Can't sleep, i've spent the last hour staring at the house daydreaming about what our finished product will be.
Our story is just a little bit different lol.
About a month of clearing up, cleaning and throwing stuff away was followed by 2 weeks of re-wiring, knocking down walls, gibbing and painting which was then followed by 5 months of .... nothing hahaha.
In that time I've discovered that jobs like sanding, sweeping up the dust, cleaning the walls, clearing out the cupboards etc - all the GIRL jobs aren't half as fun as the BOY jobs like plastering, painting, hanging gib etc.... i've also discovered that if I were not a Case Manager I wouldn't mind having a crack at being a builder - so long as i only build new things and don't have to touch anything too gross or dirty lol.
I watch my bank balance grow in anticipation of what i'm going to spend it on, taps, gib, tiles, new shower, re-enameling the bath.... and my new favourite stores are bunnings and mitre10 mega. Stink how paydays take ages and saving up for all this seems to take forever - but that means that i can dream just that little bit longer.
Definately gotta take the good with the bad in the whole DIY game huh.
I think the best and worst thing of this whole process is finding all those hidden surprises in all the nooks and crannies of the house.
On the one hand you find out how many blimmin nooks and crannies this place HAS, but then there are those unexpected things...
like finding out that all the stuff mum has wasn't actually crap, i'd say a good 50% of it has come in really handy
like finding all the certificates we had gotten as kids, tucked in amongst the really important papers that dad has filed away
like finding freindship books that were filled in 10+ years ago and laughing at how you saw the world way back then
like the complete pleasure you got from chucking away all those materials that you spent hours as a kid having to stack and sort and restack for mum
like finding a picture of maine, dad and i and jai jai thinking it was her and numia with papa tino.
I can't wait to cook the first meal in our new kitchen. To finally be able to have a shower in this house, to be able to sit with our family all in one room and to all actually have a seat.... To see mum and dad's faces when they see what we've done.
I can't wait to finish!
3am.. i've got work in the morning... i'm gonna regret staying up this late in the morning lol.
Have a great week family.
xxoxxo Ula :)
Ula, keep posting. Your posts are sooooo much fun to read!! you shouldnt have changed your first post ... but never mind. Good luck with the renovations
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