Saturday, August 2, 2008

Using the Delay

The delay in leaving has meant that Steve is able to continue with tasks that were going to be done in Moree. The pull-out pantry is almost finished. I love this space saving feature. The side wall of the pantry faces the lounge and it's on this wall that Steve will have his "computer desk". The tower is hidden in the bottom part of the pantry, which doesn't slide out.

The carpet and vinyl went down on Thursday and I'm thrilled with the overall effect. A friend of Steve's helped with this ; Trevor is a professional carpet layer turned dairy farmer. I'm not publishing photos of the interior until the tools are cleared away.

The building and packing were put on hold for 12 frustrating hours. My hearing aids went missing. I looked for about 2 hours before Steve joined in and then we searched together for another 3 hours. We reached the point of stupidity ----- looking in the fridge and freezer, and re-tracing each other's footsteps. Normally, the hearing aids are either in my ears or within hand's reach, in their box. By the time I went to bed, after searching until the wee small hours, I was in tears. I was woken by Steve after only a few hours sleep. He had continued the hunt for the hiding hearing helpers ---- AND FOUND THEM!! They were in such an obvious place! How could I have missed them? They were in a plastic bag of paper rubbish hanging on a cupboard door in the kitchen! Isn't that where everyone keeps their hearing aids??? I have no explanation.

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