Another rainy Sunday

Allyson has now left us and is now living in the home I spent most of my childhood in and she is even occupying my room. Allyson will start uni at Deakin next week and studying primary school teaching degree.
Of course we were very sad to see her go and wish her well  but it means I have to take over cooking again.

Timothy has been lucky enough to score a voyage on The Young Endevour. He set sail today from Fleet Base east in Sydney. Allyson also has been on the voyage a few years ago. Incase your'e wondering how to get a voyage for your 16-24 year old, you apply through The Young Endevour website and cross your fingers to get a placement.

This week it's just myself Elliott & Harry at home. Grahame has taken the long way to work this week which is in Melbourne and gone via Sydney to drop Tim off. He will spend his working time at the Avalon airshow pfaffing about looking at aeroplanes ????

This week we will finally get the goats but not the goats that we had been waiting for. Sorry Jo & Scott it has taken too long for you guys to get around to giving us some goats. So another neighbor has scored us 3 goats from someone up the road and they are for free and if they become too much trouble they'll take them back. Good deal I reckon.

We also now have Stretch the rooster strutting his stuff amongest our girls. Yet another freebie from a  neighbor. The chicks have now doubled in size and aren't so cute any more.

In Geelong last week I picked up the decorative brackets for the house. Just need to get the barge boards.
And picked up some aromatheray supplies from Hallam on my way home.

 When I got home this is what I found.
 


There will be a BIG deck area here and these are all the supports for it. But we cant do the deck until the stone mason builds the fire place and moves all the rock to the other side of the house. Chimney will go between the 2 big windows on the right.



Now I know some people think it's weird when you say you live in a shed but here are one of it's benefits.



The kids can swing from the (steel) rafters.
How many kids get to do this inside on a rainy Sunday afternoon!













A few more photo's

A lot of progress made on the pizza oven base. The slab on top now awaits the actual pizza oven to be built. Then that will be insulated and covered in rock. 

We have relocated into yet another temporary bedroom in the house.

The boys too have relocated into what will be Harison's room. The gyprock is up and they have some power and a temporary wardrobe.

Boys room again. Elliott's bed is where the built in desk and cupboards will be.

Mess in what will be the boys playroom/tv room located between their bedrooms.

More mess 

Finally have found time to post again. Life has been rather busy. The kids and I have been to Melbourne and Geelong. Tim & I have been to Canberra, Harry & I have been to Canberra, Grahame and I have been to Canberra several times and Tim has been to Woolongong, Allyson to Nowra, Grahame & Tim to Gosford and in between all that Grahame has been making weekly overnighters to Perth and back. (gosh we get around)
Kids have gone back to school and enrolled in all their activities again, drumming, band, basketball and choir, Tim footy and water polo, oh and soccer .
Next week Allyson & I will drive to Geelong where she'll start uni at Deakin. Then the week after Tim is off to Sydney to join the voyage on The Young Endevour for 10 ten days. After that NO MORE. Perhaps a holiday might be nice!!

House news-
Rock delivered for pizza oven, fire place & chimney
Pizza oven has started
Wiring up stairs complete
Plumbing upstairs complete
Harison's room insulated and gyprock up
Balcony balustrading up
Nearly all tophat attatched ready for gyprock

Shed news-
All window frames complete but still need painting
Doors on bathroom, mezzanine level and living area of shed now on

Slowly it's coming together.

The rock ready for the pizza oven to be built.

The beginings of the pizza oven

Finally the balcony is up.

Front verandah in the process.

Shelter for our mini milking goat, when ever it comes.



New veggie beds which Grahame & Timothy made out of left over bits.



Chookies