We found our awesome green basin from Till St at the local tip shop, almost bought it back, almost haha.

Herbert has an egg processing place for quite a few farms. We got the smaller tray for $5 and the larger tray for $12. They are yesterday’s eggs and last up to 5 weeks so we have a lot of eggs to get through haha. You’re not allowed to take photos in the processing area and I can see why. There must be 7 different companies they carton up eggs for. Bowalley, Pams free range, sure as, new day etc. Bowalley is their own brand and the farm is in Herbert. I think there are 6 farms in total in the area so not a small operation. The lady who helped us told us if you need to buy eggs in the South Island always buy Pams. All of Pams eggs for the south come from them and they are generally the cheapest to buy in the supermarket. So folks buy the cheapest free range eggs you can get your hands on, because all you’re paying extra for is marketing and branding!

This didn’t come as a surprise as Rowan and I had noticed these sort of discrepancies with other products. Like the fresh pasta, you read the back and there is the exact same ingredients the same weight even the same packaging minus the pretty labels. I also know if you buy Pams Camembert and Pams Smokey cheese it is actually Whitestone cheese.

Kitchen saga continues, the response we got from Placemakers and Peter Hay was abysmal. Pull apart the broken pantry or get your builder to drill more holes. We went and checked the broken pantry which has 3 holes for adjustment and our kitchen only has two that are not matching up. So we cannot replace one side to fix the issue. We asked if they were going to pay for our builder to come to site to drill some holes because we don’t need a builder on site anymore.

Electrical is done! Glenn has to come back and do a little bit of work as one switch needs to be a 4 gang and he only had 3 gang switches in him. But he says that he will take his hot rod for a drive and come do it for free. What a gem! It is really nice having the lights and a heatpump. I played unskilled apprentice and made decisions, held things, grabbed things all that fun stuff.

Lance is here to put down the underlay all ready for Monday. The yellow underlay is definitely reflecting off the walls haha.

We have Johanna stay with us Friday night on her way up north. She is going back to Russel to work, her working part of her visa runs out in October.

On Saturday we had a real day off. Haven’t had one in a long time. Leona took a couple through our house. They appear to like it, so we shall see.

Vaughan was called from Placemakers to fix our kitchen issue and offered a few extra hours at our cost if we wanted it. Yes please! After fixing the pantry he cut the hole for the hob and holes for appliances like the dishwasher and washing machine. We finished off the morning with finishing the rear fence. We kept it open for ease going to the container and getting onto the site.

Happy Monday, Lance is here to finish the flooring. The house looks complete now it has the carpet. It really removes the building site feel.

I noticed some moisture outside on the blocks coming from the ensuite. We work out it’s that toilet again giving us grief. We remove the water and Dave will be down Wednesday to fix it.