Andy got some good work done today, pretty soon we’ll be able to use the rainwater tank which is already full:

Then Andy discovered a new piece of furniture to sit on:

In the meantime I got a fun action shot of Jam:

Got to love action shots, ten points for anyone who can spot Jelly in the same picture.

…and we never did share those photos we took when that building in Silverwater caught on fire ages ago did we? It was a plastics building so lots of black smoke and this is what we could see from our house.

~smily

3 Comments:

• Your kitty cats are so cute! Chewy’s not bad either!

  Comment by Andrea Opie — November 13, 2009 @ 2:04 pm

• *laughs* Aww, did Andy nudge Chewy out of the “comfy chair” or vice versa? =) Great job on the water tank! Will it be linked to watering systems? Jam & Jelly are so adorable. ><

  Comment by Cynthia — January 15, 2010 @ 11:04 am

• Hi Cynthia!

  Haha yeah chewy’s used to it. Yup the tank will be linked to the watering system according to Andy, almost everything will I think.

  Comment by smily — January 21, 2010 @ 9:41 pm

We installed one of our tanks last weekend! but I don’t have a pic of it actually installed… But here’s one of us getting the base right…

2 Comments:

• Hey Sumali I need your mobile again cause I got a new phone.

  Would you and Andy like to come over for dinner sometime at Blacktown? I’ll try and invite Rhea as well.

  Comment by Aaron — November 2, 2009 @ 9:23 am

• Hey Aaron I totally emailed you our number ages ago when you left that other message, I’ll try again now. Sending it to your mlv one.

  Comment by smily — November 7, 2009 @ 10:57 am

We got our hot water working! so far chewy is the only to have used it…

4 Comments:

• awwwwwwww look at chewy! what a cutie poo.

  the cats look so cute as well! can’t wait to see them!

  Comment by Mal — October 12, 2009 @ 9:20 am

• So chewy smells nice and you wont. only joking

  Comment by Dana — October 12, 2009 @ 10:31 am

• Love the Kittens and their names! Glad chewy is still getting spoilt (as if he ever wasnt)

  Comment by Jo Jo — October 17, 2009 @ 10:55 pm

• Poor Chewy!!

  Comment by Andi — October 25, 2009 @ 9:54 am

It was too windy to work on the gutters this weekend, so we diverted our energy else where…

We picked up the swinging chair from Andrew and Mala’s place and installed in our tree!

Plus we got the cold water hooked up to the vanity!

We also bought a heap of stuff for our new kittens which are nearly ready to leave the litter!

5 Comments:

• how exciting!!!!!!!! have you guys figured out names. name them monkey and pickle hahah!

  Comment by mal — September 28, 2009 @ 11:13 am

• We are leaning towards Sugar and Spice…

  Comment by Andy — September 30, 2009 @ 6:28 am

• oh man, that sink is fancy schmancy! nice to see the place coming along. surprised that you are getting kitties too! very cool.

  as a cat owner myself, i can recommend that you guys use Breeders Choice for litter. apparently it’s flushable, which helps with getting rid of #2s. you can buy a 35litre bag of it for $20 at Aussie Pet Supplies [183 Parramatta Rd, Haberfield] which is pretty good value considering they sell the same brand at Coles/Woolies for $20 but only a 20litre bag.

  i sound like a crazy cat lady now so i’m going to stop talking.

  Comment by rhea — October 7, 2009 @ 10:22 pm

• We’ve changed what we’re going to name them cos Sugar and Spice just wasn’t working and didn’t really roll of the tongue. We ended up making them Jelly and Jam, we’re absolutely loving them, look fwd to a lot of posts on them!

  Rhea I plan on becoming that crazy old cat lady one day, nothing wrong with crazy…I need to get some cat practice in.
  Haberfields a bit far away, is it close to you? Maybe we should work out some kind of kitty litter deal between the two of us. Speaking of bargains we were going to buy a $60 scratching post at the pet store but luckily we decided to wait and shop around. Aldi had/has them on special for $20 so that was an awesome saving. Oh and that pink hand toy thing really sucks, they don’t react to it at all.

  Comment by smily — October 11, 2009 @ 5:28 pm

• Nice vanity….

  Comment by Andi — October 25, 2009 @ 9:50 am

This weekend Amila and Khris came round and helped, last weekend Andrew and Mala came and put a heap of hours in. Thanks everyone for helping!

Got our metal fascia cover and gutter. 48m of each. We have about 30m of cover up so far, including most of the hard bits, so the rest should go up quickly.

We got a big ladder to help us paint and stuff around the house. Its got adjustable legs for use on uneven ground. Works an absolute treat!

1 Comments:

• Very clever ladder – if you look a few posts later you’ll notice Khris finished the rest of the painting on that side. I’m surprised chewy doesn’t have more paint on him…

  Comment by smily — September 24, 2009 @ 10:31 pm

I also pulled down the little garden shed thingy which was along side the house. Just a few bashes with the sledgy and a bit of a push…

Despite not having a lot of time this weekend with Jojo, Dana and Mia coming down, I did find time too pull half the gutters down!

Schweet… It would appear the housing commission have replaced a fence which just so happens to boarder our house!

I knew there was a reason I hadn’t started to replace it myself yet…

There is one more section to go, but that house is also housing commission owned, so fingers crossed

Note: I know the pics are fuzzy, must be a dodgy setting on the camera

3 Comments:

• You have to be lucky sometimes. got my fingers and everything else crossed for you. If you don’t like the color complain you never know, tell them it does not match your dog.
  Regards Dad

  Comment by Big Rod — August 14, 2009 @ 10:02 pm

• heeeey sumali! just wanted to send my condolences for your grandma. and also say belated happy birthday! kind of weird to put those two messages in the one space but anyway. nice to see the place coming along. will pop over next time i’m in the area!

  Comment by rhea — August 17, 2009 @ 1:53 pm

• The greens not too bad, now we have two green and one brown fence and one half falling over. Chewy took full advantage of the new hole in the fence and got to meet our neighbours this morning, he’s so well-mannered he got away with it.

  Hi Rhea looking fwd to seeing you again we’re not going to be able to do poker nights again for a while but we’ve really gotten into the fire/bbq thing. Won’t be able to do it for much longer with fire bans and stuff coming up so will have to organize something soon.

  ~smily

  Comment by smily — August 22, 2009 @ 9:55 am