There have been a few changes happening since I last posted. I have started studying, which takes place mostly on weekends and we bought ourselves a little caravan! Here she is...
Ray and Russell are in the process of leveling what Russell dubbed "The Love Shack", removing the wheels and generally making things comfortable - no rocking for this little van.. :D Ray has stayed overnight a few times since TLS has been set up but unfortunately I haven't as yet as my study weekends have been eating into farm time, but that's how life goes. I'm loving the course, so the farm sacrifice hasn't been too difficult. Can't wait to stay this weekend though! Now that the older girls aren't staying with their dad every fortnight they will be coming along with us and sleeping in a tent overnight - I wonder how long that will last!!
Ray has designed a shower/toilet block which we will be working on this weekend. Russell dug the post holes for it after helping us set up the van and Ray put the posts in last weekend. Rails this weekend and tin soon to come and yay, somewhere to wash.
We have decided to set up a courtyard area around the van for some privacy so here I am marking the intervals for the postholes that good ole Russ dug out for me... yes I do actually do more than sit in front of the fire watching the birds!
Once the post and wire is in I'll be planting a couple of mile-a-minute vines to create a non-permanent screen to provide some shelter. We'll bring the fire pot up there from the shed and set it up on some pavers, bring the old outdoor setting up from home and set up a nice little place to spend the weekend. When the girls stay we'll set the tent up in the screened off area too. So it's taken a while but we're slowly beginning to make the place feel like somewhere easy to stay. We even have a porta-potty, much to the girl's horror!! Better than than a hole in the ground, I say.. :D
Back again after next weekend to provide an update, should be an interesting one given that we're being accompanied by two ipod-loving, myspace missing teenaged girls! I don't even think their mobiles have coverage there... now where are my earplugs??!
