Waiting... on the weather

I visited the land yesterday (DAY 19) and while at first glance the block of land looked dry... Within several steps it became obvious that it was otherwise... The photos can tell the story:

The irony was when I looked up (after shaking off the mud covered shoe) there was the most beautiful blue sky... Amazing colour blue with the most gorgeous white fluffy clouds...

This morning I had the weekly Wednesday phone call with our Site Supervisor.  Yes - its a further delay until next week at least. If it rains on the weekend, the contractor will bring in a pump to get rid of the large pooling of water (as seen in the photos)... Apparently that's not happening this week as it might rain on the weekend or something...  Then next week, we will find out if  the land is sufficiently dry to continue work....

If only they could just get the slab done!

Who would have thought that 20 days ago when they first cut the land that it would take this long to get the slab down... Its going to be likely more than a month after the first land cut before the slab is even in place :(   

Building = great capacity for patience

My lesson to aquire this virtue continues....

Rain Rain Stay Away... Construction Men Come & Play...

It is Day 18 - The weather the past several days has been all clear YAY! 

Today, however, we are expecting some light showers mid morning :(  And tomorrows forcast is for showers in the afternoon.... Will this impact on the site works??? We don't know... I really really hope slab construction will keep moving this week... Oh pleeeease....

To share one increasing struggle - our kids are having trouble to get enough sleep due to the "fun" adventure that is 3 sharing a room :P  (see pic of triple bunked beds - I still can't believe they all fit in that small room!)

My 7 yr old son tried to get up at 3am the other morning... and came in to me asking if he "could get up now?" I mumbled "what time is it?" His reply - "5.30am" so I said "ok" and rolled over... It was only when my husband woke up enough to look at the clock - that he realised the 3am reality.... hmmmm so we had an interesting time telling the boy that he needed to sleep for at least 2 more hours.. (oh pleeeeease!).... The "conversation" woke everyone else in the vicinity (so sorry to the other unit dwellers in our block!)...

Needless to say, our other two children are often extra tired due to the boy's waking habits... I mean when he is asleep, he's fast asleep... but when he is awake, he is rarely "quietly awake" hehe... so full of life! We love him!  and yes he is also very tired.... sigh...

Here is thus an example of our strong reasons to need some sort of decent space / rooms to help with adequate sleep for all :)))  Yes, a new house is a luxury - but a separate room for the boy - this is becoming like a survival need (lol - I know that sounds more dramatic than it probably is - I feel that way right now).... I want to target some stratergies for the boy's sleeping habits without the other two getting affected also...
Add these logical reasons to my emotional impatience for our new home... and you have one "eager to be in the new place" woman!


So... pleeeease rain rain stay away.... 
and construction men come and play... 
(yes am reduced to begging while blogging haha)

On a colourful note - here is a photo of one of the many amazing sunsets we see from our unit's patio... Nature's beauty keeps me in awe and just that little bit more sane during this building process!


Yes the dark clouds are the ones responsible for the week(+) delay... but they are amazing to look at :)))  What a paintbrush the creator has.... Cheers