Emergency!
We had a dramatic evening after my first day back at work after the (long, 2-month) summer holidays. Matthew fell off the caravan step and sliced the back of his thigh open. Yes, open. Do you want details? No, you do not. Let’s just say there were layers of flesh… Firstly, I have to say […]
11 years
We’ve celebrated our anniversary with a dinner out last night with one of our children (Georgia had a sleepover at a friend’s house). We went to the local: the Kermandie. It was excellent. Matthew was (is) the perfect child: sitting quietly, eating quietly and generally being overly obedient and pleasant. He had a pirate cheeseburger […]
Four additions
It’s great having power at the house now. We can listen to music and plug in lights, not to mention all the power tools that can be powered up without the noisy generator hogging the airspace! We are delighted with the return of our goats, Anna and Giddy, who have been holidaying at Craige and […]
Power among other treasures…
Indeedy-do – we now have power at the house. Just before Christmas, we had power connected at the cabin. Mick, the electrician, is also a farmer, so was busy cutting hay and butchering cattle, until he came over today and connected the house to the mains! Yay! Monte was listening to the radio whilst doing […]
The stove!
The exciting new development in our build is finally moving our new stove into the kitchen! Our neighbour, Simon, drove the stove up to our house with his tractor. Our friends, PJ and Miranda came over after than, with their heavy-duty dolly, and they moved the stove into position. Weighing 350kg, it was a big […]
Tiles
Yes, that’s right. Painting is almost complete and now the tiles are being laid! Things are moving very quickly. Sometimes Monte and I get a bit anxious that soon we will be moving into the house! Can it really be happening? In just 2-3 hours, over 12 square metres of tiles were laid. I think […]
Great news!
We’re very excited at present, as much is happening at our house! The ceilings are in! We are rendering the walls and they are looking splendid, with rounded curves around the windows. We render the final coat by hand, painstakingly smoothing over the surface to create a beautiful texture. We also have electricity now, and […]
And it gets better…
Things are happening rapidly for us at present; the end of the year is approaching with speed. The house is moving along. We have plasterboard on the walls now. Monte is busy rendering and has concocted a new mixture for the final coat. He describes it as similar to vienna frosting (you know, buttery cake […]
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