We were up and getting ready this morning when the doorbell rang and Jon answered it to find the builder there and asking to come in to repair the hole in the wall he made over two weeks ago!! Jon told him it would not be possible as Heather was still in bed and we really did not want to be bothered with builders over the weekend - not unreasonable! He told us he could only work at weekends and may not be able to come back till next month. Not my problem Jon said. So not sure what is going to happen. Legally we should have 24 hours notice before someone comes into the house and since he left 9 days ago we have heard nothing from him. - Watch this space!
Jon started cleaning the garage and sorting boxes and then we went over to Bayfair for a coffee and then on to look at furniture prices. We checked out Farmers which look pretty good especially for whiteware and then we checked out Harvey Norman who were expensive for furniture and beds. We found some lovely bears that were being sold cheaply after the World Cup and so bought two, for us and Heather. I then thought the children next door would like them so bought three more plus one each for Jane and Kirsty. We now have a lot of bears!
We continued on to a place called Furniture 4 You which is close to the Red Cross shop and they we really came up trumps. We bought a lovely leather three piece suit, greatly reduced to 'get rid of it' with lovely recliner chairs and sofa. We then bought a lovely recycled pine dining table and six chairs and a single bed and tow queen beds and all for the grand total of $5,000 which we thought was pretty good.
When we got back we called Allen, the agent, and he told us the landlord would like us to start the lease as from 11 November so it looks like we will move into our new house sometime that week!!!
I went over to Bayfair again with Heather this afternoon while Jon finished the garage. We bought another bear for Bronwyn and a few tops for Heather before going across to Lisa's' to see the puppies and collect Heather's car. The puppies are so sweet.
We had some nice asparagus and smoked salmon for dinner tonight.
Really looking forward to moving into our new house now but not looking forward to all the packing!!
WEATHER
Rain and cloud most of the day 19 degrees
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