Code compliance got stopped as there was two pieces of information missing. We quickly resolved that and now it’s back in their court.

Paint touch ups – tick

Rowan put in all the posts for the fences while I spent the time inside doing touch up paint and cleaning. It is great having the inside complete.

Fences – tick!

Rowan and I got the west and south fences in today. It took some mahi but we are very happy with the results. We couldn’t find our for sale sign, Rowan had tied it to the hot water cylinder. You get some strong winds down here at times and it went into the creek. At least it was pretty easy to get. I

may have moaned about this before but I am doing it again. That silly letterbox is a $400 letterbox. For a bit of sheet metal that is made in a factory. Insane! This sort of bullshit is why it costs so much to build. Of course we paid $30 on clearance at Placemakers. It probably cost the company $2 to make in China.

In the weekend we didn’t have any down time. We helped plant 400 trees at Jimmys place. The views are spectacular!

On Sunday we had a long but fun day on a motorbike training course. I really enjoyed the day, it was in Dunedin. A bit of a hike! We went right through the back of Dunedin all the way around to Palmerston. Some of the roads had heaps of grit on them and were quite treacherous. We took our time going through those parts. Rowan and I headed north from Palmerston rather than going all the way back to Dunedin then coming back. There were two others on the course, a very small group. It was a real benefit as I learnt so much more. Absolutely shattered when we got back.

Monday was a day off, I need some recovery and with bad weather it is a great excuse. We really have had minimal rain this winter. Very lucky indeed.