Did I say that we moved the pantry shelves from the side wall of the kitchen and located them on top of the kitchen cabinet in the garage on Saturday? Probably not, but we did. Today the shelves that normally hold my more decorative cooking and serving equipment come down, and are parked under the workbench in the garage, along with the bookcase which normally holds cookbooks etc. Every last item out taken out of the remaining kitchen cabinets. Two more big boxes of kitchen stuff progressively packed. Laundered loose covers from sofa, just in case they turn out to be useful for something. Uninstalled the dishwasher, put on trolley, moved to garage, followed by the last two boxes.
Some time ago, we took down the shelf unit from above the fridge, and Peter took it apart. Amazingly, the shelves fit neatly across the bath, giving us places to put clean and dirty dishes as we wash up in the laundry trough. Organise the bath and laundry trough area for washing up and tea making, installing kettle beside trough.
Take a break to go to Elwood to feed Archie, cat belonging to Peter's daughter Barb and fiance Scott, who are away for a week.
Move the footstool into the middle room, giving us three seats - the piano stool, the footstool and one easy chair.
Remove all remaining odds and sods, tools, bubble wrap etc. Put out two very full bins for collection. Pack up one more op shop box. Now the only thing left is one easy chair (due to go to the store tomorrow) and the stove - need a gasfitter to disconnect it before we can move it.
Prepare first microwave only meal and eat in reasonable comfort on a stool each - me on the piano stool, Peter on the footstool. Do first wash-up in the bathroom, all OK. It reminds us of living aboard Nahani, except it isn't quite as convenient - table isn't as good, sink is further away from the table, microwave is no substitute for my lovely Force 10 stove. Ah well. Only 209 days to go (builder's estimate of elapsed time!).
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