So we have been busy again today.
Volunteers have been in today.
We are going to take all that off now to pack test.
That is bits of what we have found today that I am being pack tested.
Loads of nappies in.
I think all stores are stocked up with nappies now.
We still got food left.
Still got toiletries left.
Don't forget we are doing a toiletry amnesty where you surrender your toiletries.
We had a pile of perfume in today so thank you the lady who dropped that off.
So anything you know you can drop in we can give it to another mother that maybe can't afford to spend any money on bits and bobs.
So we have had a good clean of some ornaments today.
I am pricing up.
Some beautiful pottery we have had in.
We have had a couple of comments.
Do you know what?
I am like well do you know what you are looking at?
Because I definitely do.
So yeah.
Some of these people cracked me up.
My little gift I had earlier.
That was lovely.
I found the other sign.
So that is fab.
So this one came.
So we might mount that up on the wall.
We didn't get around to doing it.
Dan put some extra shelves in round there because they were.
The shelves were good but we put so.
Let's maximise the space and we need as much space as we can get.
So tomorrow we will be doing free tea and coffee and squash for the children.
It is cooler than outside in here.
If you need to bring them in to cool down.
We have also got the suntan lotion here.
It will be in Pontypool tomorrow as well.
The same suntan lotions.
Nothing of our abba I don't need any donations outside Aberbargoed now this week.
Until we are back on Tuesday.
So yeah.
We have just had a clean up of this one.
And then we found a fantastic cappa di monte.
They were staring at me.
Capa di monte.
I was like.
I have seen these before somewhere.
It was the end and I was thinking.
I have seen these before somewhere.
And I was like.
I know something about this.
And I will check these ones.
And they are literally the holy grail of porcelain.
Oh they got this.
Gwyn.
Gwyn donated this.
Rest beautiful as she also is.
So yeah.
We have had some nice.
Had a bit of a move around in the cabinets as well.
Because of course everything was back to front one here.
So yeah.
We have got a good clean up today.
He sanded the.
Tons of free stuff as well guys.
I have got to go.
He sanded this down because it was a bit rough.
The pallet.
So that is a bit smoother now.
Ready to take the paint.
The guy is coming back to finish the painting tomorrow.
So hopefully that will be done.
So pop in and see us.
Because don't forget it is risk of beach party.
See they have got a fair there.
They have got the big sheet done ready for the sand.
So it is risk of beach party tomorrow.
The flowers are coming lovely.
This now is going to be all the scrap wood.
We don't need any of this wood.
Any of this cardboard.
If anybody needs it for anything.
These are all free.
This is all free.
So just come and grab it.
If you like a bit of upcycling.
If you like.
Think oh I will upcycle.
I will paint that.
I will do this.
I will do that.
And yeah.
Come and grab it.
Those doors.
But they are all free.
Starting to sort it out now.
The other wood is down by there.
I need that.
I don't know about the table.
Probably free.
I haven't really gone anywhere to put the table.
We have fished it out.
I don't think we have gone anywhere to put it.
But the frog looks fab now doesn't he?
It will be nice now when it is finished tomorrow.
Probably anyway.
Loads of people have said about it.
It is fantastic.
We have had some good responses off the children that have come in today as well.
They noticed it straight away and that is what it is all about in here.
It is all about the children at the end of the day.
We save money in here.
All the money that we raise.
So making this space nice for them.
And older children as well.
Because older children will appreciate it.
That is what it is all about in here.
I mean the children love coming here anyway.
They usually get dragged out kicking and screaming.
It is going to look nice isn't it?
I am going to do some hopscotch and stuff on there.
You know you do the markings with the paint for car park spaces.
I can remember doing that years ago with my father doing a car park somewhere.
So we will probably do that.
So I have hopscotch and some wiggly lines and stuff.
I don't know if we have to put that back now.
We won't miss too much of the design.
I will put it this side.
Because the gates will go over there.
So this entrance will narrow a bit.
To have the big gates on anyway.
To stop the bin dipper.
So yeah I have got to get the pressure washer then.
I am going to stick an outside tap in there.
Somebody add an outside tap kit for me.
I have forgotten to pick it up.
Let me know if you still got it.
Don't worry if you haven't.
Stick the outside tap and then I can pressure wash all this down there and in the pots.
And we go from there.
It will be nice now to get this outside space sorted.
Before we go into winter and then we can get our doors on.
And we will be laughing won't we?
Laughing.
So yes I have ordered.
We have got our normal signs up that you would have anyway.
We have had to, you know with the food bank now expanding guys.
We have had to say no dogs allowed in the shops obviously.
But I have also had to get one for intoxication.
Because we have had quite a few people come in and they have been like half rumming.
Cut like.
You know absolutely gazebored some of them.
So I will have another sign up there now.
Because don't come in here.
We have got kids in here.
You know that.
Kids and babies.
Don't come in here if you are drunk or off your chops.
Yeah the one guy pulled up and we were like.
We were so much in shock.
We were like.
Did he just get out of the car with that bottle in his hand?
He didn't even leave it in the car while he was eating.
Oh he was still open.
We were like no.
Go back in the car.
