Nic can't get on a ferry for a few days so comes to stay. She pitches in with the garden and saves Kahu the job of restaining the verandahs. Sunshine on Saturday and Sunday is a nor wester so it's perfect timing as the window for drying is disappearing. When she's finished the verandah looks like new, and has an oily layer of protection from winter weather. Nic has seen the state of Kahu's room and found a dressing table on Marketplace. We collect it in the school van on Saturday after finishing the verandah. We can't unlock the back door and put a few dings and scratches in the dresser but Kahu is happy with the extra storage. Now he can clear his floor. Cousin Helen and Mark stop by for a cuppa on Sunday. I show Helen the pic of Tui and Marie in the rescue frame from the family house. The two little girls, our mums, smile sweetly at us down the decades.
Monday Pete puts up the laundry shelves, at last. They look great and putting preserves and knick knacks from the laundry cupboards on them frees up space. In my head as well. I finally find lights I like for the kitchen island, and my room. More progress. The week ends on a teacher only day. Relief from the daily combat of the trenches. Hard to underestimate the power of sisterly help, though. Nic got stuff done I could only dream of. I look out at the garden with a sense of being more or less in contol and feel less like I'm climbing Everest.
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