting us from the 18th, and we need another room for Anneke and Matt (our other daughter). We don't know how much work will get done , we'll see.
Our lawnmower finally packed up, now the grass is getting out of control. The sheep cannot beat it. Wish I had the money for a Ride On.
We also got hold of some fibreglass roofing sheet, to replace the verandah roof by the living room. Not done yet.
We missed a week. The week was busy, but not "Jackson House" related.
Last week I went to Hamilton on two occasions. Coming back on the Thursday, I back ended a car in front of me. My fault. Our trusty old Mitsi was still driveable, but it turned out, beyond economic repair. Hopefully
the insurance will pay out in this coming week. So I spent time fixing the Toyota Corsa I bought more than a year ago. In the meantime we are using our daughter, Mieke's car. I also developed a flu and had to visit the Doctor. Much better now, but work time lost.
Developments on the house? We finally removed the last of my junk that has been stored in the third bedroom, and set it up as a bedroom. My brother Ben will be visiting us from the 18th, and we need another room for Anneke and Matt (our other daughter). We don't know how much work will get done , we'll see.
Our lawnmower finally packed up, now the grass is getting out of control. The sheep cannot beat it. Wish I had the money for a Ride On.
We also got hold of some fibreglass roofing sheet, to replace the verandah roof by the living room. Not done yet.
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