THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG

While we wait for the Mill to be empty we are getting on with a job or two or three, there is so much to sort, cable diagrams and electrical layouts, installations, specifications, you name it and my head is full of it, bit of a headache really!! I am sure it will get better! Meanwhile back at the ranch!! We built a shed for our new area, see we dont hang about eh!

SHADOW IS POORLY!

Shadow hurt her leg and couldn't pitch on it at all, we took her to the vets and got some painkillers. I am not sure what she has done but she is always leaping about and is very heavy to fall, hopefully its a sprain. She has been in for 4 days now. So we wrapped her in a blanket and made her some hot chocolate!!!

FLOWERS FOR MYRNA X

A picture of the flowers outside Buttercup Cottage, thought I would take a picture and post it on the blog, just to say we are all thinking of you Myrna & Keith. Keep Smiling XXX Oh and Squeaker just wants to illustrate to you how to chill out so use this as a template!! X

NEW DUCKS

We had three new ducks courtesy of Lauras piano teacher. She has a new job and cant look after them so asked if they could move in with us, so here they are, cute little things. We moved them in whilst one arm being up on the roof, usual story eh!

SUMMER HOUSE

We are building a summerhouse up on the clearing for our new garden, its a labour of love really and heavy, we have to pass the wood up at least 12 foot bank before we start, Saturday was the worst we had ply to get up there and I thought my arms were going to fall off...I am strong but I think I needed elephant strength on that one! so we are working every minute of every day and night and all weekends, we wont make it otherwise, we are on a programme of work and it needs to be met. Still looking forward to 12-18 months time!!! Me and Pete are doing this one alone, we have Ant and Andy on somethings but we just havent got the money for help really...We need a free person who wants to get fit and get paid in cuppas!!!

AND BACK UP!

Laura popped home from uni this weekend...I know she has just gone!...But it was Aarons birthday so she came home, no sooner did her feet hit the floor I slipped a pair of wellies on 'em! And asked for a couple of hours to help lift the panels of the cycle and book store. They are sooooo heavy I cant believe we managed really Ant, Andy me and Laura.....luckily Pete nipped home in between meetings and I grabbed him for one of them and then he had about 20mins so he helped us lift them back in position down on the new slab....then ran up to the house changed again and off to the next meeting, I felt bad that he didn't eat or anything but that feeling soon went !!!He had gurnard at a posh restaurant at his meeting, St Moritz the one Pete designed, well their restaurant is newly open so they had a starter with the meeting...So yeap all feeling bad went real quick!!! You can see how well it fits in in the field, looks good I think, but its weird looking at the hole it has left!! this is where the carport etc is going with the PVs.

DISMANTLING THE CYCLE AND BOOT STORE

I think dismantling is worse than rebuilding the cycle and boot store....well I will let you know in that one actually!...Ant and Andy took a couple of days to dismantle the insides and get the roof off before we could attempt to move it, It was all nailed together so it was really difficult to get it apart without damaging it, but The Dream team managed!!!!

IDIOTS

Took rubbish out last night and early this morning as it was still burning when I took Steve to school at 8am.... some idiot set fire to it, must have been around 7.30am as it was still burning when I took Steve to school at 8am, it ruined our very expensive front signs, total muppets fancy doing such a thing. I know it was on purpose as it burned so hot that it exploded the contents of the rubbish and burned our sign. I reported it to the police and hope that I catch the person one day, as they will really NOT want to meet me!!!! What mindless totally waste of space they are!

THE STABLE IS MOVING

What was our cycle and boot store will be our stable in the field, Ant and Andy dug the base with a digger on Monday and we were rained off Tuesday, so then it was all hands on deck to set it out, frame up, back fill tonnes of hard core to be ready for the concrete pour at 3.30pm Wednesday...It was a bit manic but we managed and was ready with no minutes to spare when the concrete arrived. It was a hard day at it was 4m x 5 m base and about a foot deep!!! Aching today!! The next bit is really difficult as we have to some how dismantle the stables, but its been there a long while so might come to bits!! Have to wait and see eh!

MMM POOR LITTLE GUY!

I found this little chap but he was already gone :( so couldn't save him, I think its a stoat? Cute though, well not sure if he is cute or vicious in real life! Sorry about the banana skin, I thought I was on a tv program and put it there so we could relate to the size of him....them I thought ..mmmm ...the banana could be any size, we have no idea...I think you are supposed to use a five pound note or ruler or something!!! oh well inspector Michelle strikes again!