And hit again....

I pulled up at the rehab to work today to see the chain normally around the gate missing completely, and a few aluminium fly screen doors piled up near the rear gate ready to be taken away. Nothing else had happened at all, but it shows me that Saturdays call was by the same people. They had my keys, no doubt about it. 

Then the people from the Dentists down the road came over and told me their shed had been broken into on Saturday night too, and the 2 dentists chairs inside it were both gone. The bookshop next door had an alarm start on Saturday night too. They have been around the traps. 

So, all of the locks have now been replaced, all of their keys are now useless, and we are secure again. Hopefully that will be all, but you can never tell can you. Camera installation soon, it wont stop the thefts but it will record who and when.

A break in...

Looks like I didn't lose my keys after all. They were stolen when I was in the office. There was a call from the security company that monitor our alarm system saying that there was a break in to the rear door on Saturday afternoon at about 4:00pm. The reed switch had been tripped, and the alarms set off immediately. I got a security patrol to go to the site, and I attended about a half hour later. The rear door was open but only just. I think the intruders believed that the fob that deactivates the alarm that was on the lost key bunch they had was still working. Wrong. We had re coded Ken's fob and a new one for me on a new frequency, so the one on my old keyring no longer worked at all. 

They must have got a shock when the alarm went off as they didn't even bother trying to open the door, and left. I had a scout about for the keys in case they ditched them somewhere close, but to no avail. I locked the door, re armed the alarm and came home. No more intrusions over the weekend. 

Some one must have come into the building early that morning I lost the keys after I had walked the dog, whilst we were both at the other end in the office. I normally shut the gate and leave the rear door open so Gandalf can get out. Neither of us heard a thing. I was so sure that I had left my keys on the table like I always did. We looked for hours for them, I thought I was going insane. Apparently not. And the door stays shut from here on in.

A day of rest

A nice relaxing day at home today. Three day weekends work for me. I've managed to get a holding page up for the new website with contact details on as we are getting a few enquiries already. Good news when you start getting people contacting you when you haven't even opened yet. Have a look at www.visiblerecovery.com.au.

Lost Keys, and a fireplace nearly in...

I lost all of my keys today. They disappeared into a black hole, never to be seen again. I did what I normally do every day. I opened up at just gone 7:00 am, checked the email and then locked the door behind me when I take the do for a walk. I came back to the rehab, opened the door, and that was the last time I saw the keys. I spent the next 4 hours looking for them, and Ken helped when he turned up too. I gave up just before I was sectioned for a mental health issue....

A costly exercise, as the security fob was on there too, and that will be $130 to start with. Then there's the re-cuts of all the keys at between $7 and $14 each. I sit here now quite drained from today and I got nothing done but walk around in circles looking for something that wasn't there.

Still, we did get lucky. Ken found a penny from 1896 as we were cleaning up the fireplace to go back in (find a penny pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck...not!). 

 Then we managed to get the fireplace in situ ready to be secured to the wall. It looks lovely. A bit of wall plastering to do but Im pleased.

They've started to get the paint off the upper part of the house too, so that should be finished by early next week. 

Day off tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to getting my feet up. The boards come off on Monday for the first time in 7 years, the glaziers are in all day. Bit by bit,  we are getting there....

Kitchens and cleaning...

We managed to get a new oven, and some stainless benches and a double sink organised today, so that is all being delivered in a months time. We spent the rest of the day cleaning up, and removing some of the boards on the windows. The staff bathroom looks great with natural light coming through, the house hasn't seen that for 7 years now. The glazing is all being done on the 15th July, so the boards will be coming off then for good. Personally I cant wait to see that happen. It will be like  a breath of fresh air, and the place will look and feel differently again. The floors guy is in next week to quote for the kitchen and laundry floors. There has been a lot of that "organising stuff" going on this week. The late afternoon was spent cleaning out an exhaust fan from the kitchen, man it is looking like new now!

 Our new Baron oven

A cleaner exhaust fan...!

Back to the drawing board...

We went to the Auction and got a few bids in but came home empty handed. It amazed me the prices they were getting for this stuff when the brand new price wasn't that much higher. Certainly the stainless stuff you can buy cheaper new. Where is the logfic in that? People...they just seem to think that if they go to the auctions they will be getting a bargain. Wrong. Anyway, we went to a place in Adelaide called Caterfix, and they have all we need in new, and I think we can get a great  deal out of the guy too as he is the owner of the business. There is a great Italian 6 burner gas hob/oven we are looking at. The rep came to the rehab about the kitchen and laundry non slip floors last night too, so we can progress that when we are ready. It's all good :-)

Off To the Auctions

Ken and I are off to the auctions tomorrow to see if we can save a few quid and buy some good kitchen equipment. There is a great oven, salamander and fridge to be had, as well as a few stainless benches, and we've worked out what we can spend on each, so for all of you reading this, please keep your fingers crossed for us tomorrow. The oven is in immaculate condition, as is the salamander. They are both full on commercial grade, so they will last the distance cooking for 12 to 14 people every day. Ken stumbled accross the auction in Saturdays newspaper, so we might be lucky indeed. A lot has come our way by "chance", so just maybe this stuff has our name on it. First time at the auctions for both of us too....

Hoping this is at the right price

This too...

...and this...