Chaos reigns but we're getting there

The weekend is upon us, the sun is shining, birds are singing and cats are meowing. Its been challenging just getting stuff done as everything is still in relative chaos. We now have running water to the truck, yippee, means I can use the truck shower at last. Don't get me wrong, one of my favourite daily events is the piping hot bath at dusk, watching the sun set, Pink Floyd playing in the background, awesome!

Pete has been busy raking up nuts from under the macadamia trees in an attempt to reduce the nightly foraging of our friendly neighbourhood rats, it’s working too! And the nuts make a fantastic mulch for the compost. Talking of compost, I’ve watched a few videos on how to build a composting toilet, easy! All I need is some ply board, nails, a loo seat and around 12 barrels plus some sawdust to help with odours and composting. I might even make two! Watch out for the ‘how to’ video coming to a blog near you soon! The greenhouse is also up and crying out for some seedlings and plants, so that is my mission this weekend, plus starting work on designing the vege patch.

Not had a TV for over 3 weeks now and funnily enough not missing it at all, it really is quite amazing how easy it is to fill your time with other enjoyable activities when you are not being constantly bombarded by advertising and crappy reality shows, who cares what they are doing, my life is far more interesting! And with the power of the internet I can get all the news I want, when I want, how I want, marvelous. So go on, turn off your TV and go do something productive with your time, it’s the one thing you can never get back…time!

Had a few days in Auckland this week, met some great new clients but the drive back was hideous, massive storm blew above me with lightning and hardcore monsoon type rains, and got home to find the drive was a mud slick. Managed to transfer all my stuff to the 4WD in a rain break but took 3 attempts to get up the hill, most exhilarating, and the jeep now has mud on all surfaces, even the roof, he he, truly rural now!