Roof Shout

 

Ablutions block to be, vent is for the toilet



Overwhelming slog intermingled with small wafts of success and satisfaction is how I can best describe the last few days. Steve has war wounds he proudly displays to everyone and has had to take a hard lesson in patience. I’m much the same, the big shed was a much larger project then we anticipated. It’s hardly something you just slap up. It seems that it is a proper building project as Ross the Boss’s gentle (and not so gentle) guidance is telling us! If it was up to us we would have come unstuck half way with a skewed, bent, curved pile of timber. Structurally it would have been fine though! Amazing what structural engineers have no idea about.

Composting throne

We've got the toilet up and running much to the kids delight who need to poop on it every second hour (although this wasn't necessary pre-toilet).  Amazing what entertains them.  Feels good to have a good throne though, we've got one of these toilets in Karamea too and they're absolutely fantastic and truly don't smell once installed properly.

 Finished the roof for the big shed today, what a job.  Sunburnt and sore.  I impressed the blokes by putting the new BBQ together with the kids.  Without having a beer as was indicated as being necessary by the salesman in Mitre10 Mega (in less time then indicated I might add).  It was because I read the instructions.



Last sheet of iron going on.

We got a big brother for Kasper's quad bike today as well.  Big Red, second hand, with a good life behind it already, was delivered today.  Kasper has used it as his perch for most of the afternoon.





We have decided to tai ho on the Christmas plans a bit just because we need some time to just let the pendulum stop swinging an relax on our own land a bit without rushing around, we're so over it.  Christmas in the stable!  The kids are really excited about it and personally so am I.  Tomorrow night is our first night sleeping on the property, come hail, rain or shine.  At this stage we still have a grass floor but hopefully that can be remedied tomorrow.  The boys are off to Goldpine, 7.30 a.m.

I've been busy with Lockwood going through the specs for our new house and all the other planning / project management.  Steve has left me to it which makes it a lot faster and easier on the premise that he likes my taste anyway so why double up.  Jay.  Sometimes too many cooks spoil the broth and I'm very excited to be finally building our own home although it feels like a bit of responsibility.  At least we are feeling like we're here to stay now: I've lost that feeling that we are just here on holiday.  Wouldn't call myself a Cantabrian yet, but maybe there's room for us to live here being just the way we are! 

Our sleeping space to be, pre-floor