Well days do not necessarily turn out as I expect.
The first surprise was getting a text message from the builder saying there was stuff he had to do, so he would not be here today.  That was actually a good thing.  He lives at Caloundra.  He used to live in Burpengary not far from here.  He named his business Ocean Edge Plumbing   while still here as he had dreams of living on the Sunshine Coast.  That dream is now a reality.
We were expecting someone to come around and turn off the water (to the kitchen).  It starts to be built on Monday.  We were also expecting delivery of the kitchen so we had to prepare a place to put everything.  They rang me to say they were 20 minutes away.  So  I was waiting for them.  Low and behold the guy arrived to turn off the water.  I thought it was the other fellas.  So I introduced him to Merril as Steve.  It was Tom.  Doh!  How embarrassment.
Turns out there was more involved in turning off the water and the gas oven than expected.  He will be back Monday to cut the wall.  The gas oven is gone. 
It occurred to me, “how can eggs be cooked without an oven?”  But Merril had it all in hand.  She kept out the fry pan for that.
Thing is later in the day I received a phone call from one of the cooks.  He was at the hospital.  He had been sent from place to place.  He had had an accident with his hand and it was not a pretty site apparently.  He phoned in the evening very apologetic to say he could not make it.  Thankfully I phoned someone else who was very willing to help out.  Ok I could cook if I had to - but I am so glad I do not have to.
The guys arrived and delivered the kitchen.  There were so many boxes.  We ended up with the two pantry type cupboards boxed up in the carport.  Out of the way of the car thankfully.  We used to keep two cars in there but that is now one, so we knew there was room if needed.
We also had a guy delivering a skip.  Because the granny flat had been delayed the skip was best on one side of the front verge.  The guy got the skip caught up in trees we have at the front.  We told him not to worry about it.  A couple of branches broke but they were perfectly placed for removal as they were over the skip.
I mowed and tidied the yard and am cactus.  We went and got bread and had dinner out which made the evening more relaxing than it may have been.
We seem to be crazy busy, but we knew it was coming and know there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Well day 3 of getting the granny flat installed has come and gone.
Probably the major thing achieved was the raising of the front door ready for the pouring of the concrete. We thought there was a little room above the door to be able to achieve that.  There was.  But the plumbing went across that area and was not anticipated.  Still it happened and we are very pleased to see it.
Merril came up with a name “the cabin” (rather than granny flat.  My thinking is it may be better to call it the cabin as good chance it may not be a granny in there.  We do name buildings as an identifier.  Our big shed is just called “the shed.”  The smaller one is “the Studio” and the tiny one we built which holds garden stuff is called “mini me.”
It was really hot yesterday so I understand the guy starting and finishing early.
In the morning we went and dropped stuff off at trash and treasure, went to the shops for bacon and onions (and as it turned out other things) and then went to N3C to pick up sausages waiting for us.
It is my designated day off so I was not into things like I know I will be.  Besides we had my brother come down from the sunshine coast for lunch with us to celebrate Merril’s birthday (he was due to come a few weeks ago but the weather was terrible for travel, so we put it off till now.
He had bought her something that reflects the favour of the month.  I have written recently about gratitude.  He had no idea.  He bought her a gratitude bowl and something that contained a multitude of sayings that highlight gratitude.  Merril in her studies had listed gratitude as something she wanted to work on (she is good but, in her mind, can be better).  Anyway, that was timely and she loved it.
We had lunch at the Sportsman’s Club in Morayfield.  It was good, went downhill, and is better again in our view.  The meals were reasonably priced and delicious.  My bro went straight from there to his home.
When we arrived home, we had a rest and later Merril prepared for the arrival of cabinets to be installed in our kitchen.  They are arriving Friday for installing from Monday.
Now is now.  I have listened to a phone message and a couple of people are coming to a breakfast tomorrow I hold here once per month.  The last for the year is this month.  Today like every day promises to be busy.

Day two is done of the setting up of the granny flat.  The company we employed works away while we do the same in our joint.  That is when we are not out.  Day one was a stay-at-home day.  Day two saw us out and about.
The first port of call was to some people we have just met who have recently moved into the area.  This was after Merril had cleared out our bathroom sink so it could be changed over to what we want (that was a part of our quote). 
The new people had heaps of stuff to donate to the market.  So we were helping them by taking away a bit of stuff and they were helping us by donating stuff.  As far as we were concerned it was a lot of useful stuff.
One of the comments they made was exactly what we are finding.  So much is held onto that never gets used.  Keeping it is a waste of time and space.  The only difference is these are younger people realizing the futility of holding onto much.  How young?  Well, we are called Uncle Peter and Aunty Merril.
The market bore out the usefulness of much as a portion of the stuff was purchased.  We also had some stuff from our place as we are using having to pull out things to determine if we really want them.  Where we decide we do not, and they are useful, we donate them to the market.  The market was an opportunity for people to purchase stuff cheap knowing the proceeds went to our pantry, to for us to see and talk to people.  It was good.
After it Merril and I went back home.  My stay was longer than Merril’s, as she had an appointment to attend.  She left before 1.30.
I stayed home and had lunch while watching the US election results.  I also used the opportunity to prepare for going out that evening.  I had a few things to organize and put on paper.  I did that and also saw a guy on you tube talk about elections.  He talked more sense than I have heard before.
Merril was delayed in returning and got back later than expected.  We made our way to our evening engagement fairly cactus.  Turned out we were not alone.  Everyone was tired but everyone was also glad to have gone to the event that refreshed and helped us refocus.
A good day.  Today is full too but with a slower start and that is welcome.