Which is a huge pity as Adam finished the flooring at one end of the house (all we have to do is paint the tricky bits in the bathroom and that part's done).

At the other end, the ceilings are now all painted, the laundry is finished (except for a couple of tricky bits that I'm about a foot too short to reach and stay precariously perched on a ladder - you do all know how terrified I am of heights!).

So we got an awful lot done this last weekend, including a short shopping trip into St Arnaud on Saturday morning. But the reason for no photos is there are a couple in the camera - but the batteries ran out, so I'll have to get some new ones before I can retrieve them.

We also had a play with a new video camera. I'm not very good at video camera operation - couldn't remember which way to push the zoom if my life depended on it. But we did get some nice shots of Jedda trying to work out that bloody great big dog water bowl. No swimming in the dam this weekend, but lots and lots of circling it.

Adam's back on his way up this afternoon - he's got to run some tests for something or other to do with work on Thursday so he's decided he'll spend tonight and Wednesday night up there, work during the day and do a bit more painting and flooring of an evening.

Hopefully we'll be onto the chook house repairs soon (needs the door replaced, better perches inside for our big boofy Aunty Jack and some air-conditioning (ie holes in the walls), as well as a renovation to the back of it so that it can be cleaned without having to be a contortionist).

Anyway - it's lovely to see some progress still ticking along. Hopefully at this rate we'll be close to in by Christmas and fully sorted by the New Year.