Lock up!

We are finally at lock up! It's only taken us two and a half years but we are now officially at lock-up. The renderers finished the house last week. The garage only has a final coat to go on two sides and then it is finished too.

James has been working on running the electrical cables and roughing in the plumbing. The electrician and plumber will then check and connect it all up. After that, there will be a council inspection and then we will be able to start gyprocking the bedroom, ensuite and walk-in robe. Once that's done - we'll move in!! We're hoping that this will happen around about mid-July so we can spend the winter in a nice warm room. As much as living in a shed is better than living in the caravan, it is pretty hard to heat so it will be really nice to move into a room that is warm for winter.

On the horsie front, we rode Smudge for the first time in 2 years 8 months on the weekend and WOW!! He was so good and it was just like he'd been ridden only yesterday. We'll start him off slowly now and work on getting him fit over winter to see how his shoulder stands up to the work. Here's hoping he'll be right to show next season. We also rode Chad on the weekend and he was such a good boy too. He hasn't been worked in about two months and again, he was very cruisy and was like he'd been ridden yesterday.