Organising Help

Help is a wonderful thing, especially help from friends. Asking for help is easier for some people than others and does not always come naturally. I had to learn how to ask for help, it was a hard lesson and one that I am glad I learnt. It has certainly made my life easier to…

Building Dreams

We had good weather to work on our house building project today after I got back from getting some building supplies. The first floor joists were put in this afternoon and it is really satisfying to see them sitting on the beams that span the “stilt” style foundations. We have a very sloping site and…

Hot Stuff

I had the most amazing bath this evening, in fact I had the first ever bath in our place! A friend came to visit to help us build our house and the house building did happen, it’s just that the work we were doing was slow and really only needed two people for most of…

Free Stuff

There are some great websites out there for giving away free stuff. It’s a great way to declutter, you can offer your extra or no longer wanted stuff to people who may be in a position to make use of it. You don’t deliver the stuff, people collect it unless you want to deliver. It’s…