Week 4

 

Well it's been a month now and we actually have a slab!  A slab seems to be something of a milestone in building.  When everyone asks how it's going and you say 'Oh we have a slab', the comment is met with oooohs, aaaahs and wows!   We still have many months and stresses to go but it's looking very good at the minute!

Dougal had a lot of fun running around sniffing all the new smells... mostly wild animal poo!

Week 3: Ferral Cow

The other day I was talking with my colleagues about my ferral cow problem and they thought I was having serious issues with a female coworker!!  But no, my serious issues really are with a ferral cow!  First we had to fence the dam to stop the cow ripping up the liner, now it looks like we'll have to fence the building site to stop her damaging the footings, concrete slab and walls!!!  The slab is a worry as we are having a bare concrete floor so it needs to look good. She really is one angry cow!!  We contacted the council to see if they would shoot it, but they said it wasn't their problem unless she was a danger to society!!  So it looks like I'll be digging into the funds again to buy fencing ...grrrrr... I'd much rather spend the money on holidays!!

High Anxiety in the Tasmanian Countryside!

...and the anxiety is all mine!!
Well, we've survived week 1 of the build ... only 27 to go!!  Ian, our builder, is now set up on site and excavation has begun.  Monday was such a glorious day that he emailed us to tell us what a beautiful part of the world we'd chosen to live in... by Friday an Antarctic chill had set in and I'm not so sure he was thinking the same thing!  But we'll take the good with the bad and once the house is built and the fire is roaring who cares what it's like outside!
We did have one glitch this week and that was the soggy driveway.  It needs fixing to allow the heavy trucks to come onto the block so once more we find ourselves digging into our pockets for money :(

Ferral Cow!

There appears to be a ferral cow running rampant on Woodbridge Hill!  Now that's fine because I actually love cows but this one is causing us grief becuase it keeps walking into our dam - which isn't full yet and is covered with a very expensive liner!  So yesterday we had to erect a cow-proof fence to keep the crazy cow out.  Except, we don't think it will work so Rob will have to go back later in the week to upgrade the Bovine Barricade!

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Proper Pizza

Proper Pizza
If you click on this link it will take you to Giorgio Locatelli's pizza recipe... delicious!