Getting settled

Despite the mess, mud and mayhem, not to mention the lack of washing machine, freezer, tv, phone and internet (meaning we are still very much dependent on parents - thanks mums and dads!), we are loving being in our new home. The view indoors may be not so pretty at the moment, but when we get sick of looking at unpacked boxes all we have to do is look out of the window.

Home sweet home

It has been nineteen long months since we first set eyes on Sunnyside, and yesterday the waiting came to an end as we spent our first night in our new home. It has been a whole mixture of experiences - excitement, hope, nervousness, anxiety, ecstacy, stress, worry, waiting, hard work, dirt, dirt and more dirt, mess, mud, more stress, more worry, anticipation, disappointment and finally relief and joy that we have now finally moved in. We still have a lot of work to do and if I think about it too much my head hurts, but words cannot express how happy I am to finally be here.

So close...

















Well, after a long wait we finally made a start on the sewerage arrangements for Sunnyside. A great big hole was dug, into which our nuclear missile was lowered, cemented and backfilled.

Trenches were dug, into which the pipes were installed and covered with pea gravel. Everything was going so well.

And then the rain came. It rained all day long, and all night long.








This is the scene which greeted Mab this morning. One of the trenches has collapsed and become filled with water and the pipes have risen up. A rescue operation has been launched and will continue tomorrow. However, we are disappointed with the setback and our moving in date has been postponed... again.