so much to blog..... so little time

Howdy y'all.

I've been meaning to update the blog for a while, but we have just been too damn busy!

As there is a lot to show you I'll keep the writing to a minimum (as I know most people only look at the pictures anayway!).

Firstly, here's a cute picture of Taco:



And here you can see Rudie loving "stick".



On the work front: Last week we started preparing the foundations for the workshop floor. We started by digging trenches and then filling them with cement foundations to lay the joists on:



Then we laid the joists on top:



Then the second section joists went in:



And here is the finished floor:



We used local pine planks. Check out the nicely finished steps:



And with the door fitted. All our doors are solid pine and we plan to oil them and give an oak wash so they match the majority of the floor.



Here's the downstairs hall after the walls were washed down and the floor fitted.



This is the spare room after the insulation went in and just as the floor started to be laid:



Here it is again with the finished floor (looks pretty good, no?)



Here's a lovely picture of mine and Gairy's room - can't wait to move in!



We've also made some major progress with the upstairs bathroom - it's pretty much done!



I am so looking forward to the first hot bath!



Here's a good picture of the bathroom unit that the boys made out of chestnut - lovely.



Apart from all the hard work that is going on round here, there was a sad incident that took place today. Being Saturday there were dreaded hunters around and 3 of the hunter's dogs seemed to find themselves alone with our chickens. Unfortunately they killed one of our 12 chicken - which we were not best pleased about. After Monkey Boy and Taco chased them off, we decided the only thing was to have chicken for supper. We made a roast dinner and all our ingredients were home produce - potatoes, parsnips, beetroot, carrots, broccoli, spinach, runner beans and french beans and of course the chicken! Gairy even made a homemade sage and onion stuffing also with all home grown fresh herbs. Much to my excitement Gairy was to eat meat again!



That's all for now folks!

Until next time.....

Nikki