William is doing well, thank you for the well wishes, still sore of course so quiet home days are on the agenda this week, I ended up with gastro whilst in hospital trying to care for him, and little Gus had it at home with Grant, so it has been a long week for us all.
Its 40+ degrees here, a tree change to Tassie is looking good! Though its good for William to sit and have movie fests and rest, the house is closed up, air con on and we are chilling out.
We have our split system booked to come in end of January beginning of February. We need to do a bit of re-wiring to support it and have booked in the local sparky to do it. In the mean time we bought a wall air conditioner and popped it in the window for now so the main house is at least a comfortable temperature. The air conditioner will end up in the back half of the extension later on. Its half the price of a second split system and seemed like a good compromise.
Gosh I love air conditioning. Really what an amazing invention. This old house does stay cool-ish for a few days but after about 3 days of 40+ degrees its anything bit cool. It was possible to stay kind of comfortable though, undies, fans, wet flannels draped on us, which is how they would have done it in the old days. I'm happy to take the modern convenience of air conditioning though. We are all far less irritable.
I'm afraid I don't have any "pretty" photos of the new room, we started to unpack things from our shed to bring into the cottage and its all coated in ash. Its going to take days of brushing off, dusting down and wiping clean bit by bit to bring it in. Its a bit heart breaking if I'm honest and am feeling a little flat.
But each time I bring something in I love I feel a little more at home here. The boys were happy to see some more of their toys, today I hope to clean and unpack some of their books as we potter about here. I am happy to see my rocking chair! (Such a Nanna I know...)
There are curtains to hang, the rug to bring in, pictures to hang, bits and bobs to do, but the room is mostly done, it just needs its touches of home to be brought in.
Today I thought I might list 5 things I'm thankful for. To try and focus on the positives that are around me, when things are seeming difficult.
- I'm grateful for modern medicine, a safe procedure and William to be recovering well, and pain relief.
- air-conditioning - need I say more?!
- The man who paid for my car park ticket. I was at the ticket machine having just left hospital with Will and all our things both feeling quite miserable, him post op, me nauseous and weak facing a 1.5hour drive home and I realized the ticket machine only accepted credit cards or pay wave. Neither of which I have. I nearly burst into tears as I realized I would have to trudge us both back inside the hospital, to find eftpos to remove cash to pay the $20 ticket fee. The man kindly, without hesitation took one look at us and paid our ticket. That was an angel right there. I thanked him profusely, I would have given him a giant hug except I figured if I passed on gastro to him it may just be the last good deed he ever did. ;)
- Snuggles from my boys, as they all piled into bed this morning to snuggle with their Mama my heart grew full as I breathed their sweetness in. This is why we are working so hard, for these little guys.
- Modern appliances. My vacuum and washing machine have cleaned up more ash then I ever thought possible. In times like this I think about the women of the old days. Doing it all by hand. I'm grateful to be able to have the choice. The best thing is this choice gives me the ability to switch off to a degree, I get to throw in dirty things and they come out fresh without me having to re-address them at every stage. This makes a difficult process a little easier. A little more gentle. For that I am grateful.
Much love,
Emma
xx
Its 40+ degrees here, a tree change to Tassie is looking good! Though its good for William to sit and have movie fests and rest, the house is closed up, air con on and we are chilling out.
We have our split system booked to come in end of January beginning of February. We need to do a bit of re-wiring to support it and have booked in the local sparky to do it. In the mean time we bought a wall air conditioner and popped it in the window for now so the main house is at least a comfortable temperature. The air conditioner will end up in the back half of the extension later on. Its half the price of a second split system and seemed like a good compromise.
Gosh I love air conditioning. Really what an amazing invention. This old house does stay cool-ish for a few days but after about 3 days of 40+ degrees its anything bit cool. It was possible to stay kind of comfortable though, undies, fans, wet flannels draped on us, which is how they would have done it in the old days. I'm happy to take the modern convenience of air conditioning though. We are all far less irritable.
I'm afraid I don't have any "pretty" photos of the new room, we started to unpack things from our shed to bring into the cottage and its all coated in ash. Its going to take days of brushing off, dusting down and wiping clean bit by bit to bring it in. Its a bit heart breaking if I'm honest and am feeling a little flat.
But each time I bring something in I love I feel a little more at home here. The boys were happy to see some more of their toys, today I hope to clean and unpack some of their books as we potter about here. I am happy to see my rocking chair! (Such a Nanna I know...)
The fire place needs blackening still, and the tiles need to be put in as they are just sitting there.
There are curtains to hang, the rug to bring in, pictures to hang, bits and bobs to do, but the room is mostly done, it just needs its touches of home to be brought in.
Today I thought I might list 5 things I'm thankful for. To try and focus on the positives that are around me, when things are seeming difficult.
- I'm grateful for modern medicine, a safe procedure and William to be recovering well, and pain relief.
- air-conditioning - need I say more?!
- The man who paid for my car park ticket. I was at the ticket machine having just left hospital with Will and all our things both feeling quite miserable, him post op, me nauseous and weak facing a 1.5hour drive home and I realized the ticket machine only accepted credit cards or pay wave. Neither of which I have. I nearly burst into tears as I realized I would have to trudge us both back inside the hospital, to find eftpos to remove cash to pay the $20 ticket fee. The man kindly, without hesitation took one look at us and paid our ticket. That was an angel right there. I thanked him profusely, I would have given him a giant hug except I figured if I passed on gastro to him it may just be the last good deed he ever did. ;)
- Snuggles from my boys, as they all piled into bed this morning to snuggle with their Mama my heart grew full as I breathed their sweetness in. This is why we are working so hard, for these little guys.
- Modern appliances. My vacuum and washing machine have cleaned up more ash then I ever thought possible. In times like this I think about the women of the old days. Doing it all by hand. I'm grateful to be able to have the choice. The best thing is this choice gives me the ability to switch off to a degree, I get to throw in dirty things and they come out fresh without me having to re-address them at every stage. This makes a difficult process a little easier. A little more gentle. For that I am grateful.
Much love,
Emma
xx
