From the ground up..

I have been really slack with writing about the rise of the De Luca residence...

Building a new house is seriously exciting after so many renovations. So here are our phases to date!

I have spent the last 6 months choosing every single element to the house from door handle heights; colours; tiles, windows – you name it!

So for me, it felt like the house was built last year - all to choose now is interior wall colours

Things are well under way now though.

Phase #1

This is our land, purchased from a farmer that has had it in his family for 5 generations. We feel so privileged to be building our family home here.

            Phase #2

                               Scraping the surface

          The digger truck arrived at 7am, clouded by  the  morning fog. This fog didn’t lift until well into the day... a standard thing in the valley - Hamish in this pic is our site manager.

 Phase #3

  Digging a huge hole!

We were surprised the way Strongbuild have carved into the land! We envisioned our house sitting in a field – a bit like a sore thumb, this is grand designs KV style!

 Phase #4

Water and Septic Tanks

This hole is the size of a massive swimming pool! Our life time supply of water, in the event of extreme drought which will no doubt hit the valley again in years to come.

 Phase #5

Concrete Slab being poured. Really starting to see our house now, although this does make it look super small – but apparently that’s what all clients say!

 Phase #6

Up go the frames – house is starting to look like a real house!

Strongbuild are awesome, Can’t wait to get down there to see for myself. The hardest part is being so far away and not watching each part of our dream take shape.



It's a beautiful thing....

As AJ (almost Mr 6) rose this morning, his first words were

"mum take a good look at me, tomorrow I’m going to look different"

Can’t beat that.

Now the dilemma of what to get a 6 year old.

Living in a one bedroom unit

With no space

Ummm…..

We are a house with no gadgets/games/consoles etc. and I have a feeling that's about to change.

A fish?

If I got him more arts and craft he would have to open his own studio

I think it's off to the stores this afternoon in search of the ultimate toy.

He does deserve it...

Every toy he owns sits in storage as he awaits his new digs.

For such a kind, loving, patient and thoughtful little man – he deserves the best

Happy birthday my little monkey

x

Mums the word

I’m a mum. I hold down a full time job. I don’t get the quality time with my son that he deserves. We struggle to get homework done; have a clean uniform for school; clean hair and then there’s me racing to after school care before it closes.

When a woman has a baby, your career takes a nose dive. At the time we don’t care, we have this beautiful new baby that loves us unconditionally… we don’t care about work.

As baby grows and we start to get our body and life back, we have to seriously re-think about what we can do to utilise our skills and our brains and still cater for a child.

With all this talk and hype and well... slight abuse about mummy blogging, it’s hard not to be offended

I myself am in a position where I need to find work, I am moving two hours from current work location and I need to still pay my mortgage and make ends meet. This blog is the start of something new.

I choose to move and give my child a better family life. I don’t choose to give up work and sit at home watching daytime TV

I think the problem is that blogging is seen as a ‘way out’… not a real job

I wish.

I can only hope things unfold for me and they start to pick up and I find work so I can avoid the two hour commute to current job.

If only one understood the constant struggle and guilt that mums face on a daily basis.

Go mummyblooging!

The storm rolls in

I feel a little self-indulgent writing a blog.

It's almost like my little 'whinge of the week' but to be honest, it's my therapy!
Things have come grinding stop on site of the dream build. Thanks goes to the very trusty Commonweatlth bank - thanks so much for your support!
And then there this blog, I can't for the life of me figure out how to add some tabs up top! I just want a few..

Perhaps life in the one bedroom unit is getting to me, I don't think I'm alone there... (JD?) - 4 months in, 4 months of no personal space, 4 months of a shared laundry.
At least it's a long weekend this week, determined to end on a high.