The kitchen's going in

Tuesday 22nd September: What a cold, wet day. Brrrhhh! Schooling went better this morning and we rushed through lots of different things.
After lunch we went into town to the supermarket and post shop and then out to the house. Each day we visit we feed sheep nuts to the goat and sheep, and meal to the calf. In all the horrible rain and hailstones today they looked miserable out in the paddocks. Especially the calf who only has her coat as shelter.
We also took a fruit cake, warm from the oven, for the decorators and kitchen fitter, which cheered them all up. The kitchen is going in well. The fitter comes from Kettering and has been in NZ for 2 and a half years. I was really impressed with his attention to detail fitting the cabinets and kickboards, so hopefully it'll look lovely when it's all in. The worktop should be fitted later this week.
The boys and I returned into town and chose more books from the library. With the vast number of books Edward and Peter read each week I'm so glad we have such a great library to borrow from.
Steve's friend Greg came round in the evening and they talked about model aeroplanes, watched videos of model aeroplanes, and looked at model aeroplane magazines.
The rain continued on and off through the evening. The photo shows the rain falling off the side of the gutter when it was at its heaviest.