New stuff - forgot!

Sorry there were a couple of new things I forgot to post about! 1. We have a fence down the neighbours side. Looks very snazzy! 2. We have water!!! 3. We have an electricity box (but as far as we know no electricity connection yet). 4. We have a portaloo. The kids love it (bleergh!) and insist on going to the toilet every time we visit the block. That's it! Til next time.....

Waiting for some wood..

We have a lovely concrete slab just waiting for some wood to be attached to it.... and now just waiting on the trusses! Our truss manufacturer is playing the daily phone call game with me now, 'Hi it's me again, just wondering if you could give us a date of delivery for the truss... ok you'll call me back, great' ..... 'Hi, me again....yes you were supposed to call yesterday but that's ok... well could you at least give us an approximate timeframe.... 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks?... Ok I'll call back Monday' etc etc etc! Our original 3 weeks has just passed and it looks like we have another at least 2-3 weeks before it will actually be delivered. So have phoned the window manufacturer to push out the delivery of the windows another couple of weeks. Bikeman is going to take a week off when the truss arrives to help the chippy, I think he's quite looking forward to it actually! Will post again when there is more to post... hopefully in a couple of weeks!

Show me the money!

Well we've come to my first milestone... the slab. And of course, that also means paying out the big bickies! The bank finally came to the party, after many an annoying phone call by myself "hi, it's me.... calling for our daily chat.... do we have any money yet PLEASE??? No? Ok, I'll talk to you again tomorrow, then...". So finally it came through, we could pay the concreter and pay for the windows and so on and so on. We've ordered the frame and roof trusses, they should be here in approx 3 weeks. The bricks have been ordered. The roof and window frame colour has been chosen (Woodland Grey, in case you were wondering). The chippie and his trusty labourer (none other than bikeman) will then work their guts out to put the frame and roof up in a matter of about a week once the trusses arrive. The brickie will work alongside them to put up the garage, and the roofer will work somewhere in there also. And before you know it .... voila! We're at lockup. Wow. Another milestone! I wonder if it will look so *big* once the walls are up... surely not!

We have a slab!!!!

Well we now officially have a slab. It looks a little brown due to the crazy winds and dust about today, but some would think that is a feature! It will be hidden under other things like carpet and floorboards anyway, so no problemo. Wow we have a slab. It looks HUGE! But yet so small all at the same time, if that makes sense. Like the proximity of the island bench waste pipe to the outdoor area. Looks way too small. Bikeman assures me it is as per plan. Weird, how the eye can deceive. It's there - its going up, up, up and the bank balance is going down, down, down. Now if the bank would only come through with the dosh already I'd be happy!!! PS If you look closely you can see pink and blue making some kind of a rock playhouse, which has been their thing to do the last few times we went up there. Who says kids need expensive toys??

Good day for ducks!

Well today is the day - the final slab pour. I had my doubts as to whether it would go ahead today, what with us all receiving text messages from Victoria Police warning of 'extreme conditions' predicted for today - 100km hr winds, 34 degrees and a worry that fires could flare up, and then when we woke up today pouring rain!!! It's actually quite cold, for the moment anyway - 15 degrees right now. But they're still running the terrible conditions line. Pink one's kinder has been cancelled today because of it! So this morning when I heard the rain, I thought for sure it was all off. Only Pete rang at 8am to tell me it's all systems go on the block - there's about 9 guys there and they were already up to the second truck load. So we should have a completed slab by the middle of the day! I tell you what, these guys work hard - you wouldn't see me getting up at some ungodly hour to be pouring a slab!! Photos to come later once complete :)