I think you are right Becky, it will be one of my favorite spots. Even when it was uneven and hard to get to, I was out there every morning for hours, poking around with my fish and plants and just laying in the sun. It's my favorite way to wake up. I may have to put a microwave in the laundry so I can boil water for coffee, then I probably wouldn't come downstairs until afternoon.
I'm really enjoying Sundays these days as it is the only day that there are no workers here. I can really poke around and look at stuff without them thinking I am criticizing something. Of course, I always do find something that I think should be different so I'm sure they don't look forward to Mondays.
It rained most of the night and morning today which meant I didn't have to water and could just hang out. It is interesting how being just a foot higher gives a different view. I couldn't look down on the street before, at least not without jumping up and hanging on the wall. I did that once and bruised a rib so that was the last time I tried it. Now I can just lean over and see the street although I still cannot see the sidewalk in front of our house. I may put a basket on a rope there so I can lower the key for friends when I'm on the roof. It is a long way down and back up to open the front door.
We still do not have gas hooked up and I'm getting tired of microwave food and no clothes dryer. I can't put clothes on the line as that is on this roof as well. I am going to bundle all the dirty clothes up tomorrow morning and go and find a laundry. Technically I could just take them next door and use theirs but I think I want to find a good laundry anyway since sometimes I need things ironed and none of the girls who work here will admit to knowing how to iron. It seems like the perfect time to test out a few laundries.
The gas tank looks to be in place and with all its dials and parts so hopefully they will hook it up this coming week. I missed watching the guy who freezes tanks so I'm not sure how he does it but my guess is with dry ice.
The pond is now being chipped away for the wiring and pipes. It is a puzzle to me but this is the way things are done here. They build the wall or whatever and then they break a channel to put in the lines. I watched them do it on the walls of the house too. If it were me, I'd build it in or put them in and then build the wall but - I know nothing about how to do these things so instead I just watch and wonder.
I've been watering my plumeria on Sundays if it hasn't rained enough but today they are soaked from the long rain. I'm happy that they seem to be surviving all the dust and debris pretty well, I was really clear to the workers that I didn't want to see concrete water dumped in my plants. I learned that I have to be explicit about that or they will not think of it as a problem.
The old pond is there and the mollies and guppies seem to be doing ok. I don't think I would know if a few had died since it is now full of algae. I hope that the algae helps to keep the water good and I seem to have the workers trained that the waterfall/filter has to stay on. They now come down and get us if it goes off for any reason. Usually it goes off because the extension cord comes unplugged from the pump, I've got the 2 plugs inside a cord protector and they don't want to mess with it. A few of the lilies are even blooming although the lotus has disappeared.
I am really happy with the tile. It looks great, the colors are a good mix for the house and yet it is light enough that I don't think it will absorb too much heat. Even so, there are layers of foam and concrete underneath which should be good insulation.
