May 19, 2013

• Saturday 18th May

   

   

   

  If I am counting in months then today is 3 months today since I lost my heart.

  3 long, long months.

  I am still counting the days and weeks, but I guess in time it will come down to months and years.

  But no matter how time is counted the pain is still the same.

   

   

  I got Helene busy cleaning the outside bathroom and washhouse area first thing.

  Anson came around midmorning to help with a few things.
  It was still wet outside and he was keen to go for a hunt but happy to help us first.
  He jollied Azzan into helping him fill the spa.
  I was in the study at one point and all I could hear was a lot of joviality between him and the kids and then he launched into singing, 'Baby you light up my world like nobody else....' and I could hear comments being slung about a group called 'No Direction'

   

  Shoshannah was keen to get stuck into more of the clean up operation and decided it was time to move the storage unit from my bedroom into the hall.
  She cleared everything out from under the stairs.

  

  Then we discovered that the storage shelves were nailed to the wall so we called Anson back and he applied his brute strength to them and soon had them free.

  Azzan unloaded everything out of the all over my bedroom!

  They were quite heavy and awkward to move

  

  Got the bottom one in place.

  

  Top one on, but too far to the left for me as I was wanting them to be tucked in as close to the stairs as possible.
  They had quite a lean on and Anson was trying to convince me that they would be just fine like that

  

  There are a couple of pipes from the old radiators in the way so I suggested that he turn the unit over and make the top the bottom as it was rubbish board, and then he could cut a hole to make room for the pipes.
  That would be easier than cutting off the pipes.

  He cut one and then we discovered the unit needed to be moved 3.5" to the right so he had to recut two holes then.
  But the finished results were just right.
  Plus the stairs made a perfect anchor spot to secure it to with the nail.

  

  Azzan then transferred all the board games into the top shelves.
  Perfect spot for them.

  I also now have a home for the vacuum cleaner in the gap under the stairs.
  Because it is a commercial cleaner and is quite big, it has never had a proper home.
  Shoshannah restapled all the photos we had to take down back onto the family gallery wall.

   

  So this was what my bedroom looked like

  

  I figured if I was going to get to bed tonight I would have to start sorting through it all.

  I found all the children's baby card scrapbooks.
  As some of them were over 30 years old the tape was coming unstuck and the cards were all loose so I got the glue stick into action and quickly reattached them to the pages.
  I think it is time I distributed them to children!

  I also found a large box of photos and educational certificates of mine and Tim's.
  Azzan was most interested in all the certificates and enjoyed finding Tim in several of his old school photos.

  Underneath them all were lots of letters.
  I found a bundle Tim had written to me about 40 years ago.
  I started reading them but then decided I would savour them later when I had more time.

  I was rather amused to find this one amongst them.
  I was on holiday at my aunt and uncles at the time.
  He often used to mail letters like this - must have caused great amusement to the posties.
  His nickname for me was Rabbit.
  Hence the title.

  

   

  I had to make some progress as time was moving on, so soon got some of the bigger boxes of stuff relocated.
  I am trying to be as ruthless as possible as I go so am building another large pile near the backdoor of things that are leaving the house.
  The back of the Regulus is almost full so I will have to make a 2nd load and maybe even a third.

   

  Shoshannah did some cooking with Azzan.
  Mahalia & Helene went fishing in the rain.
  It was funny to see them down at the end of the wharf fishing under an umbrella!
  Mahalia is catching spotties to feed to the cats.
  The cats are full and contented at the moment which is great.

  The rain began to clear and by 5pm the bay was as millpond mirror calm.

  

   

  I was getting totally over all the mess so tried to get more cleared away before dinner.
  Started sorting the large cupboard in Azzan's room aka the school room.

  It was a very historic!
  Full of all my leftover craft & hobby activities from throughout the years.
  Soft toy making, felt toys, fabric painting, embroidery, smocking, bead making, plaster casting, lino cutting, patchwork and quilting, sewing, knitting, etc.
  There was also all the projects all the children had done during their school years.
  The projects were kept but most of the craft gear is going.
  No point in keeping what the kids are not going to use.

   

  It was all too soon dinner time, I had hoped that the children would take responsibility for getting dinner on the table but they were all waiting for me to activate things.
  I kicked butt quickly and we were soon eating.

  Azzan had made foccacia bread/biscuits which we ate with the leftover chilli con carne.
  Interesting, tasty and crunchy.

  Jesika skyped Shoshannah after dinner.
  I let her use my laptop so she could have some quiet and privacy in my room rather than in the lounge.
  I found her stretched out on my bed later on, both the girls on either side of the Tasman yawning away, tired and sleepy but neither wanting to cut the connection
  It is great today that they can have this communication which reduces the distances between them a little.

  Once I got the three darlings off to bed I skyped with Jesika for a bit longer.
  Then it was time to head off to bed myself.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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