Working in the rain

Against all the odds, and the forecast, the men were in again today so here I am with an update. Let's go back to the weekend, first, before dealing with today.

Greeting the morning with Rosie

Clouds really threatened for a while

The sun came back out

Big storm over the school

Thelma and Rosie playing together

A swirl of cloud passing overhead

Beautiful thistles

Blue sky and clouds

Saturday dawned misty but was warm and we were able to get outside quite a lot though the clouds kept gathering, sweeping in, threatening then dispersing. I was tempted to stay inside but Angela (yes, now Angela - getting rid of that "A" business from now on) nudged me and out I went and I was so pleased I did. Rosie found puddles and played with Thelma with the Frisbee and I watched the clouds swirl and pass and then took a walk down the drive with Rosie and admired all the nature that is growing everywhere right now. It was a lovely day, and much needed.

Baby gate fitted with not as much hassle as expected

Rosie does not like being limited

Outside in the rain, briefly

All the flowers are starting to bloom

Sunday was less lovely, indeed it pretty much rained all day. First thing I put up the baby gate into the play room which is a task I'd been putting off for a very long time; it turned out to be far easier than any of the reviews on Amazon let on however Rosie does not like it. It will be a challenge to get her used to being limited as she's had the run of the place all this time. I did get her outside at least once during the day though she wasn't that happy with the rain as she kept looking up and getting it in her eyes. One good thing is that all our flags are flowering now and looking amazing.

Bekir saying hello to Rosie

Sally measuring for insulation

Chiselling out for a junction box

Roof insulation all in place

Plasterboarding the ceiling

And so to today; as I say it's rained all day and been miserable and I thought the men wouldn't bother coming in and even turned my phone on in case Bekir called however the TV had lied to him and told him the rain would not last long and so they turned up on time. The task for them now is to complete this porch while we wait for the fittings for the toilets to arrive from Germany. Bekir was working on running the power out to where we want the light to be while Sally got the insulation ready for the ceiling. This was then stapled into place and Sally and Halil started putting up plasterboard while I went to town with Bekir for a few supplies.

Working to get the wire through a small hole

He's wiring the junction box, honest

Skimming the joint strips and boxing off

A bee that Rosie drew on

Rosie signs her name

Sunset behind the trees

After lunch the final touches of the electrics went in and the mesh and skimming was begun. It pretty much took them the rest of the day to complete this and now we're ready for tomorrow when the windows and doors should arrive and be fitted, which is super exciting indeed. Bekir had given Rosie a workmen's pencil and so Angela took her to play with it and she drew on the plasterboard; this is now on the ceiling in the porch and while it will be plastered over we will always know it was there. This evening after the men left and between dinner (fun self feeding time with Rosie) and bathtime I took Rosie for a nice stroll outside as the rain had finally stopped and she really is only happy when she's outside. The sunset just now as I came up to start writing this blog was beautiful as well.

So there you are; here's to windows and doors happening tomorrow.