And me..
With the trip up to Mum and Dad's place being short notice and emotionally stressful, we decided to all travel in my sisters' car, so she and my Hubby could share driving if needed. That meant the car was very full, so there was no bringing stuff home this time, with the exception of a couple of small oddments, and a few "new second hand" clothes that Hubby and Younger Daughter badly needed.
While there... I managed to sort through a fair bit of the clutter that's been filling up the kitchen benchtop, so we'll have better space for food prep and other tasks next time. About half the papers I went through went into recycling, plus some other oddments (unwanted jars, bottles, containers), plus some bin stuff, plus a few things added to the "rehome" box. And I got some weeding and pruning done in the front garden so it doesn't look too unloved, and stuck a few seedling/division plants into blank spots to discourage the weeds fro regrowing.
I think the fact that the house isn't sold is bothering Mum, but really, none of us have the time or mental energy to go any faster than we are.
Back here- Hubby got up on the roof yesterday to screw down a loose bit of tin and some of the ridge capping. Found out that the possums had been using the gap as their "back door", so that's not happening any more. But we still need to deal with their "main entrance". We know where it is, but the fact that we have to wait until after dark, when they've left for the night, makes it a somewhat daunting job. Up a ladder, at night, in the cold... yeah. We'll need to see if we can do as much prep work as possible so that it's straightforward enough to safely complete.
And Younger Daughter is really keen on a school holiday building project. She wants to make herself a little backyard cabin. Kind of a teenage cubby house. The space she was planning on wasn't going to work, but then she twigged that the spot where our semi-portable chookpen was would work better. So this afternoon, the chooks have been relocated as "Step One". And Hubby attached some planks under the automatic feeder so that it would sit level on the ground, and hopefully not jam up as much as it has been.
Younger Daughter was hoping we could shovel out the bedding left behind this afternoon too, but nope, I'm too tired. Tomorrow. I want to make mounds of the bedding in spots where I'm planning on planting some fruit and nut trees- a couple of plums, a couple of hazelnuts and a pear. I also have a cumquat on order, but not sure if that'll be going in the ground or staying in a pot.
Pleased that Younger Daughter is checking things out and making proper plans for her cabin... and also asking us for advice. 🙂 But she wants to do most or all of the actual work herself, along with some schoolfriends. Is good learning experience, and having an achievement like that would do her good.
