19.5.2012
It is absolutely
wonderful to be living in a house again and this house is everything we hoped
for. OK, there is still a lot of work to do and some big jobs to be tackled but
even so we are very comfortable and for the first time in years we are able to
think about the broader picture. I think we have managed well up to now by not
thinking too much. Even now when I allow myself to dwell on just issues that
are yet to be sorted like passports, land deeds etc. I quickly feel over
whelmed by the magnitude of the task.
Our strategy so far
has been to concentrate on the priority problem and leave everything else for
later. Our first priority was to get shelter for our selves and our animals and
a supply of water. From there we replaced just enough fencing to cope and with
lots of help from Eaton volunteers we began clearing up the mess. Then
offcourse we started on the house. This process has totally absorbed all our
energy for the last year and a half but now we are ready to tackle a bit more.
I think completing the
sheds and getting a roof for the water tank are pretty high priorities. Along
with this we are joining a community effort to try and help others who are
still struggling. Luckily we are in a quiet time on the farm with most of the
goats dry and pregnant and harvest season is over.
This week Gary and his
team have paved around the house so the mud is now a respectable distance away.
This is a great help. Edd has been assembling flat pack furniture in the walk
in wardrobe so we will have a place to put clothes and I have been tackling a
few paperwork jobs. Actually, I have also spent quite a bit of time relaxing
and even went to join my pottery and art groups again! Picking up on the
pottery was easy because I had a task to finish, but getting back into art will
be much harder.
The best thing about
the groups is that at last I can reconnect with friends and the community. I
have been a hopeless friend for the last two years and I do wonder if my girl
friends will all be so disgusted with me for ignoring them that they won’t want
to know me any more! I probably deserve anything that I get on this line!
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