Square One

Well we're not really back to square one, it's just how it feels today. Lots more promises, no real action yet and the house company are breathing down our necks massively (we were supposed to be ready 2 months ago and they are charging huge interest every week we are late). So more of the same for us - stress and waiting. We've been almost at the point of giving up but we are too far in financially now and have to keep going. I went down the back before to remind myself why we are putting ourselves through this and thought I'd share a peek -






This is what we will be able to see from the front of our new house (well we can see that now I guess but only through one tiny window!)
But the view from the other side is really the reason for all this, the reason we moved here at all -




The Mighty Murray. The water level is ok at the moment but actually pretty low for this time of year. No water flowed through the forest at all this year, partly because of the drought and partly because the low level was maintained while the new bridge was built (the levels along the Murray are artificially regulated by controlling the flow through the weirs along it). Its definately extremely dry up here, though you woudn't know looking at the irrigated parts of land.

Jordy lightened our moods today when we were talking about the subdivision stuff, he started saying to himself "Believe you me", repeating it a couple of times as if trying to work out what it meant, then said to us "Believe you me - thats a funny word"!! (One of us must have said it!) Well tis a funny saying but believe you me, we will get this land chopped in two, this house done and it will be worth it. And it better be soon!!!