Its been as usual a busy and very hectic week, tonight is the first time I have had a chance to sit down and entertain and that is purely because I have my Mr Bear staying. The girls are absolutely stoked to have their "Grandpop" Bear hear with them and they have been regaling all manner of country stories, of course he just loves it.
I must admit its been nice to have a chance to sit and entertain for a change, even if Jason just works on.
My goodness Bear has been cut up a treat in the hospital so this afternoon I gave him a nice massage with some oils to help him relax and heal. At the moment he is on the RT talking with Mal, they have great plans for the retreat and I cant wait to get back up there to see what has been happening.
They now have 3 accommodation buildings, 1 a container cabin and 2 log cabins, they have a workshop which is 3 containers joined together. They have solar panels for heating and charging batteries and now they have a well with running water, hot and cold. They have a generator room which is a Container buried in the ground with a huge generator inside, though at the moment it is not connected up as Mal is making some alterations.
We had Emmett drop in earlier this week, he is doing very well for himself and is now training for his multi engine Pilots license, I think that's what it is called?????
He has brought a new house near Lake Tekapo, this is his second house, he intends to rent the new one out to help with income, so that boy has his head screwed on right.
Well thats all the news guys from the outback, quiet huh, so please take care of yourselves
Anne.
Friday 22 February 2013
Monday 18 February 2013
Settling In
Well we are all done and dusted with moving and settling in, the new farm is much bigger than our last one and requires both of us full time. In fact it is making a huge change in our social life already, we find we are too busy to do all the things we used to do and as of yet we don't know a lot of people in the area, but time will fix that no doubt.
We are a running a mixture of cattle, sheep, and deer, as well as winter crops, so its all hands to the wheel. Sadly it likely means between farm work, housework and home schooling the children I will have to give up my online job, I find I am struggling to meet schedules; its a shame because I very much enjoyed the work.
Jason has taken to the farm with great gusto, he has become quite a workaholic and I struggle to get him to stop and eat meals, and when he does its gulped down and off again. The girls are enjoying the life but miss their old friends, we had some come and stay for the weekend so that was a huge boost to their spirits.
There has been many changes in Bears circumstances, sadly with all the farm work and moving I lost contact with the Christchurch people, Bear was in hospital for 11 days and no one told me. He has had several large operations but has pulled through reasonably well. He and Linda split up as she is moving out to Rangiora to look after her sick parents so Bear is staying with Sandy for the moment.
He and Mal did not end up buying a house as Mal has moved up to the retreat out the back of Oxford, he has expanded that quite a lot, sadly he he still doesnt have a girl friend which is unbelievable considering he is a real looker, we do keep in contact with him most nights via radio/telephone.
Well that's all the news for now, I hope you are all doing well and taking care.
Love
Anne
We are a running a mixture of cattle, sheep, and deer, as well as winter crops, so its all hands to the wheel. Sadly it likely means between farm work, housework and home schooling the children I will have to give up my online job, I find I am struggling to meet schedules; its a shame because I very much enjoyed the work.
Jason has taken to the farm with great gusto, he has become quite a workaholic and I struggle to get him to stop and eat meals, and when he does its gulped down and off again. The girls are enjoying the life but miss their old friends, we had some come and stay for the weekend so that was a huge boost to their spirits.
There has been many changes in Bears circumstances, sadly with all the farm work and moving I lost contact with the Christchurch people, Bear was in hospital for 11 days and no one told me. He has had several large operations but has pulled through reasonably well. He and Linda split up as she is moving out to Rangiora to look after her sick parents so Bear is staying with Sandy for the moment.
He and Mal did not end up buying a house as Mal has moved up to the retreat out the back of Oxford, he has expanded that quite a lot, sadly he he still doesnt have a girl friend which is unbelievable considering he is a real looker, we do keep in contact with him most nights via radio/telephone.
Well that's all the news for now, I hope you are all doing well and taking care.
Love
Anne
Saturday 2 February 2013
all settled
Yes it is good news and on Friday it was all settled and we started moving the machinery down to the new farm yesterday, we are back in Oxford today to get more equipment and will have a few more days yet of moving farm equipment.
The new farm is a dream and if you know Canterbury at all it is quite close to Mayfield and Methven and Geraldine would be the closest towns, though Geraldine is a little way off..
It means we have some high country land to farm which comes with its advantages and disadvantages but there is so much more potential here. We can easily see the Mount Hutt Ski field from the farm and we intend to build some accommodation huts on the farm for skiers to stay over the winter.
Anyway I just wanted to let you all know things have worked out ok, we should be finally away from here on Wednesday, though we have now moved into the new farm house its all chaos at this stage.
Love to you all
Anne.
The new farm is a dream and if you know Canterbury at all it is quite close to Mayfield and Methven and Geraldine would be the closest towns, though Geraldine is a little way off..
It means we have some high country land to farm which comes with its advantages and disadvantages but there is so much more potential here. We can easily see the Mount Hutt Ski field from the farm and we intend to build some accommodation huts on the farm for skiers to stay over the winter.
Anyway I just wanted to let you all know things have worked out ok, we should be finally away from here on Wednesday, though we have now moved into the new farm house its all chaos at this stage.
Love to you all
Anne.
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