BATHROOMS ...

 Today we are going to forge ahead and try and get the bathrooms as ready as we can before the painters arrive on Tuesday.

Stew is hoping to get the old vanities out and the new ones in this weekend!   I hope they can, cos that would be a really big step forward.

Gosh it really is starting to happen.  

I had hoped for Stew and I to have a weekend away, but with the renovations starting it just isn't possible.

The fabric shop in Rotorua will just have to wait until after the painters have been.

There's going to be a 2-3 week gap between the painters finishing and the carpet being laid, so maybe we can get away then?

I hope so.  I feel like it's been just one thing after another the past few months.

Looking at the calendar, we might be able to get away for a few days in mid-October.  And that will mean we've not had a break away in 5 bloody months.  Pfffff.  It's about time it happened.

So I will get me thinking cap on and work out somewhere nice to go.  (with a fabric shop or two  😂)

ABOVE:  OH, this is the cake I bought yesterday.  DELICIOUS, one of the tastiest cakes I've ever eaten.  Just sayin'.

So back to today... we shall be pottering around here in the house, and not much else is on the agenda.

Catch ya later.

DANG!  Spotlight are having a 50% off Patchwork fabrics this weekend.

I think I have to go...

ABOVE: And that was almost a waste of time.

The selection of fabrics was kinda dismal.

The amount of people in the store was crazy... well over the 'allowed' 50.  The carpark was full to bursting.

The traffic was crazy too.

I managed to find a few fabrics that filled some gaps in my colours.  But not many.

Home now and awaiting Steve's arrival.  We tried taking some of the tiles off the bathroom walls.

Whoops.  Stew made a big hole in the plaster.  

Yeah.  Let's wait for Steve.  😅😆😊

4.20 pm:   And it's been a busy afternoon here.

Steve, Bex and boys arrived at lunchtime, with lunch for all of us.  Nice one.

Then Steve got onto destroying our ensuite bathroom.

ABOVE:  Once he'd ripped it apart, he patched the holes in the walls.  The plumber is coming at the beginning of the week to sort out removing the old vanities and putting the new ones in.

It turned out there were some parts that were not included with the vanities and sink tops, so we need a plumber.

The plumber will also advise me on what toilets to get.

Then, when the flooring company comes to put the new flooring down, he will come back and install the toilets.

Ducks... ducks... lining them up.

We are all just relaxing now.  Dinner this evening is going to be chinese takeaways, seems it's the most popular choice today.

Well dinner went down a treat.  It's now wind down time.

I'm in the family room watching tv, and Stew is in the lounge watching... rugby.

And I get this on me phone:

Rather sweet eh?