So shattered, time to take a weekend off...

...  Okay, so we have been here for 2 weeks and I think we should pat ourselves on the back (pat, pat, pat), progress has started, the long days of working hard are starting to pay off.

So far we have...

• Almost cut back the bottom section of the garden, found two sets of steps, numerous fruit trees, beautiful plants including a red hibiscus, knocked down the greenhouse, found more of the stream and garden that was hidden under the elephant grass and what looked like a corner of land on the top section of garden was actually a huge area filled with cut down trees that links the top garden to the bottom garden...  Phew!
• The garage has become the workshop for Birchall & Dyer - Shipwrights & Boatbuilders.  It's a work in progress but at least it allows Kris to start working on the house and start doing some 'proper' work too!
• The spare room has had the wallpaper stripped off, the holes have been fillled and it has been primed ready to be painted, plus the carpet has been pulled up and the foam backing and glue has been scraped off, it's ready to be sanded.
• The lounge wallpaper has been stripped off and the dining room floor is starting to go through the same process as the spare room.
• The bathroom, well what a job!  It was a 70's throwback, rotten and very unloved.  But all that is changing as Kris is building the most amazing bathroom.  The shower cubicle is well underway but over the next few weeks the bathroom will really start to take shape...

So, we are going to take a weekend off, we ache, we are shattered, we are sooooo tired...

As I write this at 22.30 I can hear the Kiwi's outside...  Enjoy the photos and I say goodnight!