Productive Weekend at the Flat

Saturday was a good day for getting cleaning and odd jobs done at the flat. Martyn bravely tackled the nasty cobweb and dust unpleasance above the kitchen cupboards - it looks so good now 😀.

 We did lots of washing, swept and mopped the floor. I also swept up termite dust from the bottom of our wardrobe - an almost daily task. Don't know if you can see it on the shelf but it looks like sand scattered everywhere. We get to know where they are dropping, and we have to put things where are they are out of the direct line of fire - hence these toiletries clustered in the one spot that doesn't get showered with dust on this shelf.

 This is how much I swept off that one shelf.

 On Sunday after church the rain set in again, but in the afternoon it had eased off enough to carry on with some jobs. We are going to build some shelves above the bench in the kitchen (not the sink bench but the one that sticks out into the room), to be our pantry. At the moment all our groceries are stacked on the bench which is not ideal. Note the toilet rolls pressed into service to sit the boards on, and also the lack of primer - it was proving too expensive to get just a small quantity, so we decided we don't actually need it. My workbench on the front terrace is a set of metal shelves that Neville found for us to clean up and use as a bookcase. Turned on its side it makes a good temporary bench!

The bookcase will be the next project after the pantry shelves.

Martyn also installed several hooks on our bedroom wall so we can hang our bags and hats. These items were previously in the spare bedroom, but with John and Rose due back soon and Nicola and Jai at the end of June, we want to keep the bedroom ready at short notice. It will soon be time for teams from NZ and Australia to start arriving, and emergency accommodation with us may be needed on occasion if their other plans fall through.