ONE SLEEP TO GO

 After 4 months of living with a terrible, botched driveway job, we are just one sleep away from finally getting the beautiful new driveway we wanted.

I'm just so damn excited!

Today Stew and I only have one small job to do, and that is to take a few boards off the front fence, so we can get in and out of our property while:  

a.  The concrete is going down, and

b.  while the concrete dries.

The driveway is the only way to access our house normally, hence the need to find another way in for a couple of days.

We know that we won't be able to walk on the concrete until at least Tuesday afternoon.

And no cars on it for at least a week.  That won't be a problem.

Daylight saving ended overnight, so we get to stay in bed an hour longer.  Love it!

Once we get up, it will just be a case of getting the fence 'access' sorted, then who knows?

The day is ours.

ABOVE: The day started with another nice, thick FOG.  Certainly Autumn now.

ABOVE:  And that didn't take long...

ABOVE:  We only needed to take off three boards. They will need to be replaced as they were rotten at the bottom.  

They've been there for probably 20+ years, so not surprising really.

ABOVE: And there it is, a little gap to come and go by for the next couple of days.

Now?  I'm thinking of suggesting Stew and I go for a drive somewhere.

ABOVE: Where are we ?

ABOVE: Lunch here. KATE...correct.

ABOVE:  Long way to go for lunch... but who cares. Heading home now.

4.18 pm:  And we are home after spending a few hours in Auckland.

Just had lunch at Garrison in Sylvia Park, wandered around the shops, checked out our old neighbourhood in The Gardens, then came home.

It was just a nice break away from home.  I will be stuck in the house for the next two days watching concrete go down, then keeping neighbour's cats off it till it dries.

It turned into a beautiful day after the fog cleared.

Very warm.  Hoping it's not this warm tomorrow!

Won't be that good for concrete laying if it's blistering hot.

So fingers crossed for a really cloudy day.

Dinner this evening?  Pork bites I think.

6.38 pm: Dinner is in the oven.  And I've just been a visited my immediate neighbours to let them know we will have the concrete company here at FOUR am tomorrow morning!

OMG that is gunna be an early start for us... not that we actually need to get up, but we will.

I want to try and get a video of the first pour!

It's times like this I miss my Mum so much!  I keep thinking "I must tell Mum", then remember she's gone.  

I used to tell her EVERYTHING.  Now I just have to take a deep breath and move on.

Right, enough of that, time to get dinner done.

Catch you TOMORROW!